Police in Ventura, Calif., were seeking three white men with shaved heads who allegedly doused a homeless man with lighter fluid before setting him ablaze late Saturday night, according to Los Angeles television station KTLA.
John Frazier, 58, was sleeping on the beach when he was awakened by three individuals pouring accelerant on his sleeping bag, the Los Angeles Times reported. The men then set Frazier on fire.
An unidentified person who came across the scene shortly afterwards used sand to extinguish the flames, which reached heights of five to six feet, according to the Times.
Frazier was taken to a local hospital, where he was recovering from burns on up to 40 percent of his extremities and torso, according to KCBS. The television station reported that he is expected to survive.
KTLA reported that the suspects were in their late teens or early 20s and were wearing dark clothing at the time.
People who know him told KTLA that Frazier is a military veteran and recent New Mexico transplant who had been sleeping on the beach since relocating to California.
Terrorism comes in many forms. Here we see how young people with no sense of humanity have resorted to terrorizing and possibly killing someone just for being homeless, apparently. That the victim was a veteran just makes this worse. When we teach people to hate as children, it is not surprising that they grow up to be monsters. My sympathies to this gentleman, and my hope that the police catch the three monsters who felt it necessary to terrorize an innocent man. I have only one question: when do we start looking at the monsters who terrorize and brutalize innocent members of our society as what they are - homegrown, inhuman monsters following the path we have set for them by demonizing the homeless?
Human beings are an abomination. I have said it a million times and I will say it another million times. But I agree with every word in your post.
On a side note…
Support our troops!*
*unless they are homeless, in which case, fuck 'em
More young white thugs. Just what is it that produces such monsters?
I blame the white culture of dependency and absent parents.
I blame present parents that teach the culture of hating the less fortunate.