Is America Burning - a Forum To Discuss Issues: Teen Hate Crimes Victim Commits Suicide
"Tuck and Turner dragged Ritcheson, who was Hispanic, into the backyard, where they taunted him with racial slurs, punched and kicked him in the head and burned him 17 times with cigarettes. They tried to carve a swastika into his chest."
They beat him with the patio umbrella stand then forced it into his rectum and repeatedly kicked the end of it to drive it further into his body, tearing his intestines and internal organs. He required 30 surgeries trying to repair the damage and still had to wear a colostomy bag (where the intestine is brought to the outside of the abdomen and feces are discharged into a plastic bag.) He not only suffered the horrific physical injuries but the humiliation of everyone knowing the details of his assault, the stares, whispers, outright questions, public scrutiny, media spotlights, 2 public trials of his attackers, an appearance in Washington and terrible psychological trauma. In spite of the fact that his attackers admitted shouting "white power" and using racial slurs during the attack,
the crime was not prosecuted as a hate crime. ]
His attackers poured bleach on his face and body and left him for dead.
Dumb-asses don't know "real" torture.
The boy, after 30 surgeries, eventually committed suicide. His torture was so severe, the physiological scars so painful, he took his own life. But because he survived the initial attack, dumb **** right wingers say, "But it was just a case of assault". They have laws for that.