soonercruiser
5/2/2012, 11:05 PM
So, here we go again with another black mob attacking whities!
If it were the reverse, it would be all over the Lame-Stream media.
Of course, the newspaper's editor is defensive as to why the story was hidden for two weeks.
**But, the female made a frantic 911 call! (Described as hysterical at the scene by the police officer) And, the reporters missed a week's work!
Why wasn't it openly reported?
Why did it finally come out weeks later?
Norfolk needs a civil conversation
http://hamptonroads.com/2012/05/norfolk-needs-civil-conversation
The Virginian-Pilot
© May 3, 2012
Two Virginian-Pilot reporters were attacked last month at a downtown Norfolk intersection after someone threw a rock at their car window.
Reporters Dave Forster and Marjon Rostami told police that about 100 young people were on the sidewalk that Saturday night when they stopped at a red light at Church Street and Brambleton Avenue.
When Forster stepped out of his car to confront the rock-thrower, Rostami said teenagers swarmed the vehicle and punched, kicked and beat them — an attack that police have labeled a simple assault.
We can argue about whether police should have been more vigorous initially in pursuing the crime.
We can argue about whether The Pilot’s news department, which is run independently of the opinion section, should have diverged from its general practice of not reporting crimes classified by police as simple assaults.
Pilot reporter speaks out about assault
Anne McNamara
NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) - Questions are being raised about the way Norfolk police responded to an alleged attack on two local newspaper reporters.
According to the police report, obtained by WAVY.com, the attack happened on Saturday, April 14 at 11 p.m. It states that David Forster, 31, and his colleague, Marjon Rostami, 26, were driving home from the Attucks Theatre, when they came to a stoplight at the intersection of Church Street and Brambleton Avenue in downtown Norfolk.
Forster tells WAVY.com he noticed a large crowd in the area.
"There was this huge crowd of young people," said Forster. "Best guess is 100 [people], could have been more, maybe a little less, but it was a long line of people like some big event had just gotten out."
Forster says someone in the crowd threw a rock at the vehicle.
Rostami told police she believed the rock was thrown because the suspect saw her lock her door as a large group of young black males passed by the car.
Forster decided to get out and address the situation. He regrets it, now.
"The first punch was like square right in the nose," said Forster.
Others in the crowd joined in. Rostami later told Forster groups of young men took turns punching and kicking him before rotating through the crowd, so others could get a turn.
"I'm just absorbing the blows, being like 'I'm okay. Alright I can get back inside,' but there was a moment where I'm surrounded and getting punched and I'm thinking 'This is getting really bad.'"
Rostami tried to help pull him back inside the vehicle, but when she did, the mob turned on her, striking her four or five times in the face and head, according to the police report.
When Forster was eventually able to get back in the vehicle, they locked the doors. The crowd began to disperse, according to the police report.
Forster says two Norfolk police officers responded to the scene after the crowd cleared. But Forster and especially Rostami, left disappointed at how they were treated by the officers.
Forster and Rostami say police did not interview witnesses, even though some stood by to help prove their story. Forster says at one point an officer spoke harshly to Rostami.
"She was hysterical," he said. "She was trying to get her breath, but, at one point, the officer told her to 'Shut up and get in the car.'"
There were two officers on the scene. One of them stayed at the scene, according to Forster, but the other left the scene to answer another call. The officer took the initial report for the assault, then gave the victims his card and told them to call him later to complete it, Norfolk Police spokesman Chris Amos said.
http://www.fox43tv.com/dpps/news/local/norfolk/reporter-assaulted-by-crowd-speaks-out_4157872
Norfolk News and Weather
Pilot: 'Paper stands by our handling of attack on two staff members' .
http://www.wvec.com/my-city/norfolk/Norfolk-police-search-for-group-that-attacked-newspaper-reporters-149724875.html
NORFOLK -- Police are looking for a group of teenagers that allegedly attacked 2 people who work for The Virginian-Pilot.
Saturday, April 14, newspaper reporters Marjon Rostami and Dave Forster were stopped at a red light on Church Street at Brambleton Avenue. First, someone reportedly threw a rock at their car. Then Forster was punched in the face several times, and Rostami was hit in the head, cheek, and eye when she tried to pull her colleague and friend back inside.
Rostami estimates there were as many as 30 people in the immediate area around Forster's car. About 5 actually were involved in the attack.
This week, editorial writer Michelle Washington offered an opinion piece about the case, which the Pilot did not cover as news. Included in it was criticism about the way in which Norfolk police officers classified the incident and handled the attacks.
As WND reported yesterday, the couple was pummeled at a stoplight the night of April 14 by dozens of black teens, and the newspaper had no mention of the incident for two weeks, despite the fact the victims, Dave Forster and Marjon Rostami, are both news reporters for the paper.
Police classified the case as a “simple assault,” as neither of the victims were seriously hurt. Both were off work for a week. Forster’s torso ached from blows to his ribs, and he retained a thumb-sized bump on his head.
Chris Amos, spokesman for Norfolk Police stressed this afternoon the case “is not being investigated as a hate crime.”
“Could it have been [a hate crime]? Yeah, it could have, I guess,” Amos said. “We certainly haven’t ruled that out, but we haven’t seen anything that jumps out at us other than someone throwing a rock at someone’s car.”
“A whole lot of racial implications have been made. We don’t know the motive of this. Race didn’t become a factor until Twitter comments later. No one at the scene said it was racially motivated. They didn’t tell us then and they didn’t hear any [comments such as] ‘Remember Trayvon Martin.’”
http://www.wnd.com/2012/05/norfolk-paper-fires-back-in-black-mob-attack/
If it were the reverse, it would be all over the Lame-Stream media.
