By booboo

March 24, 2009 3:25 PM | Link to this

I can relate to the dudes who did the beating. I woulda liked to have beat down the owners of EAGLE Fence and Construction in Lewisburg Oh., for screwing me and others on shoddy workmanship

By NoneYa

March 24, 2009 3:25 PM | Link to this

Sounds about right for downtown Dayton

By UrbanDweller

March 24, 2009 3:26 PM | Link to this

If the pedestrian was jaywalking when he got hit and the driver had stopped, then I say throw the pedestrian and his friends in jail for assualt.

By Diane

March 24, 2009 3:29 PM | Link to this

Booboo, You, my friend, could get none with the boys up at Eagle Fence. They’d take you behing the shoddy fence they put in for you and beat your nancy boy a**e

By killem

March 24, 2009 3:43 PM | Link to this

I’d kill a fool that tried to run me over

By ???

March 24, 2009 3:49 PM | Link to this

This is for sure a hillbilly/ghetto board!!

By make a difference

March 24, 2009 3:51 PM | Link to this

I work in and enviroment where I am the only Afro-American. When I mention I live on the Westside of Dayton, You should hear the responses. I often wonder why, however, after reading this incident and the response to it,I think I now know why.

By Chris

March 24, 2009 3:51 PM | Link to this

Yea, with news like that I’m sure I’ll want to go downtown to shop at the arcade….

By make a difference

March 24, 2009 3:52 PM | Link to this

I work in and enviroment where I am the only Afro-American. When I mention I live on the Westside of Dayton, You should hear the responses. I often wonder why, however, after reading this incident and the response to it,I think I now know why.

By ramming speed

March 24, 2009 3:53 PM | Link to this

Have you ever noticed how all the people with no where to go and nothing to do slow down to a crawl in the crosswalks downtown.

By flipper

March 24, 2009 4:06 PM | Link to this

No one should hit/brush a pedestrian. Always try to give right of way to them even if you are held up for a while. People can be lame and jaywalk in traffic. You would never get over that in your lifetime if you killed a person.

By Cite them all

March 24, 2009 4:16 PM | Link to this

Sounds like the pedestrian didn’t get hurt badly since he was able to chase the car down. The driver was probably hurt worse with the beating he took. The pedestrian & friends should be cited as well for their behavior.

By CreekRes

March 24, 2009 4:16 PM | Link to this

Have you ever noticed the incredible amount of restraint that you have to exercise when you’re driving downtown and Madame Hats is crossing the street?

By Big Dog

March 24, 2009 4:17 PM | Link to this

If they were jay walking, they deserved to get hit. They have cross walks for a reason! If they were in a cross walk, then maybe the driver deserved the beating!

By shellymoe

March 24, 2009 4:28 PM | Link to this

My husband yielded to jaywalkers in the same area last year & when they motioned for him to go (yet kept walking), they approached his car & started beating on it. When they saw him on the cell phone, they took off. Of course, DPD acted as if we wasted their time. Probably the same group of uneducated DPS drop-outs!

By Boggs

March 24, 2009 4:31 PM | Link to this

Pedestrians have the right of way, however some of the pedestrians of the teen/early 20’s age group seem to dare the drivers to hit them by walking slowly and stopping to talk/text/taunt while downtown. I suspect the driver had enough of this and jumped the gun a bit too fast but by having the pedestrian’s friends attack the driver instead of calling the police faults him as much or more than the driver, as I see it.

By poppawu

March 24, 2009 4:32 PM | Link to this

The pedestrians shoulda beat the crap outta the guy. How is he gonna hit somebody and keep goin, like people downtown are squirrels or dogs.

By J.Jackson

March 24, 2009 4:37 PM | Link to this

Now that Obama is in office you betta yield to the black man. Its a black thing…whites just don’t understand. Iy’s disrespectfull to hit a black man..it hurts his pride so he must beat someone to get hes street cread back.

By HHRes

March 24, 2009 4:37 PM | Link to this

Oh yeah poppawu - that’s answer to everything right. I am more inclined to believe that this driver didn’t stop, because he saw a group of thugs (not men or even boys - to unclassy to be called that)running after his car. No sane person would stop. The driver should be cited, and these thugs need to have their butts in jail with all the other thugs.

By handsheal76

March 24, 2009 4:40 PM | Link to this

Some drivers have no empathy for pedestrians or cyclist because they’ve never been a pedestrian or a cyclist on the street with vehicles. It really is life or death. Put yourself in other peoples shoes. Would you turn that quickly if your daughter was in the crosswalk or tail that bike so closely if your mother were on it? I get the pedestrians frustration, although I don’t support violence. I prefer the middle finger. It doesn’t solve anything, but I feel better.

By null

March 24, 2009 4:41 PM | Link to this

No wonder no one wants to go downtown anymore.Dayton SUCKS.

By michael thomas

March 24, 2009 4:42 PM | Link to this

Another PRIME reason to stay away from downtown.Of course the poor reporting did not give details like: was the person jaywalking, or dart out in front of the car. OR did the driver go through a traffic light? Like downtown Dayton, this paper is a joke as well!

By j jackson is a racist prick

March 24, 2009 5:10 PM | Link to this

my user name says it all. j jackson, you need to realize people are people, and your stupid racist comment is unappreciated. if you don’t like dayton, then move. if you don’t like the president, then my friend get a pne way pass to mexico or canada and f-k the hell off.

