This is a tragedy:
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N.M. Man Arrested in Dragging Assault
GALLUP, N.M. - A 24-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the dragging of a Hispanic man behind a vehicle, which left the victim with burn-like abrasions over half his body.
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The victim, 32-year-old Fausto Arellano, remained hospitalized in critical condition. He had been bound by the ankles and pulled by a rope for some 4,000 feet on Easter morning, according to police.
But what I find equally gauling is this snippet included after the break.
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But what I found equalling gauling is included after the break.
There is no excuse for this type of violence - unless you read how the RWCM reports it. Read this:
Stanley said narcotics could be an "indirect motive" in the dragging, but added that officers had no indication that Arellano was involved in drugs.
NO involvement with drugs. Doesn't that amount to NO evidence that drugs are related to the incident?
Why include this unsupported statement followed by a disclaimer?
IF drugs were involved, would that excuse this horrendous crime?
Consider this - a white man pulls a hispanic behind a car. Why? DRUGS!
Of course, there's no evidence of it, but there's no other reason why a white person would this? It isn't as if this hsa been doen before.
/snark