Man found dead inside tractor <1 block from Baltimore protests

What a shame hopefully not connected. I guess if it is we should loot our stores, steal our neighbors cars, burn our pharmacies, and attack the police that protect the good people from low life Thugs in our community!

 

Definitely. Upon seeing the title I immediately thought of the L.A Riots.

Is Earl L. Henderson Trucking... Henderson Trucking? Or is this a different company altogether? I mean, Henderson is out of Illinois, right?

Strange occurrence...

 

Let this be a lession people, Pay ur lot lizard bill.

on a serious note, dieing in this truck is a fear I already have. Hope he's at peace!

 

On April 29, 1992, at 5:39 PM, Denny loaded his red dump truck with 27 tons of sand and began driving to a plant in Inglewood, where the sand was due. He left the Santa Monica Freeway and took a familiar shortcut across Florence Avenue to get to his destination. His truck had no radio, so he did not realize that he was driving into a riot. At 6:46 p.m., after entering the intersection at Normandie, rioters threw rocks at his windows, and he heard people shouting for him to stop. Overhead, a news helicopter with journalists Bob Tur and his wife aboard captured the events that followed.
The chaos forced Denny to stop in the middle of the street. Antoine Miller opened the truck door, giving others the chance to pull Denny out. Another man, Henry Keith Watson, then held Denny's head down with his foot. Denny was kicked in the abdomen by an unidentified man. Two other unidentified men, who had led a liquor store break-in earlier that day, hurled a five-pound piece of medical equipment at Denny's head and hit him three times with a claw hammer. Damian Williams then threw a slab of concrete at Denny's head and knocked him unconscious.
Williams then did a victory dance over Denny and flashed gang signs at news helicopters, which were televising the events live; he also pointed and laughed at Denny. Anthony Brown then spat on Denny and left with Williams. Several bystanders took pictures of Denny but did not attempt to help him. LAPD officers in the vicinity did not assist Denny, either.
After the beating, various men threw beer bottles at the unconscious Denny. Gary Williams approached Denny and rifled through his pockets. Lance Parker stopped near Denny and attempted to shoot the fuel tank of Denny's truck but missed.
Bobby Green, Titus Murphy and Terri Barnett (boyfriend and girlfriend), and Lei Yuille (a dietitian), who had been watching the events on TV, came to Denny's aid. Denny eventually regained consciousness and dragged himself back into the cab, driving away from the scene slowly and erratically;. Green (himself a truck driver), boarded Denny's truck and took over at the wheel, driving him to the hospital. At the time Green took over, Denny was on the brink of losing consciousness again, and he suffered a seizure shortly thereafter.
Paramedics who attended to Denny said he came very close to death. His skull was fractured in 91 places and pushed into the brain. His left eye was so badly dislocated that it would have fallen into his sinus cavity had the surgeons not replaced the crushed bone with a piece of plastic. A permanent crater remains in his head despite efforts to correct it. Denny had to undergo years of rehabilitative therapy, and his speech and ability to walk were permanently damaged.

Yes, I remember Reginald Denny. Four guys almost killed him based on his skin color. They were considered national heros in communities around the nation and world. Reginald Denny never drove again because of brain damage causing seizures. The people in the community where it happened were high-fiving each other for weeks afterward.

 

These 4 guys need to be in prison, under BRUTALLY HARSH conditions, for the rest of their natural born lives.

 

I own a .357 Magnum four inch barrel. It's been locked away in my storage unit for five years. More and more, I consider taking it out and slipping into my warbag.

 

Gary Williams - 3 yrs. in jail.

Damian "Football" Williams
Damian "Football" Williams, probably the best-known of the assailants, was a 19-year-old with a criminal record including arrests for auto theft and robbery but no convictions. When he was 16, he dropped out of school and joined a gang called the "8-Trey Gangster Crips".
Williams became the most recognized participant of L.A. riots due to the live news broadcast of his attack on Denny and his memorable nickname, which was repeated frequently in news media. By computer enhancement of the videotape, which revealed an identifying tattoo, Williams was identified as the man who had assaulted Denny with a brick. Although the Denny beating received great publicity, Williams and his companions also assaulted and beat several Asian and Latino motorists who were passing through the area. Williams was charged with attempted murder, assault, and mayhem.
In 1993, Williams was convicted of mayhem and misdemeanor assault and was sentenced to 10 years. In 1997, Williams was released for good behavior, but in 2003, he received a life sentence for the 2000 murder of Grover Tinner, a drug dealer. He was sentenced to a minimum of 46 years, and is currently incarcerated at Calipatria State Prison.

Antoine "Twan" Miller
Antoine "Twan" Miller was a 19-year-old who lived with Damian "Football" Williams' family. Miller's mother was a drug addict, so as a child, Miller was sent to live with his grandmother. When he was 12, his grandmother killed his grandfather and was convicted of this murder, leaving Miller homeless. Miller had previously been arrested for joyriding. On February 1, 2004, at the age of 31, Miller was shot and killed in a Hollywood nightclub.

Henry Keith "Kiki" Watson
Henry Keith "Kiki" Watson was a 27-year-old former U.S. Marine and an ex-convict who had served time for robbery. After his release from prison, he married, had children, and was working two jobs. According to Williams, Watson was known around the neighborhood as a "gentleman". After he was freed from jail in 1993, he appeared on The Phil Donahue Show and apologized to Denny for the attacks. Later, he would serve three years in prison for a narcotics conviction. Fifteen years after the attacks, Watson said during an interview: "Nobody specifically sought out Reginald Denny to cause him any harm. We got caught up in the moment, just like everyone else." As of 2007, Watson still lives in Los Angeles and operates his own limousine service.

 

I remember it well....To this day, I still can't understand it; whether I had foreknowledge of the riots or not, if I had come rolling up in that intersection and those scumbags had tried running out in front of me to get me to stop, with all the chaos going on all around, those dudes would have become nothing more than a permanent addition to the roadbed.


ETA- To "Flashdrive"- I have a CWP and carry a .380 on my person every time I leave the house, as well as a .40 subcompact with an extra mag in my go-bag on the passenger seat. I train regularly with both (as well as other toys!) and refuse to become just another statistic/victim.....

 

ETA- To "Flashdrive"- I have a CWP and carry a .380 on my person every time I leave the house, as well as a .40 subcompact with an extra mag in my go-bag on the passenger seat. I train regularly with both (as well as other toys!) and refuse to become just another statistic/victim.....

Good deal ! Do the same thing in a different state all backed up by a Bernelli pump at the ready. I urge you to remember where the permits are honored and where they are not........that could be worse than defending ourselves from an angry crowd..

JMO