By To Diane

March 24, 2009 5:23 PM | Link to this

1.No need to capitalize after a comma. 2.”could get none”…wtf? 3. it’s behind, not “behing” 4.never mentioned what “work” they did. 5.”nancy boy a**e”…WTF !!!

By Buckeye

March 24, 2009 5:25 PM | Link to this

Devilnmissjones7, We know you work at a Dayton (downtown) school. You really should not talk like that in public or someone will print it out and give it to one of your supervisors. All of your posts are public and while you may disagree with someone, it is unprofessional to swear like you do. I forgive you, but the question is, do you use that type of language in front of the children?

By rrhoop5469

March 24, 2009 5:30 PM | Link to this

ROFL…just the headline alone had me laughing. I don’t blame them one bit. If they had to chase down who hit him…the obviously the driver didn’t stop when he hit a pedestrian. That’s a hit & run in my book.

By dayton sux

March 24, 2009 5:32 PM | Link to this

dayton sux….glad i left. black druggie mayor with goofy glasses.WTF?

By Mayor Drugg ee

March 24, 2009 6:05 PM | Link to this

Remember, any issue or conflict can be solved in the following way: THROW MONEY AT IT LIKE OBAMA DOES AND ALL OUR WORRIES WILL GO AWAY!!!!! At least thats what he thinks

By namaste

March 24, 2009 6:31 PM | Link to this

The experience with pedestrians -is the same in Cincy and Cleveland when I drive downtown in those cities.

By Tkidding

March 24, 2009 6:45 PM | Link to this

This is probably the real story. This kid and his “group of friend” aka gang members were harassing a crack head that was trying to score when the driver struck one of the gang bangers. They chased the driver down and beat the crap out of him.

By susan

March 24, 2009 6:50 PM | Link to this

The driver just needs to learn how to AIM!!!!!

By sigh

March 24, 2009 7:38 PM | Link to this

i think dayton needs a hybrid word for hillybilly and ghetto. hmmmm… what do you think about “hilletto”? or how about “ghettilly”? the word would be used to disparage a person of unknown race with the stereotyped attributes of hillybilly or ghetto behaviour without being racist. Maybe Stephen Colbert can come up with a good one.

By gotitright

March 24, 2009 7:39 PM | Link to this

Just another reason why I would never go downtown. Thug/mob rule.

By sparkey

March 24, 2009 7:47 PM | Link to this

The pedestrian might have had the right to chase down the driver, but if his friends joined in, then his friends should be charged with assault. They weren’t the ones who were hit. I see a lawsuit here.

By shlz65

March 24, 2009 8:53 PM | Link to this

I work in Dayton, I hate driving anywhere near downtown. And it’s not just there that you have to put up with that crap of people walking slow and making you wait. They act like we owe them something, like yeah whitey you can wait on my lazy a$$.. I don’t owe them a damn thing. Get a job and stop waitin on Obama to pay your mortgage… And you wonder why people are racist ?? HELLO???

By James

March 24, 2009 9:00 PM | Link to this

So in other words, a ghetto racist black guy was walking across the street against a green light. The driver starts to go, and the ghetto racist black guy decides that it’s his street. So he runs down the driver screaming “You hit me”, the driver out of concern stops, and the ghetto racist black guy then commits a hate crime by beating the driver. It’s wonderful the system that the Republicans have created isn’t it?

By Mary

March 24, 2009 9:05 PM | Link to this

James, You’re absolutely right. This seem like an unfortunate incident born out of the Racist Republican policies of the past 8 years : (

By Buckeye No More

March 24, 2009 9:15 PM | Link to this

I moved out of Dayton (& Ohio) 29 years ago and never looked back. We came back thru town last fall and were shocked at the condition downtown Dayton is in. The story doesn’t sound like things are improving.

By namaste

March 24, 2009 9:24 PM | Link to this

Buckeye No More, where do you live now?

By Think About It

March 24, 2009 9:57 PM | Link to this

Did anyone read anything about the race of either the driver or the group of “friends” in the article? Your racist views made you all think that this was a Black/White issue. Let’s suppose the driver was black and the “group” was white? I didn’t see not one person come to that conclusion and for that you all should be ashamed. As a worker in Downtown Dayton I see groups of white youths along with the groups of blacks, but it seems everyone is too busy watching the black groups while the white groups steal and spread graffiti all over downtown.

By Lynn

March 24, 2009 10:41 PM | Link to this

Did I miss the section of the article that gave the races of those involved in this incident? There’s nothing in this story to indicate the races of the driver, the pedestrian or the pedestrian’s friends. The pedestrian said he was “near” the corner - that sounds as though he wasn’t in the crosswalk. If that’s the case, he’s at fault. Jaywalking is common downtown and it isn’t restricted to any one race. Lack of courtesy and laziness cuts across racial lines.

By CopLand

March 25, 2009 12:54 AM | Link to this

How did race come into the picture? I thought the article was about a pedestrian getting hit, not the color of their skin. There is nothing more PATHETIC than a racist/prejudice person. Black or white. Keep your ignorant opinions to yourself. Oh yea, Obama’s mother is WHITE, so get the facts straight. He’s 50/50. Math helps!!!

By Heavy

March 27, 2009 8:39 PM | Link to this

What did you do today? Well after I spent the entire day downtown,smoking black and mild cigars and begging from girls who wont give me any.My loser buddies and I beat up a driver in a car who hit my friend who was jay-walking.