New Orleans Man Survives Beating By Teen Gang

Have you ever heard of a gang of white teens beating up a white man for no reason? 

[From article]
He remembers only flashes, he said, including the teens taking his laptop from his backpack but never attempting -- despite ample opportunity -- to take the $90 he had in his wallet.
"This was a planned assault," Murphy said when reached by phone Tuesday (July 29), two days after the attack. "It was not a robbery attempt. They just wanted to stomp somebody."
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The day before the attack on Murphy, New Orleans artist Christopher Brumfield said maybe a dozen teens, armed with sticks and bats, beat him as he walked along St. Roch Avenue near North Claiborne Avenue.
Brumfield said he had to crawl into oncoming traffic to escape the assault.
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"My speculation is I don't think that it's about holding a grudge against anybody in particular," he said. "I think it's holding a grudge against society in general."

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Victim of St. Roch attack: 'They just wanted to stomp somebody'

By Jonathan Bullington

NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
on July 29, 2014 at 9:16 PM, updated July 29, 2014 at 9:59 PM