Media and lies help light the match.
ST. LOUIS, MO (KTVI) – A MetroLink beating captured on video is now lighting up social media in St. Louis. Viewers sent the video to FOX 2 on Twitter and Facebook pages looking for answers. Police say the beating happened on Monday evening at 9:54pm. The victim, a 43-year-old white male, tells investigators that a question about Mike Brown sparked the incident.
Twan Davis posted the video to Facebook on Thursday morning. The fight starts at about 1:40 into the footage.
The video shows man seated at the front of the MetroLink train can be seen talking to several young men. After a heated exchange the man wearing a red shirt and hat punches the seated man in the face. The man puts up his fists to protect himself but never leaves his seat.
The announcer says, “Next station stop, Forest Park – Debaliviere Station.”
Several other men start punching the seated man in the face. The man in red then kicks the seated man. The victim guards his face with his hands.
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