{"id":187165,"date":"2019-04-22T07:05:59","date_gmt":"2019-04-22T07:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=187165"},"modified":"2019-04-25T05:30:02","modified_gmt":"2019-04-25T05:30:02","slug":"black-man-intentionally-ran-car-into-two-white-children-no-hate-crime-charged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=187165","title":{"rendered":"Black Man Intentionally Ran Car Into Two White Children, No Hate Crime Charged"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Hide Out Now \u2013 April 20, 2019<\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Another incident involving white children attacked by a black man who attempted to murder them has emerged.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Oghaleoghene Atunu, 21, circled his car in the areas where the white children were until he spotted them and, police believe, intentionally ran his car into them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">\u201cJust the fact that they drove away and didn\u2019t even stop to check if these children were OK \u2014 or alive \u2014 there\u2019s just no excuse for that,\u201d Erin Piazza, whose son Josh was hit,\u00a0<a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/kdvr.com\/2019\/04\/18\/aurora-man-charged-with-attempted-murder-in-hit-and-run-that-injured-2-boys\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>said to Fox 31<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The 11 and 12-year-old are recovering but one suffered a skull fracture, bleeding in his brain and a concussion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Atuna was arrested last Saturday and has been charged with \u201cthree counts of attempted first-degree murder; two counts of attempted first-degree assault; two counts of child abuse; one count of first-degree assault; one count of failing to remain at the scene of an accident involving serious bodily injuries; one count of vehicular assault; one count of failure to notify police of an accident; one count of leaving the scene without providing required information after striking unattended property; one count of reckless driving; one count of driving a vehicle when a driver\u2019s license was expired one year or less; and one count of failure to observe\/disregarded traffic control device.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Notice in the list of charges that Atuna faces none of them involve a hate crime, something that would have likely been given had the children been black and Atuna white.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">\u201cThis case is a prime example of the incredible skills and untiring determination our members have every day to ensure Colorado is as safe as possible\u201d Chief Matthew Packard, of the Colorado State Patrol, said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">\u201cWithout a doubt, everyone involved in this investigation is working to ensure the demands of justice are met,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">This case follows another where a black man attempted to murder a white child at the Mall of America by pushing him off a three story balcony.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">CNN, MSNBC, The New York Times, The Washington Post and others gave ample coverage to the Jussie Smollett hoax but not to either of these cases.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Video showed him circling the area? So he targeted these kids.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WildAssMofo (@WildAssMofo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WildAssMofo\/status\/1118340945462923264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 17, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/Quidnunciac\/status\/1118369113888514048<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">yes. according to the State Patrol. deliberately ran into them.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jim Benemann (@jimbcbs4) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jimbcbs4\/status\/1118364907274108928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 17, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Not exactly a hit and run. Let\u2019s call that attempted mass murder or terrorist attack<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jacqueline S (@JacquelineS59) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JacquelineS59\/status\/1118364080081973248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 17, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Never get the same coverage. Maybe get 16 hours of community service. EMPIRE!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; rockcasbah (@biglightsnyc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/biglightsnyc\/status\/1119561390665211904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Our world has lost its mind. I pray for the boy\u2019s recovery and for his family.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Stephanie Klepacki (@StephKlepacki) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StephKlepacki\/status\/1118502713136779265?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 17, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/JMorrison62\/status\/1119411146728067072<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hideoutnow.com\/2019\/04\/black-man-intentionally-ran-car-into.html\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The media gave ample air time to the Jussie Smollett case, until it was proven a hoax, but have thus far only given limited coverage to this story<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[61,58,38,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-187165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-Commentary","category-Current_Affairs","category-Race","category-The_Media"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=187165"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":187191,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187165\/revisions\/187191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=187165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=187165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=187165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}