Part of this Equation- " Razzing " or Bullying: What James Williamson won't tell you !

Note: Leave it to Brown County Republican Party Spokesperson and KXYL Talk Show Host, James Williamson, to twist this into a liberal topic. Knowing his style and interest, I'm surprised he didn't alledge that the bat was Gay ! For over 20 minutes on his show James Williamson, and his best students, made jokes about this tragic incident and asked where's the ACLU , I guess we're going to have to sue Big Bats etc., etc.,etc.,. It took Marion Belknap to call in and mention the bullying aspect of the story. Marion also commented about the negative nature of the calls and James's handling of the topic. Kudos to Marion Belknap. The more I hear the more I understand the comment by Former Texas Lt Governor Bill Ratliff (Republican) who characterized these caliber of individuals as " the taliban " !
------------------------
Posted on Thu, Apr. 14, 2005
Boy accused of attack with bat
By Hector Becerra and Anna Gorman
Los Angeles Times
PALMDALE, Calif. - It was a warm spring night, and families in the tidy subdivisions on the eastern edge of Palmdale had gathered at the local ballpark to watch Pony League baseball under the lights.
Then screams silenced the stands.
As witnesses watched helplessly Tuesday night, a 13-year-old player standing in the snack bar line is accused of grabbing an aluminum baseball bat out of his equipment bag and clubbing a 15-year-old spectator in the head.
Bystanders, including his father, a coach in the league, rushed to Jeremy Rourke, a former Pony League all-star who lay unconscious on the ground. Jeremy was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead a few minutes later.
The 13-year-old, according to witnesses, looked stunned. He had just killed the brother of one of his closest friends, they said. Still wearing his red Angels cap, the boy was interviewed by sheriff's deputies before being taken into custody.
Some bystanders told authorities that the dispute appeared to be over one of the boys cutting in line. Others said Rourke was teasing the 13-year-old, a pitcher and third baseman who had just lost a game against the rival Dodgers.
"Jeremy apparently said something like, 'How could you lose to a team with no wins?' " said Jay Croom, a longtime Pony League parent. "I don't think Jeremy's intention was to start a fight, but when you know other baseball players, you give them a hard time. It's called razzing."
Rourke was a junior umpire for the league, but he was not umpiring that night.
Parents and players described both boys as enthusiastic baseball lovers. Both families had been active in the Pony League for years.
The suspect "is quiet, a cute boy. His parents are nice. I've never known him to be a troublemaker," said Kelly Unger, a close family friend of the Rourkes. "Now you have two families whose lives are ruined."
Several witnesses said that Rourke and the 13-year-old exchanged words and shoves in the snack bar line before the suspect retrieved his bat. They said the boy first hit Rourke in the shin or knee, then struck him a second time on the head.
"I saw them pushing each other. I heard, dink, dink, I heard the sound of him hitting his leg," 10-year-old player Troy Momjian said. "Then I looked back and then I saw him take a full swing at Jeremy's head, and then Jeremy lay on the ground."
On the ballfield Wednesday night, players and their parents gathered again, this time to mourn. Many people in the league said they don't want to take sides because it's a tragedy for both families.
"One life was taken," said Bill Blaylock, regional director for the Pony League and a 20-year volunteer. "One life, I believe, will be ruined."