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A Florida man says he was the victim of a racially motivated attack Monday, when he was punched by a black teenager for listening to rap music.
David McKnight, 22, was playing the song "Wasted" by Gucci Mane when, he says, he was confronted by 14-year-old Joshua Lamb, WFTV.com reports.
"The argument involved the black male suspect saying, 'You shouldn't be listening to rap music because you're white,' " said Palm Bay police spokeswoman Yvonne Martinez.
When McKnight, who is Caucasian, refused to turn off the music, Lamb and a group of friends assaulted him.
"I couldn't get away fast enough," McKnight told WFTV. "One of them spit on me, punched me, knocked me down ... I got a couple of kicks in from a couple of them."
McKnight told police Lamb was with at least seven others.
"I told him to drop it. I was like, 'Just drop it, let's go, there is eight of you and one of me. Just drop it,' " McKnight said. "And he says, 'I'm not dropping anything.' Bam! [He] punched me."
Source: NY Daily News
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By: Roslyn on 7/30/2010 9:52AM
He's lying ... I wouldn't almost believe the white guy if he didn't say he got in a couple of kicks .... Why is he lying????? LOL
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By: Ty on 8/04/2010 3:37AM
Never know, he could be related to Epic Beard Man
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By: djkut on 7/30/2010 10:00AM
Ok this story does not add up ? Hell this was not even a story, knowning that white man he probably was playing the song by Gucci man and saying the N-word all loud from the rap song and it may have went on from there...lol..lol
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By: The Cynic on 8/02/2010 7:25PM
Yeah I'm not buying this.
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By: dvine on 7/30/2010 12:22PM
why can't he listen to rap music?? i wouldn't be surprised if he were telling the truth.. especially the way the youth today act..
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By: clarke on 7/30/2010 2:26PM
I THINK ANYBODY WHO LISTENS TO THAT MESS NEEDS TO BE HIT UPSIDE THEIR HEAD. IT MIGHT KNOCK SOME SENSE INTO THEIR STUPID ASS.
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By: H.B. on 7/30/2010 1:15PM
Your comment says that you support racial violence and hate crimes. Is that what you want? It takes just as much 'guts' for a group of whites to attack a black guy for listening to Hank Williams.
By your logic, it takes even more "guts" to actually lynch a guy. It's a good thing for you all us crackers have gone soft and turned into cowards.
Remember how you feel about race relations when you're working for The Man and he passes you up for promotion and gives it to a white guy. He's just being "gutsy" by sticking it to you.
Have a nice life.
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By: Marlene Franklin on 7/30/2010 1:10PM
Laugh, laugh, that was funny but an on point response!
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By: clarke on 7/30/2010 2:36PM
H.B. THE POINT IS TO CREATE OUR OWN SO WE DON'T HAVE TO WORK FOR "THE MAN" BUT BE "THE MAN" OURSELVES. LAUGH AT THAT MARLENE. YOU HAVE A NICE LIFE.
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