Monday, August 22, 2011

Waterloo, Iowa: Mob beats black teen Marcellus Andrews to death, taunting "faggot," in Michele Bachmann's home town

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SUSPECTED KILLER, 19, ARRESTED 9/8/11, CHARGED WITH 2ND DEGREE MURDER IN DEATH OF MARCELLUS ANDREWS

Marcellus Andrews, 1992-2011: Saturday's funeral in Waterloo.

Vigils held across IowaHours before vigils, Waterloo PD issues new press release explaining why they're not investigating death as hate crime; Waterloo cops still refuse to call slur-ridden beat-down a hate crime...; Marcellus Andrews vigils, memorial and funeral schedule

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From the wcf.courier.com' s website:
The two women hadn't made it as far as Adams Street a block away when they heard yelling back at the house. They ran back and found a truck stopped in the street, and the occupants were taunting Andrews, calling him "faggot" and "Mercedes," a feminization of his first name, Simpson said.
                                    

The beating occurred early Friday and as recently as yesterday, Waterloo police maintained that it was unclear why Andrews was targeted.

Below: Michele Bachmann on Waterloo (skip to 3:45):
"How thankful I am for Waterloo. For this wonderful, decent, god-fearing community... This was such a fine community to be born in, to grow up in, to work in (Bachmann left Iowa at age 13), to be a part of. I'm just thrilled with pride when I think what Waterloo put into our family... This is what we need more of; we need more Waterloo...

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