Bs Court Ruling

[altezzaaustin]

i read an article in the newspaper that really pissed me off. a korean guy with went to a white bar with his white girlfriend. 3 white men were not happy to see this and began to taunt him. at closing hour when the couple was leaving the 3 white men followed and tried to attack the korean guy. in self defense he pulled out his boxcutter knife that he uses at work and fought back...the 3 white men were sent to the hospital for a month. later the korean man turned himself in. at court the focking judge ruled out his plea of self defense and was charged of battery and assault!!! THATS BULLSHIT!!! what was he supposed to do, take all of them by himself??? someone help this poor guy. i forgot his name and lost the article..is there anything we can do??

[SunWuKong]

any reference on the web that you can link us to?

[VV o n g B a]

was this was a local paper? where do u live?

[altezzaaustin]

i read it in a korean newspaper thats all i can remember and the article was about 2 weeks old(?). the mother was shocked by the ruling and was asking for help from the asian community

[BeTheReds]

Korean newspapers are heavily biased.

That said, if this info is actually factual, you'd think it would be in English language media by now.

[AngryABCGirl]

links?

[SunWuKong]

Originally Posted by BeTheReds

Korean newspapers are heavily biased.

That said, if this info is actually factual, you'd think it would be in English language media by now.

perhaps. but we probably shouldn't discount the Korean newspaper so easily. judging from his SN, he probably lives in Austin. how diverse and racially sensitive is Austin? (i know it's Texas, but that wasn't a rhetorical question.)

[Hiroshi2]

Austin is known for being a fairly liberal town.


If everything you said is right altezzaaustin, then yeah you're right. I wonder how valid is a self-defense plea in court in any case, whether it involves asians, whites, or whoever.

[hooligan]

i want to see the link to some information

[altezzaaustin]

ok, im not from texas my first name is Austin and i drive an is300 (which is called altezza in japan) that should expalin my name. btw im in k-town LA...sorry i dont have any links thats why i came here to find out

[altezzaaustin]

i still need to know his name i feel like helping this dude

[yangbahn50]

Alte:

I would really like to know the link to an article of related to the Korean man's incident at a night club.

If this happened in Los Angeles, I know how racist Angelenos (esp. crackers) are towards Asians.

LA seems to be an "all for blacks and Latinos" kind of town....that's how I see it. Anyhow...I'd REALLY want to help out. If there are any rallies, let me know, I will be there for the Korean man!!

[Danny]

if this guy had a weapon, like a box cutter, in some places that is not considered a defense tool, especially if the assailants are unarmed. Not saying that it was a right ruling, but I know that in some cases where a person was being attacked and shot at his attacker woudning them that self defense gets ruled out. Action - Reaction, but sometimes the reaction level is unjustified.

[yangbahn50]

I think California is too much of a "pooh-pooh" state when it comes to using weapons for self-defense.

I've lived in Texas during my childhood years. In Texas, if a burglar enters your house, and you fell threatened, you have the right to shot at the suspect.

In California, there's so much political circus events, that the laws and rules seem pretty "unclear". That's my opinion on California and its laws.

[BigLew]

It's kinda hard to rally support for this person if you can't even tell us what his name is man.