Vernon Forrest killed in an attempted car jacking

**Matt Rain** · 07-26-09, 08:03 AM

First man to put Mosley on his ass (good bits start at the 1:30 mark):

**jjgold** · 07-26-09, 08:35 AM

horrible news

great fighter

rest in peace

**jjgold** · 07-26-09, 08:37 AM

Just read it, I guess coulf of been avoided if Vernon did not go after them

**BGS 9.5** · 07-26-09, 08:46 AM

Unreal what has been going on lately. I have to wonder here why, with his girlfriend's son in the car, why he didn't just give it to them......

**pavyracer** · 07-26-09, 08:48 AM

Lots of carjackings and robbery's in Atlanta lately. I never put air in my tires at 11 pm in black infested streets near the ghettos. These animals see a Jaguar and they salivate. I watch the news every night and 99% of the crimes are by young sometimes teenage blacks. They need to deploy the National Guard and shoot to kill to curb these crimes.

**SBR Lou** · 07-26-09, 11:18 AM

Originally posted by pavyracer

Lots of carjackings and robbery's in Atlanta lately. I never put air in my tires at 11 pm in black infested streets near the ghettos. These animals see a Jaguar and they salivate. I watch the news every night and 99% of the crimes are by young sometimes teenage blacks. They need to deploy the National Guard and shoot to kill to curb these crimes.

No need for racism, I'm sure just as many whites are carjacking and killing in the US.

**MilfDriller** · 07-26-09, 11:23 AM

CrazyL, I'm sure you'e joking. The statistics are out of control. I live in the state of Washington and the AA population is rather small.... but the news all the time is the 'usual suspects'.

These are not opinions, but facts. It's like the elephant in the room with the NBA. Nobody ever talks about how basically all the players are black.. but it's the reality. Unfortunately, same goes for crime.

But I can no longer expound on these topics here... so I'll leave it at that.

**stats13** · 07-26-09, 11:31 AM

I cant find out where exactly this occurred in Atlanta. I live in Atlanta, want to know. even the AJC doesn't say specifically.

**pavyracer** · 07-26-09, 11:34 AM

Originally posted by CrazyLou

No need for racism, I'm sure just as many whites are carjacking and killing in the US.

This is not racism. 99% percent of the carjackings within a 10 miles radius of downtown Atlanta are contacted by young blacks between the ages of 16-25. Call Atlanta police headquarters and they will verify my post.

**stats13** · 07-26-09, 11:36 AM

nevermind found it

The incident began at 11 p.m. at the Chevron on Whitehall Street in Southwest Atlanta when Forrest, 38, stopped to put air in the tires of his Jaguar, said Atlanta Police Detective Lt. Keith Meadows.

what the hell is he doing in southwest atlanta, go figure

**wtf** · 07-26-09, 11:38 AM

ok crazy lou

prove us all wrong with your stats

15% blacks in america

come on show us 15% of the car jackings are committed by blacks

will give you a 100 dollars against your ten

**pavyracer** · 07-26-09, 11:38 AM

Originally posted by stats13

I cant find out where exactly this occurred in Atlanta. I live in Atlanta, want to know. even the AJC doesn't say specifically.

Google Maps

http://maps.google.com/maps?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hl=en&tab=wl

Find local businesses, view maps and get driving directions in Google Maps.

type Whitehall St Atlanta

Right of I-20 a few exits west of the 1-20 & connector intersection. Very bad part of town. I got lost their once after leaving a Braves game and had to pray from my life.

**Mac4Lyfe** · 07-26-09, 11:56 AM

Forrest is from Augusta, Ga. I think he has a place in Atlanta but he could have been getting off of I-20 to or from Augusta. I've gotten off there on many occasions (I lived in Augusta for 15 years) to gas up. You really don't think about surrounding neighborhoods when your gassing up off the FW.

Crime and race are a touchy subject but it is fact that many of these carjackings in Atlanta are being committed by young blacks. Here in Houston, many are from Mexican gangs. Many white collar crimes are being committed by whites. Bottom line, we need to get all these terrorist off our streets.

**wtf** · 07-26-09, 12:09 PM

hey crazy lou still waiting for those revealing statistics

to shut us all up

**bettilimbroke999** · 07-26-09, 12:21 PM

Originally posted by CrazyLou

No need for racism, I'm sure just as many whites are carjacking and killing in the US.

Every major crime city is dominated by blacks Memphis/Atlanta/Detroit

Blacks are 6x more likely to be in jail

There are more than 3x as many blacks in prison as there are in college dorms, for whites its 2x as many in college dorms as in prison

1/3 of African-American men in their 20s who reside in California are either behind bars, on parole or probation

Since they are equally likely to commit crimes I wonder why that is hmm

**Mac4Lyfe** · 07-26-09, 12:54 PM

Originally posted by bettilimbroke999

Every major crime city is dominated by blacks Memphis/Atlanta/Detroit

Blacks are 6x more likely to be in jail

There are more than 3x as many blacks in prison as there are in college dorms, for whites its 2x as many in college dorms as in prison

1/3 of African-American men in their 20s who reside in California are either behind bars, on parole or probation

Since they are equally likely to commit crimes I wonder why that is hmm

There are a lot of reasons for the above that we don't have enough time or space to write about. One huge reason is the ridiculous war on drugs. I would guess that 80% of these guys became a part of the legal system from our stupid drug laws. In Florida there was a 3 strikes law where guys are in jail for life for addictions that should place them in hospitals.

