Flint, Michigan, the hometown of people like Michael Moore and the band Grand Funk Railroad, has a situation on their hands, and this is one of those stories that if the situation was reversed we would have been talking about since May when it started. The law is looking for a white man (composite picture shown) suspected of going on a killing spree in which he has been attacking and stabbing men in town, all but one of them black. Of his 13 victims, five of them have died.Now the police say it may be motivated by racial hatred, but we are sure the conservatives will try to find some way to put the kibbosh on that, and for that matter any attention to the case. Well, to hell with them if they do.This is a town that has seen record drops in crime over the past five years. They are going to drop this scumbag too.
Associated Press
FLINT, Mich. — Investigators say a knife-wielding serial killer has been attacking men on Flint-area streets since May, killing five people and wounding eight others in a vicious spate of violence that may be motivated by racial hatred.
Survivors have described their assailant as a muscular, young white man, and all but one of the 13 victims was black, Flint police Lt. T.P. Johnson told The Associated Press on Friday. Flint is a predominantly black city, and investigators are unsure if the suspect was targeting blacks or whether the victims were chosen at random.
The victims were all outside alone at night. Survivors have said the attacker approached them under the pretense of needing directions or help with a broken down vehicle.
“He then pulls a knife and attacks them without saying anything more,” Johnson said.
“A knife is a very personal weapon. To stab somebody repeatedly, there has to be some rage going on,” he said.
Detectives have been investigating the attacks since they started, but a pattern only became apparent on Tuesday, the day after 49-year-old Arnold Minor was found slain along a Flint street, Johnson said.
Flint is the birthplace of General Motors and was once a powerful auto manufacturing town, but its economy and population have steadily declined over the past few decades and have led to cuts in police and fire protection.
Mayor Dayne Walling on Friday urged residents to watch out for each other and to remain vigilant.
“You have somebody in your life who is vulnerable, look out for them,” he said.
Bob Katrinic, a 59-year-old white man from Burton who runs a leather goods business, spoke to a reporter Friday afternoon only a few feet from where Minor was killed. Katrinic said he’s taking precautions.
“When I go to work, I know I’m going to be packing,” said Katrinic.
Alexandria Sullivan, 20, a black criminal justice student at Mott Community College, said she tells her brothers to avoid situations that might lead to trouble. Flint has had problems with violence between young black men.
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