Jena 6....Miami Style
Comment: IMO, the Jena 6 case was a typical school yard fight, overblown by the DA. This case, IMO, is a hate crime with attempted murder due to the use of baseball bats and trying to drown the victim.
Four teens charged with beating black student
Posted on Mon, Sep. 24, 2007
BY DAVID OVALLE
dovalle@MiamiHerald.com
Four teenagers have been charged with a hate crime, accused of the beating and attempted drowning of a black college student at Haulover Beach Park Marina over the weekend.
After calling him the N-word, the teens beat Florida International University freshman Stephen Barrett with a baseball bat and tried to drown him in the Intracoastal Waterway, Miami-Dade police said.
The suspects in the attack range in age from 15 to 18.
All had attended a keg party at an island in the middle of the Intracoastal. About 1 a.m. Sunday, Barrett and two other FIU dorm mates were on a boat headed back to Haulover Marina when the driver of the boat said it was overloaded.
''Get off the boat, N
,'' the teens said to Barrett, according to police reports.
Words were exchanged, but the FIU students got off the boat, said Christopher Eden, who had attended the party with Barrett and another dorm mate, Daniel Cabevas.
The three friends, all 18, decided to wait on the island for the boat's next trip.
But when they arrived back at the marina, the teens, now armed with baseball bats, were waiting for them.
The three college students were overwhelmed by their attackers.
Barrett was knocked into the Intracoastal, and several teens tried holding his head under water, according to police reports.
A man fishing nearby called police. Another partygoer ran off and flagged down Bal Harbour Officer Steve Goldberg, who was writing a traffic ticket on Collins Avenue.
''Upon my arrival, I observed approximately 10-15 subjects trying to leave the area in a hurry,'' Goldberg wrote in his report. ``There were three victims who were hit with bats and one victim was almost drowned . . . while also being beaten.''
Officers from Miami-Dade, Surfside, Sunny Isles Beach and Bay Harbor Islands also rushed to the scene.
A bloody baseball bat was taken as evidence. The arrests were made by detectives from Miami-Dade's Intracoastal station.
Charged with a hate crime, battery and attempted felony murder: Miguel Aranda, 18, and Gilberto Maakaroun, 17, a North Miami Beach High student.
Charged with a hate crime and battery: Nicholas Checa, 15, and Marino Biondini, 17.
Barrett, Eden and Cabevas are dorm buddies at FIU's University Park Panther Hall. Eden is white; Cabevas is Hispanic.
While Eden's and Cabevas' injuries were limited to bruises, Barrett's were more serious. He was taken to Aventura Hospital suffering from a stiff neck and dizziness, according to Eden.
Barrett came from New York to attend college at FIU.
''Welcome to Miami,'' said his friend, Eden.[B)]
Four teens charged with beating black student
Posted on Mon, Sep. 24, 2007
BY DAVID OVALLE
dovalle@MiamiHerald.com
Four teenagers have been charged with a hate crime, accused of the beating and attempted drowning of a black college student at Haulover Beach Park Marina over the weekend.
After calling him the N-word, the teens beat Florida International University freshman Stephen Barrett with a baseball bat and tried to drown him in the Intracoastal Waterway, Miami-Dade police said.
The suspects in the attack range in age from 15 to 18.
All had attended a keg party at an island in the middle of the Intracoastal. About 1 a.m. Sunday, Barrett and two other FIU dorm mates were on a boat headed back to Haulover Marina when the driver of the boat said it was overloaded.
''Get off the boat, N
,'' the teens said to Barrett, according to police reports.
Words were exchanged, but the FIU students got off the boat, said Christopher Eden, who had attended the party with Barrett and another dorm mate, Daniel Cabevas.
The three friends, all 18, decided to wait on the island for the boat's next trip.
But when they arrived back at the marina, the teens, now armed with baseball bats, were waiting for them.
The three college students were overwhelmed by their attackers.
Barrett was knocked into the Intracoastal, and several teens tried holding his head under water, according to police reports.
A man fishing nearby called police. Another partygoer ran off and flagged down Bal Harbour Officer Steve Goldberg, who was writing a traffic ticket on Collins Avenue.
''Upon my arrival, I observed approximately 10-15 subjects trying to leave the area in a hurry,'' Goldberg wrote in his report. ``There were three victims who were hit with bats and one victim was almost drowned . . . while also being beaten.''
Officers from Miami-Dade, Surfside, Sunny Isles Beach and Bay Harbor Islands also rushed to the scene.
A bloody baseball bat was taken as evidence. The arrests were made by detectives from Miami-Dade's Intracoastal station.
Charged with a hate crime, battery and attempted felony murder: Miguel Aranda, 18, and Gilberto Maakaroun, 17, a North Miami Beach High student.
Charged with a hate crime and battery: Nicholas Checa, 15, and Marino Biondini, 17.
Barrett, Eden and Cabevas are dorm buddies at FIU's University Park Panther Hall. Eden is white; Cabevas is Hispanic.
While Eden's and Cabevas' injuries were limited to bruises, Barrett's were more serious. He was taken to Aventura Hospital suffering from a stiff neck and dizziness, according to Eden.
Barrett came from New York to attend college at FIU.
''Welcome to Miami,'' said his friend, Eden.[B)]
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those names don't sound black or white, gee could it be that all those poor Cubanos fleeing Castro weren't as innocent as the state department will have us believe 0 -
this is just a couple of kids rough housing 
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Let's see if Sharpton and Jesse want them charged as juveniles, too. 0 -
You guys missed the point. The black kid didn't hang nooses from trees. Don't you know that blacks can't be racist? 0 -
"Get off the boat, N*****!"
Now that is not very nice.0 -
quote:Originally posted by allen griggs
"Get off the boat, N*****!"
Now that is not very nice.
One could argue that neither was beating someone with a baseball bat or holding their head under water...0 -
i never read where they hated anyone, sickens me to think that whites can be charged with a hate crime, but blacks can openly admit they committed a crime on a white because they where white, and nothing happens
and they wonder where racial tension comes from0 -
quote:Originally posted by spanielsells
You guys missed the point. The black kid didn't hang nooses from trees. Don't you know that blacks can't be racist?
Ain,t that the truth
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quote:Originally posted by dolfan
Comment: IMO, the Jena 6 case was a typical school yard fight, overblown by the DA. This case, IMO, is a hate crime with attempted murder due to the use of baseball bats and trying to drown the victim.
Why not let this story stand on it's own without bringing up something you obviously know nothing about? "The Jena 6" brutally attacked a high school kid. This was no "schoolyard fight." But I guess you're entitled to drink the koolaid if you like.
As for the hate crime aspect, there are specific criteria that define what is and is not a hate crime. If you really followed the Jena 6 you know there has already been an investigation by a US Attorney who determined there were no hate crimes committed, and the DA did nothing wrong. A hate crime requires several specific elements that were missing in the Jena case, and the DA was well within reason charging those involved due to their criminal history and the severity of the attack.
In the case above the only thing that even looks potentially like it could be remotely related to a hate crime is the use of the N word, which is not a crime. From what I read a white kid, black kid and hispanic kid get beat up pretty bad - where's the prejudice and racial hatred in that?0 -
The Jena 6 was a hate crime where common sense is concerned. The provisions that outline criteria for such were instituted by the powers that be. 0
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