Also research shows that the average American, regardless of color, has an biased opinion of who is a criminal. Example, when shown a picture of 2 men, one Black, the other white. A majority of the time, most people think the black man is the criminal, even when they show a picture of a black man in a doctors uniform and a white man holding a car iron. What does this mean? Well, research has shown that police officers are more apt to give a white man a warning or not bring them in versus a black man. Regardless the color of the police officer.

That said, the amount of black men "doing dirt" is alarming but so are white, yellow, brown, etc. We need to find ways of reaching these kids early on and give them other opportunities.

**flyingillini** · 07-26-09, 12:55 PM

Very sad news, it seems like this is happening a lot lately.

**BrentCrude** · 07-26-09, 01:01 PM

First off,if OSHA did a study on the longevity of boxers lives,it would be the lowest life span in the world.Even when they make alot of money they still hang out in the bad part of town.Then every tough guy street fighter that has a gunslinger mentality is looking to show them up.Alot of boxers have the cockiness in them to welcome challenges from those types.Not a week goes by and some boxer of notoriety dies young.Never from natural causes it seems.Wasn't there a pretty boy type boxer that was a stock broker that looked like Pete Samprass making his way up the ranks awhile back.Larry Merchant asked him why on earth being who he was why he would box.Is that looked upon as a racist statement?

Dateline Duluth ,Minnesota.We get all the Detroit gang banger wannabes up here because of the generous social service benefits the democrats in control hand out.They are the B team gang members where they come from so they come up here and become the A team ring leaders with street cred.Every week we get tons of black on white and black on black crime and the politicians and advocasy groups don't say squat.Once a year you get a white on black crime and all the liberals and democrats come out of the woodwork with torchlight anti racism marches.In the last 10 days black gang members shot the 31 year old father of a newborn dead and mugged and strangled someone in an alley for pocket change.Not once were the words hate crimes used by the media and local politicians.

There is one old geezer black guy named Ray in the area that's a neocon consevative that hates his own people and democrats that calls in to all the local talk radio shows and makes me look like a democrat.I'm waiting for him to be dragged through the streets of Duluth behind a pickup truck with chains.

**Mac4Lyfe** · 07-26-09, 01:02 PM

bettilimbroke999 - do you think black kids smoke marijuana any more than white kids? Nope but they get caught at a much higher frequency. Why is that?

Areas like San Diego, Nashville, LA, Houston, Miami are now being terrorized by Mexican gangs. They are the new kids on the block but they are starting to far out number crimes from blacks. Alot of the statistics have to deal with demographics. Metro Memphis, Detroit, Atlanta, DC, for example all have a high concentration of black people. Metro DC is like 90% black. You would expect the numbers to be high. You never hear of high black crime in Wyoming or Utah, because they're not there.

**Mac4Lyfe** · 07-26-09, 01:06 PM

One last point... Crime is more a condition of environment rather than color. The movie "Trading Places", is a good read.

**bettilimbroke999** · 07-26-09, 01:18 PM

Mac you're a good guy trying to defend the blacks actions but you're wrong

Are you tryin to say if I get arrested with a pound of weed or a kilo of coke the cops are gonna say its alright whitebread we understand you just made a mistake?

That's a little deluded to say the least, they nail white meth manufacturers around here all the time and I assure you they dont let them go, in fact they charge them with everything under the sun, im talkin fire hazards, child endangerment, whatever they can tack on to as many drug charges as they can come up with to put the white meth heads away forever

**jjgold** · 07-26-09, 01:50 PM

The influx of blacks the last 10 years or so have made Atlanta an unsafe place to live.

**Slim** · 07-26-09, 03:29 PM

Originally posted by CrazyLou

No need for racism, I'm sure just as many whites are carjacking and killing in the US.

Its not racism, its reality.

**bettilimbroke999** · 07-26-09, 03:32 PM

Can we get a refund from Africa for the blacks?

I think they sold us some defective merchandise, what's their return policy

**pavyracer** · 07-26-09, 03:51 PM

Originally posted by jjgold

The influx of blacks the last 10 years or so have made Atlanta an unsafe place to live.

I'm curious to know where the influx came from.

**SBR_John** · 07-26-09, 04:42 PM

I had my golf clubs stolen out of my car in front of the county hospital 17 years ago in broad day light. There is no new influx. Always extremely dangerous if you are where you shouldnt be.

**bettilimbroke999** · 07-26-09, 06:18 PM

Originally posted by SBR_John

I had my golf clubs stolen out of my car in front of the county hospital 17 years ago in broad day light. There is no new influx. Always extremely dangerous if you are where you shouldnt be.

He said he "found" them

**wtf** · 07-26-09, 10:15 PM

where is crazy lou and his statistics to prove me wrong on the 15% ratio of who is committing car jackings since race has nothing to do with it and just as many gang of white kids are running around jacking cars after they get done playing with their xbox

**Doc JS** · 07-27-09, 03:52 PM

Originally posted by wtf

where is crazy lou and his statistics to prove me wrong on the 15% ratio of who is committing car jackings since race has nothing to do with it and just as many gang of white kids are running around jacking cars after they get done playing with their xbox

WTF,
I think Lou decided, after reading the replies that came after his post, that he might be on the wrong side of this issue. And I don't think he'll be back in this thread...

Doc