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   FLORENCE, Ala. — A white family was attacked by a mob of twenty   
   to thirty black teens at a city-sponsored event in Florence   
   earlier this month according to a report from Huntsville CBS   
   affiliate WHNT. Local police, however, are hesitant to   
   characterize the incident as a “hate crime.”   
      
   Kevin Dawes and his fourteen-year-old son Brandon claim they   
   were beaten around 8:30 PM when the “First Friday” event vendors   
   had started to go home. Brandon was struck first from behind and   
   the mob quickly swarmed his father who tried to protect him.   
   Kevin proceeded to be tased and beaten while the group smashed   
   in the windshield of the family car containing his wife, Juli,   
   and his four-year-old son. The mob scattered at the sound of   
   sirens from the Florence Police responding to Juli’s 911 call.   
      
   During the investigation, Juli reported hearing many “slurs of   
   race” from the teens as they beat her husband and son.   
      
   “They’re screaming, you know, yeah, ‘get that white!,’ you know   
   and Tasing him and laughing and taunting,” Juli said. While the   
   incident is not yet being classified as a hate crime, the   
   Florence Police Department has not ruled out the possibility and   
   is examining the situation “from all possible angles.” Police   
   Chief Ron Tyler said “There are no set of circumstances that   
   would ever justify an unprovoked attack by a group of thugs, and   
   we will not allow any group to hijack the family friendly First   
   Fridays event.”   
      
   As of now, there are no persons of interest in the case.   
      
   The seemingly unprovoked attack left Kevin with serious injuries   
   and the rest of the family traumatized. Kevin suffered a broken   
   facial bone, a black eye, and seven Taser burns. Brandon was   
   taken aback by the way the situation escalated and seemed to   
   come out of nowhere. “Randomly, they just him me in the back of   
   the head,” the fourteen-year-old said. “I didn’t think nothing   
   of it at first because, well, I thought maybe somebody tripped   
   or something.”   
      
   In light of the ever increasing confrontations between police   
   and citizens nationwide, the FBI dispatched trainers to hold a   
   two-day seminar in Florence on “appropriate decision making,”   
   after the incident was reported. According to the police   
   department’s Facebook page, “The class is designed to prepare   
   first line supervisors for ethical and appropriate decision   
   making in a changing world.” The attack took place on the same   
   day as the now infamous McKinney, Texas pool party police   
   incident that received worldwide news coverage.   
      
   The Florence investigation to find the perpetrators is ongoing.   
      
   https://yellowhammernews.com/mob-of-black-teens-reportedly-beats-   
   white-alabama-family-in-racially-charged-attack/   
        
      
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