WTF??? Can people be this cruel???

[Taverner]

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) -- Police asked local TV stations to air a surveillance video showing a homeless man who was set ablaze flailing his arms and running in a circle as he tried to extinguish the flames.

Police were looking for up to eight men who participated in the attack outside an agency that helps the homeless. The victim, Lucas Adama Wiser, 21, was sleeping on a bench when he was set on fire Tuesday, and remained hospitalized Thursday with third-degree burns.

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http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Southwest/06/17/man.set.ablaze.ap/index.html

Police later wonder whether this is a joke...folks this is a fucking HATE CRIME pure and simple!

[7th_Sephiroth]

1. no one will be arrested

the gang all probably live in some gated community and thier fathers are probably all senators doctors and lawyers

[Taverner]

2. DeLay's kid was probably one of the kids

:grr:

[Spider Jerusalem]

3. You have to ask if people can be that cruel?

Compared to some of the things humans are capable of, that qualifies as kindness, I'm afraid.

[Taverner]

4. Yeah yeah yeah

I know....but still every time I hear about shit like this it still pisses me off...

[traco]

5. Unfortunately

Yes, cruelty seems to be running rampant!

[amerikat]

6. This same thing happened a number of years ago...I think they were

Prosecuted and convicted.

[amerikat]

7. google it.......apparently this cruelty is common

[foo_bar]

8. is involuntary immolation ever not a hate crime?