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Witness Changes Her Story About Matthew Owens Beating | WKRG
Ashley Parker now tells News 5, neighborhood kids intentionally threw a basketball into her yard, hoping to get closer to the house and steal something off the porch.
But police say that's not what she told them, nor what they've heard from witnesses, Owens or Rawls.
Police maintain the kids were playing basketball when a ball rolled into Parker's yard. When they asked permission to retrieve the ball for a second time, Police say Owens said something that made Rawls and the rest of the mob angry.
People living in the neighborhood woke up to find racist flyers littering their lawns.
The flyers are actually an Aryan newsletter from 3 years ago. Police believe white supremacists are trying to take advantage of the racialy charged atmosphere to stir up more bad feelings.
...."I can tell you this without a doubt, 100% certainty, that Trayvon Martin was not the motivating factor in this incident," says Cpl. Chris Levy.
Deputy Chief Lester Hargrove says investigators believe only four people, including Terry Rawls, were directly involved. They believe the rest of the mob just watched.
Police say the beating is the result of a three year neighborhood dispute between Rawls and Owens.