Following is a summary of a DailyMail article:
Four black men have been arrested in Alabama on October 11 who viciously attacked a 17 year old white Alabama high school student who posted information criticizing the “Black Lives Matter” organization and expressed support for the pro-police “Blue Lives Matter” organization, however the suspects only received charges of assault despite nearly killing their victim.
(Staring from top-left) Quartez Walker, Bobby Brown, Daveon Nix, and La Noah Ealy Jr
Brian Ogle was attacked in a parking lot by the men on September 30 following a Friday night football game, suffering skull fractures after being repeatedly hit in the face with the butt of a gun. Police found him bleeding from his head, and he was immediately airlifted to a hospital in nearby Birmingham to be treated for three skull fractures as well as injuries to his shoulders, the Daily Caller reported.
Two of the suspects were taken into custody at Stillman College— Quartez Walker, 20, and Bobby Brown, 19. La Noah Ealy Jr, 18, was arrested at Auburn University in Montgomery, and Daveon Nix, 20, was arrested in Sylacauga.
Walker was booked on a first-degree assault charge, and the rest were charged with second-degree assault charges. Walker’s bond was set at $20,000 and the rest are being held on $15,000 each.
Talladega County District Attorney Steve Giddens said Walker was charged with a more serious criminal count because he believes that he was the only one in the group armed with a gun, which he used to strike Ogle.
The suspect Daveon Nix is the son of a newly elected local councilwoman, Tiffany Nix.
Ogle’s mother lamented the lack of serious charges being brought against his son’s attackers and the bonds for the assailants being set too low. “Obviously, people get charged with lesser crimes every day and their bonds are way higher than this,” Brandi Allen told the station WSFA. In an interview with Al.com, she added that she thought the four suspects should have been charged with attempted murder.
[The website “Blue Lives Matter” said the following: “Ogle’s mother has maintained from the onset of this investigation that it is a ‘hate crime’ and should be treated as such. The low bond amounts and charges would suggest that the prosecutors don’t care that Brian Ogle would have died from the assault if not for swift medical intervention. Ogle is expected to suffer permanent damage that he will carry for the rest of his life. … All four suspects are expected to be able to easily post bond with such low amounts.”]
Brandi Allen told WBRC at the time that she believed her son was a target because of videos he posted on his Facebook account which expressed support for the pro-police “Blue Lives Matter” movement. She said that her son began receiving threatening messages from schoolmates who were unhappy over his Facebook posts, and the school officials did nothing after he reported the threats he was receiving.
According to the article, following are two things Ogle posted on his Facebook page which led to him being attacked:
In this video, “Joey Salads” tries a social experiment of holding a “Black Lives Matter” sign in a white neighborhood, and an “all lives matter” sign in a black neighborhood.
[Note— October 18, 2016: I think this video over-generalizes. Obviously not all black neighborhoods would behave that way, but it is reasonable to think that it could happen in many areas, such as happened to Ogle.]
[ANOTHER Note— October 19, 2016: The activist Mark Dice has explained that a recent YouTube video created by “Joey Salads” has deceptively been staged— where a car is presented as supposedly being destroyed by thugs on hidden camera, but it turns out that the entire situation was orchestrated.]
