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Grand Rapids man dies after racial hate crime lynching
Scott Simerson was brutally lynched by a group of black teenagers in a public park in Grand Rapids last May. The attack was motivated by racial hatred. The perps simply wanted to kill a white person.
Simerson was babysitting young children at the time, who were forced to watch the man beaten into a coma. This website reported on the attack last May. However, we have learned that the victim died of his injuries on August 10th.
If the races had been reversed, this would be the biggest news story in the USA. National media would have split their resources between Ferguson and Grand Rapids for a double whamy. Instead, it is a “hush crime.”
From MLine.com (Gran Rapids Press)…
Court documents show a 24-year-old Grand Rapids man was “defenseless” when he was kicked in the head during an attack at the Sibley Elementary School playground in May.
Scott Simerson died on Sunday, Aug. 10. Police said he suffered multiple head injuries in the attack allegedly carried out by two juveniles and two older teens.
Bystanders took cell phone video of the attack, Grand Rapids Police Lt. Pat Merrill said.
Police said Simerson was watching two teenagers on the Sibley Elementary playground when a conflict developed with another group of teens. The attack on Simerson was not provoked, police said after the incident.
Prior to Simerson’s death, Donmard White, 17, and Robert Kelly, 18, were charged with assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder. White pleaded guilty to the charge in late July and is scheduled to be sentenced in September, while Kelly awaits a jury trial, court records show.
Two juveniles, ages 15 and 16, are also held on assault charges connected to the crime.
Authorities expect that autopsy results will take several weeks. If the medical examiner’s report shows the assault was a significant contributing factor in Simerson’s death, a report will be forwarded to the Kent County prosecutor for review and a change in charges to reflect homicide.
If authorities pursue homicide charges, Merrill said White could be arraigned on the higher charge. A new conviction would supersede the sentence in the assault case.
Grand Rapids man dies after racial hate crime lynching
Simerson was babysitting young children at the time, who were forced to watch the man beaten into a coma. This website reported on the attack last May. However, we have learned that the victim died of his injuries on August 10th.
If the races had been reversed, this would be the biggest news story in the USA. National media would have split their resources between Ferguson and Grand Rapids for a double whamy. Instead, it is a “hush crime.”
From MLine.com (Gran Rapids Press)…
Court documents show a 24-year-old Grand Rapids man was “defenseless” when he was kicked in the head during an attack at the Sibley Elementary School playground in May.
Scott Simerson died on Sunday, Aug. 10. Police said he suffered multiple head injuries in the attack allegedly carried out by two juveniles and two older teens.
Bystanders took cell phone video of the attack, Grand Rapids Police Lt. Pat Merrill said.
Prior to Simerson’s death, Donmard White, 17, and Robert Kelly, 18, were charged with assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder. White pleaded guilty to the charge in late July and is scheduled to be sentenced in September, while Kelly awaits a jury trial, court records show.
Two juveniles, ages 15 and 16, are also held on assault charges connected to the crime.
Authorities expect that autopsy results will take several weeks. If the medical examiner’s report shows the assault was a significant contributing factor in Simerson’s death, a report will be forwarded to the Kent County prosecutor for review and a change in charges to reflect homicide.
If authorities pursue homicide charges, Merrill said White could be arraigned on the higher charge. A new conviction would supersede the sentence in the assault case.
Grand Rapids man dies after racial hate crime lynching
