50-year-old Milwaukee man critically injured after honking at crowd

[kwillia]

The condition of a driver dragged from his car and severely beaten had improved Wednesday morning, police said, adding that several people were being questioned by detectives in the beating.

City officials asked for the public’s help in finding the assailants, believed to be between 16 and 23 years old. It was the latest in a string of mob beatings in the city since 2002.

The young people surrounded the man’s vehicle after he honked at them because they were in the middle of the street, police said.

“It’s Christmas week. A guy’s trying to drive down the street. What’s the problem here?” said Mayor Tom Barrett.

The victim, Samuel McClain, was going to a friend’s house, said his niece, Jennifer McClain.

Police said he was pulled from the car, and witnesses said they saw some attackers climb on cars and jump on the victim’s head.

Britney King said she and her two sisters saw the attackers doing flips and cartwheels from cars onto the man.

“It looked like they were having a block party,” she said.

 

[Dupontster]

Looks like they have a major problem in Milwaukee.....Another link here
"The city had a string of mob beatings last year.

Before that, the most infamous case was that of Charlie Young, who was beaten by more than a dozen people, mostly young boys, in September 2002. They chased him through the streets and beat him to death on a porch with weapons including shovel handles, rakes and tree limbs.

Last year, David Rutledge, a 54-year-old man with schizophrenia, was robbed and beaten on July 4, 2004. He later died. Six teens were charged. One was convicted, four had charges dropped and one is awaiting trial.

Four days later, a 14-year-old boy was kicked, punched and hit in the head with a piece of lumber after he had exchanged words with a girl on a playground. She summoned older relatives, who allegedly beat the boy.

Two weeks later, a Milwaukee man was beaten by a group of men after a girl in the neighborhood falsely accused him of indecently touching her.

And on July 29, 2004, a 16-year-old boy and his brothers were beaten by a group armed with bats, bottles, sticks and socks stuffed with canned food, after someone with the victims called someone a derogatory term.

Someone (Not Me) needs to go in there and kick some serious butt....Thats scarey...