Texas crowd kills passenger after car strikes child

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Associated Press

AUSTIN, Texas - A crowd attacked and killed a passenger in a vehicle that had struck and injured a child, police said Wednesday.

Police believe 2,000 to 3,000 people were in the area for a Juneteenth celebration when the attack occurred Tuesday night. The man who was killed had been trying to stop the group from attacking the vehicle's driver when the crowd turned on him, authorities said.

The Austin Police Department identified the victim as David Rivas Morales, 40. The child was taken to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

Police spokeswoman Toni Chovonetz said she had no further information, including how many people were involved.

The driver was able to get away from the crowd and is cooperating with investigators, police said.

Juneteenth marks the day Gen. Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston in 1865 to share news of the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed slaves two years earlier on Jan. 1, 1863.

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[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Are people going crazy from the heat and the rain?

We detain in our society, not de-brain.

[Jenn! 918]

That's horrible. No good deed goes unpunished.

[JoeMama 0]

When I was in the Philippines, my cousin told me that's how it's dealt with there. It's obvious that one person cannot stop the numbers when they're enraged.

[peejay 327]

Welcome to Texas!

[William33 110]

Wow, never thought I would see that here. Quite common in Southeast Asia and other places.

Well, at least over there they get the perp, not the passenger.

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

From the Juneteenth website..

"It is a time for reflection and rejoicing. It is a time for assessment, self-improvement and for planning the future. Its growing popularity signifies a level of maturity and dignity in America long over due."

yeah, right

http://www.juneteenth.com/

[William33 110]

From the Juneteenth website..

"It is a time for reflection and rejoicing. It is a time for assessment, self-improvement and for planning the future. Its growing popularity signifies a level of maturity and dignity in America and a long over due azz whipping of some poor slob that had nothing to do with it."

yeah, right

[peejay 327]

From the Juneteenth website..

"It is a time for reflection and rejoicing. It is a time for assessment, self-improvement and for planning the future. Its growing popularity signifies a level of maturity and dignity in America long over due."

yeah, right

http://www.juneteenth.com/

For some, Juneteenth is an excuse to go on rampages. Many of these celebrations in Houston have ended in violence and the Houston cops making scores of arrests.