UPDATE, July 11, 2011: Greenfield man arrested in Summerfest stabbing
A Waukesha man is recovering after he was stabbed twice in the stomach during Summerfest Friday night.
Ricardo Moran was near the Harley-Davidson stage at 11 p.m. when he got into an argument with a 24-year-old man from Greenfield. Moran told Today's TMJ4 that the Greenfield man bumped into him. The Greenfield man stabbed him twice with a knife, Milwaukee police Sgt. Mark Stanmeyer said.
The suspect was arrested.
When was the suspect arrested?
Why did it take so long for police to release information on the stabbing?
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MSNBC's online report on the Summerfest stabbing at the Dropkick Murphys concert, using WTMJ-TV and JSOnline.com as sources, mentions the race of the attacker.
He is described as a "a white man with a goatee."
Summerfest stabbing victim speaks outIn an exclusive interview, Ricardo Moran tells TODAY'S TMJ4 a white man with a goatee bumped into him, then quickly stabbed him twice in the middle of a crowd. "What I saw in his eyes was something different. He had kind of a smirk on his face. Like he intended to bump me to see what would happen, to see if I would defend myself," Moran said.
Here's the text of TMJ4's online report:
A Waukesha man is recovering after a violent encounter on the Summerfest grounds Friday night.
In an exclusive interview, Ricardo Moran tells TODAY'S TMJ4 a white man with a goatee bumped into him, then quickly stabbed him twice in the middle of a crowd.
"What I saw in his eyes was something different. He had kind of a smirk on his face. Like he intended to bump me to see what would happen, to see if I would defend myself," Moran said.
Police will talk more about the incident on Monday. Summerfest organizers tell TODAY'S TMJ4 they have not added any security, maintaining the festival already has solid security measures in place.
Again, the attacker's race is mentioned, the MSNBC article being a copy of the TMJ4 piece.
A white guy allegedly committed the violent act.
WHITE. The bad guy is WHITE.
However, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, citing TMJ4 as its source, chose to omit the race of the attacker in its online report on the incident.
A man was stabbed at Summerfest Friday night, according to WTMJ-TV (Channel 4).
Ricardo Moran told WTMJ a man came out of the crowd Friday night and cut him twice in the stomach and chest. Moran was hospitalized overnight and released on Saturday, the station reported.
Moran said he was at Summerfest with his wife. At one point, he felt a strong push and turned to see a man who quickly stabbed him. He said he did not know the man or what prompted the attack.
Summerfest officials could not be reached for comment.
The Milwaukee Police Department said it would not release any information on the incident until a Monday morning news conference.
It's weird that TMJ4, and accordingly, MSNBC, chose to report on the attacker's race, while the Journal Sentinel did not.
Has the Journal Sentinel decided it's going to be colorblind?
It's also weird that the police department is staying quiet until a Monday news conference.
Why a news conference at all?
Does this incident merit a news conference, scheduled more than two days after the attack?
Given the PR disaster of the mob attacks last weekend, I suppose I can understand the lengthy silence by the department. All parties probably want to get their stories straight this time to avoid further embarrassment.
Better to wait until Summerfest is over, too.
I wonder if Ed Flynn and the Leftist media will go out of their way to stress that race is NOT a factor in this crime.
Maybe race can be discussed in this crime since the attacker was white. No need to fear a racial emphasis dividing the community in this case.
I don't know.
4 comments:
Clonergan134, Let me help you by correcting a few of your misstatements. That "jack off (speaking nicely)that got stabbed" is my brother-in-law and he's a good man. He was also there for no other reason than to enjoy the show when he was stabbed. The report you read states the attacker's race along with other physical characteristics only in hopes to catch the guilty party. Please make sure you have the whole story before posting something that can be hurtful.In case you were wondering, Rick was released from the hospital yesterday and is recovering at home with his family.
It is baffeling to me that people are jumping down the throat of the victim for using a word to describe the attacker. Race has nothing to do with it in this case. I have known Rick for years and is just the complete opposite of what people are saying about him. He is not some thug, he is a respectable, hard working family man that didn't deserve this to happen to him. Why aren't we down talking the attacker instead of the victim, you know the one who stab my friend?
I would like to play Devil's Advocate. Lets call an ace an ace shall we? Do you honestly expect the public to believe there was"no provocation"?? Maybe people should try not to be "macho" or in laymans term "bad-ass", White, black whatever. This was a case of yet another hispanic male trying to be machismo and he messed with the wrong person. I'm not saying its right but too many people are not all together and as a rule we need to be more careful. Did he deserve to get stabbed? No. Is there 2 sides to every story, YES. All we have is one persons account, the victim and all we have is his statement that he did "nothing" Really? Nothing? Does that make sense people? We need to go a little deeper than just skimming the surface, like the media did.
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