Buffalo, New York students injured in Buffalo State College brawl racist hate crime

Students injured in Buffalo State brawl
Updated: Tuesday, 09 Mar 2010, 7:15 PM EST
Published : Tuesday, 09 Mar 2010, 7:15 PM EST

Al Vaughters
Posted by: Eli George
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) - Two young victims of a brutal attack at Buffalo State College say they're the victims of mistaken identity and a hate crime.

It was actually a group of five young African-American men who stayed to watch a second basketball game after their team lost in an earlier game. Three of the five were beaten severely and the parents of two of them say, it was by an angry mob that seemed to be spoiling for a fight.

Eric Martin said, "Both of my sons are very damaged. My nephew is damaged. We are just going to ask for the public to pray for them."

Martin's two sons are recovering from injuries suffered following a high school basketball game Saturday night at Buffalo State. Martin told News 4 that an angry mob of Clarence High School students and fans followed his two sons to their car.

"They were yelling some racial slurs because I guess they thought my sons were from Jamestown and I guess they did not like the idea they had lost the basketball game," said Martin.

Martin's 20-year-old son, Eric, and 17-year-old, Aaron, had gone to Buffalo State with three of their cousins to watch the championship game between McKinley High School and Williamsville South and then stayed to watch Jamestown against Clarence, which Clarence lost.

The Martins say they tried to avoid a confrontation with the angry fans, but when they tried to pull out of the parking lot, their car was blocked.

Martin said, "They surrounded the car. They surrounded the vehicle and started kicking the vehicle."

Martin told News 4 one of his nephews got out of the car to ask the crowd to move and that led to the melee, which sent both of his sons to ECMC with concussions.

John Lombardo, Dep. Chief of the Buffalo State University Police, told News 4 they are taking charges of a "hate crime" in Saturday's incident very seriously.

"Were we, as a police agency, to have any information that led us to believe that a hate crime had, in fact, been committed, we would leave no stone unturned to make sure that was handled appropriately," said Lombardo.

Lombardo told News 4 the investigation is continuing. Though two people were briefly taken into custody following the brawl, no one has been formally charged.

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[DrFunky4]

yes you did! you said they brought it on themselves! dont cover it up now because I called you out on it!

[soulchick22]

did anyone ever think that these kids who were beat up ever brought it on themselves? they obviously knew the others were from clarence...

[DrFunky4]

@soulchick22 ...right, hate crime beatings are deserved... ok Strom Thurmond...

[DrFunky4]

@completedrunk I love how youtube racists love talking shit undercover online where no one knows who they are

[completedrunk]

@MrMadmardin lol agreed

[MrMadmardin]

Bahahaha fuck those niggers. Glad they got their ASSES whooped.

[soulchick22]

@DrFunky4 ... i never said that the kids deserved it... there must be some underlying issue that caused the fight to happen... these things just dont appear out of nowhere

[comedykid666777]

Where's the fucking love?