Of course, the newspaper's editor is defensive as to why the story was hidden for two weeks.
**But, the female made a frantic 911 call! (Described as hysterical at the scene by the police officer) And, the reporters missed a week's work!
Why wasn't it openly reported?
Why did it finally come out weeks later?
Norfolk needs a civil conversation
http://hamptonroads.com/2012/05/norfolk-needs-civil-conversation
The Virginian-Pilot
© May 3, 2012
Two Virginian-Pilot reporters were attacked last month at a downtown Norfolk intersection after someone threw a rock at their car window.
Reporters Dave Forster and Marjon Rostami told police that about 100 young people were on the sidewalk that Saturday night when they stopped at a red light at Church Street and Brambleton Avenue.
When Forster stepped out of his car to confront the rock-thrower, Rostami said teenagers swarmed the vehicle and punched, kicked and beat them — an attack that police have labeled a simple assault.
We can argue about whether police should have been more vigorous initially in pursuing the crime.
We can argue about whether The Pilot’s news department, which is run independently of the opinion section, should have diverged from its general practice of not reporting crimes classified by police as simple assaults.
Pilot reporter speaks out about assault
Anne McNamara
NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) - Questions are being raised about the way Norfolk police responded to an alleged attack on two local newspaper reporters.
According to the police report, obtained by WAVY.com, the attack happened on Saturday, April 14 at 11 p.m. It states that David Forster, 31, and his colleague, Marjon Rostami, 26, were driving home from the Attucks Theatre, when they came to a stoplight at the intersection of Church Street and Brambleton Avenue in downtown Norfolk.
Forster tells WAVY.com he noticed a large crowd in the area.
"There was this huge crowd of young people," said Forster. "Best guess is 100 [people], could have been more, maybe a little less, but it was a long line of people like some big event had just gotten out."
Forster says someone in the crowd threw a rock at the vehicle.
Rostami told police she believed the rock was thrown because the suspect saw her lock her door as a large group of young black males passed by the car.
Forster decided to get out and address the situation. He regrets it, now.
"The first punch was like square right in the nose," said Forster.
Others in the crowd joined in. Rostami later told Forster groups of young men took turns punching and kicking him before rotating through the crowd, so others could get a turn.
"I'm just absorbing the blows, being like 'I'm okay. Alright I can get back inside,' but there was a moment where I'm surrounded and getting punched and I'm thinking 'This is getting really bad.'"
Rostami tried to help pull him back inside the vehicle, but when she did, the mob turned on her, striking her four or five times in the face and head, according to the police report.
When Forster was eventually able to get back in the vehicle, they locked the doors. The crowd began to disperse, according to the police report.
Forster says two Norfolk police officers responded to the scene after the crowd cleared. But Forster and especially Rostami, left disappointed at how they were treated by the officers.
Forster and Rostami say police did not interview witnesses, even though some stood by to help prove their story. Forster says at one point an officer spoke harshly to Rostami.
"She was hysterical," he said. "She was trying to get her breath, but, at one point, the officer told her to 'Shut up and get in the car.'"
There were two officers on the scene. One of them stayed at the scene, according to Forster, but the other left the scene to answer another call. The officer took the initial report for the assault, then gave the victims his card and told them to call him later to complete it, Norfolk Police spokesman Chris Amos said.
http://www.fox43tv.com/dpps/news/local/norfolk/reporter-assaulted-by-crowd-speaks-out_4157872
Norfolk News and Weather
Pilot: 'Paper stands by our handling of attack on two staff members' .
http://www.wvec.com/my-city/norfolk/Norfolk-police-search-for-group-that-attacked-newspaper-reporters-149724875.html
NORFOLK -- Police are looking for a group of teenagers that allegedly attacked 2 people who work for The Virginian-Pilot.
Saturday, April 14, newspaper reporters Marjon Rostami and Dave Forster were stopped at a red light on Church Street at Brambleton Avenue. First, someone reportedly threw a rock at their car. Then Forster was punched in the face several times, and Rostami was hit in the head, cheek, and eye when she tried to pull her colleague and friend back inside.
Rostami estimates there were as many as 30 people in the immediate area around Forster's car. About 5 actually were involved in the attack.
This week, editorial writer Michelle Washington offered an opinion piece about the case, which the Pilot did not cover as news. Included in it was criticism about the way in which Norfolk police officers classified the incident and handled the attacks.
As WND reported yesterday, the couple was pummeled at a stoplight the night of April 14 by dozens of black teens, and the newspaper had no mention of the incident for two weeks, despite the fact the victims, Dave Forster and Marjon Rostami, are both news reporters for the paper.
Police classified the case as a “simple assault,” as neither of the victims were seriously hurt. Both were off work for a week. Forster’s torso ached from blows to his ribs, and he retained a thumb-sized bump on his head.
Chris Amos, spokesman for Norfolk Police stressed this afternoon the case “is not being investigated as a hate crime.”
“Could it have been [a hate crime]? Yeah, it could have, I guess,” Amos said. “We certainly haven’t ruled that out, but we haven’t seen anything that jumps out at us other than someone throwing a rock at someone’s car.”
“A whole lot of racial implications have been made. We don’t know the motive of this. Race didn’t become a factor until Twitter comments later. No one at the scene said it was racially motivated. They didn’t tell us then and they didn’t hear any [comments such as] ‘Remember Trayvon Martin.’”
http://www.wnd.com/2012/05/norfolk-paper-fires-back-in-black-mob-attack/