Marcus Owens is an African-American student at the University of Iowa, and he told police he was beat by three white men because he was BLACK. POLICE SAY: Owens, apparently quite drunk, was an instigator, not a victim, in three fistfights inside a bar and on a downtown street - He SELECTED all white people to ATTACK! He is the OFFENDER of the HATE CRIME! www.TrueNewsUSA.Blogspot.Com

BLACK, drunk and stupid is no

way to go through life BOY!

Let's take a look at the recent statement issued by Naperville residents Melvin Owens Jr. and his wife, Rosalind, on behalf of their 19-year-old son, Marcus.

"Marcus Owens and the entire Owens family would like to issue their deepest apologies to Marcus' friends, the Iowa City community, the University of Iowa, and the Iowa City Police Department for the misunderstandings and anxiety stemming from Marcus' involvement in a violent incident in downtown Iowa City on May 1," it begins.

While this introduction does downplay the severity of the lies young Owens told in the wake of the highly publicized incident and employs the verbal emollient "misunderstandings," it strikes an appropriate opening note of regret.

Marcus Owens is an African-American student at the University of Iowa, and he told police he was set upon by three white men when he left a bar to go into an alley to use his cellphone. The men beat him severely as they hurled racial epithets, he said. And with his front teeth broken, his lip cut so badly it required stitches and his face swollen, he certainly looked the part of the victim.

The attack was given considerable coverage in Iowa City and Chicago-area media, and the Iowa City police "treated the investigation as a major case with the dedication of all available resources," according to a department news release.

Race-based attacks — hate crimes — are particularly sickening, particularly threatening, as they simultaneously intimidate and indict whole communities of people.

By examining multiple surveillance videos, what police said they found was that Owens, apparently quite drunk, was an instigator, not a victim, in three fistfights inside a bar and on a downtown street.

"The original altercations stemmed from a disagreement between two students who are members of fraternities," said the police news release. "According to witnesses, the `n-word' was used by one individual at the time of the second altercation … (but) the FBI determined that the facts of this investigation did not meet the criteria necessary to be labeled as a hate crime."

The police news release also said, "According to multiple witness accounts, Owens was reported to have made statements being concerned about his injuries sustained during the altercations and how he was going to inform his family."

From the parental statement: "Upon learning more details of the case, and while racial slurs served to fuel the violence, Marcus now knows that his account of events was inconsistent with police findings, in part due to alcohol being involved, his embarrassment at his behavior, as well as the injuries he sustained."

He now knows this? No, he knew it all along, particularly after he sobered up. He now admits it. And "inconsistent with police findings" is an awfully convoluted way of saying "a lie."

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