July 27, 2008


This evening, the Chairman and Youth Chairman of the Patrick Henry Democratic Club of America witnessed extreme vigilante racism in the Aliso Viejo Town Center during a "Common Sense" concert in the park at the Town Center.  The Youth Chair is also the President of the National Youth Rights Association of Oange County.

A very large White man running from the direction of the concert towards Aliso Creek Road, yelled "Stop him.  That guy stole some money."   As the large White man chased down what appeared to be an unarmed, helpless and frightened Black child in front of Fatburger, a group of White individuals, standing near the Fatburger crowded around, cheering him on the big White guy, who appeared to roughly knock the kid into a planter on the level below the main sidewalk.  The big White guy roughly sat on top of the Black child.  Assisting him in roughly subduing the child was another big White guy.  The big White men appeared to be proud of their rough subduction of the Black child, who was small in stature.  The small Black child did not appear to be resisting the big White men at all.  In fact, the  Black child appeared to be completely immobile.  The main big White assailant/apprehender appeared to be putting heavy pressure on the Black child and to be causing the Black child considerable pain.  

From discussions with the crowd, it was learned that the crowd had been told by the big White guy who had chased the small Black boy that the child was a fourteen year old who had stolen a $13 tip.  As far as they were concerned, this made the small Black boy a villainous thief and the big White sitter a hero.  The PHDC chairman asked the child if he was OK.    The boy had difficulty speaking.  He managed to get out the words that he was in pain.  The White crowd yelled at the PHDC chairman, "Go back to the 60's."  They thought it was right that the Black boy was in pain. To the crowd, rights for Blacks belonged dead with Martin Luther King and Malcolm X.  To them, this was a Black thief who had stolen $13 and who was unworthy of human rights.  They kept reiterating his crime of stealing $13.  The big White man who was holding him spoke as if the theft of $13 was a major felony. The PHDC chairman offered to give them $13 if they would stop hurting the kid.  Again, the PHDC chairman was greeted with cries of "Go back to the 60s."  The PHDC chairman repeated the offer of $13 if they would stop roughing up the kid.  Neither of the big White guys, one of whom claimed to be a police officer, nor the crowd was interested in the $13.  The pleasure appeared to be in roughing up or witnessing the roughing up of a Black kid.  There was no mention of any villainy other than the theft of $13.  There were no other Blacks in the vicinity.  Blacks are almost never seen in the Aliso Viejo Town Center.  It was obvious why.  The kid was lucky they were only accusing him of stealing $13 while injuring him.  Or so that was the impression the crowd gave.

Several Orange County Sheriff's cars arrived and one White officer slammed the kid against his car and cuffed him.  His actions were the type that might have been viewed as justified for dealing with a dangerous felon.  The PHDC chairman called out to ask if the child was OK and the cop yelled at the PHDC chairman, frightening her. 

The PHDC youth chairman provided the PHDC chairman with a cell phone, which the PHDC chairman used to call 9-1-1 to express concern over the mistreatment of the child.  The question was why wasn't the big White guy who assaulted and battered the Black child arrested instead of a child he claimed stole $13.

A fire truck and ambulance soon drove into the parking lot and the officers allowed the child to be examined.  Thank you to the PHDC chairman for calling for help.

Later, an Orange County Sheriff's Department Sergeant called the chairman of the PHDC, who accidentally had the cell phone on speaker mode, such that the youth chairman was able to hear both ends of the conversation. 

The Sergeant said that the boy was frightened and talking.  She indicated that the person who had been sitting on the boy was a Long Beach police officer.  She did not state whether the frightened child had been read his rights.   She did not say whether child's statements were fearful acquiescence with what the officers wanted to hear.  Criminal defense attorneys will tell you that interrogatees often admit to things that aren't true in an effort to appease their questioners.  This is especially true of frightened youths.

She said that more than $13 was involved.  If this was the case, why did the Long Beach police officer, who had been using the child as a chair, claim it was $13?  Why was this amount repeated over and over again?  The Sergeant mentioned a knife that the kid supposedly threw away as he ran, but there was no mention of a knife when the Long Beach police officer tried to make the kid sound like a bad guy for stealing $13. If the kid had had a knife, it would have been a reckless disregard of public safety for the officer to ask people to stop the child.  The PHDC chairman and youth chairman saw no knife and no act of throwing anything on the part of the Black child.  The only argument the crowd and the child-sitter had against helping the kid was that he had stolen $13 and that this was no longer the 60s.   The concept of a knife appears to be an after-the-fact fabrication or plant on the part of someone trying to justify the actions of the Long Beach and Orange County officers.

If you ask the registrar of voters or certain political parties, 14 year olds are children. 14 year olds are years away from having the vote.  This is because segments of our society consider them too young to understand what is happening in society.  It will be another 7 years before this kid can drink.  Yet, he was old enough to be attacked by big White guys.  Is there something wrong with that?  According  to the PHDC chairman and youth chairman, the boy was very small for a 14 year old, having the physical appearance of being significantly younger.  Is this how Aliso Viejans treat youths who are too small to defend themselves?

The PHDC chairman has informed the Creative Youth News Team that she plans to work to end racism in Orange County, California.  She expressed doubts that the Black child committed any crime but stated that she wouldn't have been surprised if he had been pressured into confessing to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in order to protect himself from further violence. The PHDC chairman's final word on the subject was, "It's time people and children of all races felt safe in Orange County.  It's the racists who deserve to be sat on and locked up."

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