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Four young males have been arrested after the senseless, brutal beating of a man on a late-night walk Sunday on St. Paul's East Side, police said Friday.
The victim, Ray Widstrand, 26, of St. Paul, reportedly was in critical condition at Regions Hospital with potentially fatal brain swelling.
Police found Widstrand lying on the ground, bleeding from his nose and mouth, his pants removed and shirt torn, according to a criminal complaint filed by the Ramsey County attorney's office.
"He's in the most difficult time right now, as far as swelling and cranial pressure. We're in that critical time," his father, Peter Widstrand, said.
According to the complaint, Widstrand was attacked when he tried to walk through a group of
30 to 50 juveniles and young adults fighting near Payne and Minnehaha avenues in the Payne-Phalen neighborhood about 11:30 p.m. Sunday.
His family said he had been living in a nearby apartment for about two months.
Skin color shouldn't even matter here. It's commonsense not to walk through a brawl, no matter what the race involved is.
Thank you. I don't walk around rough-looking White guys or rough looking Black men. I don't care what race the person is. I speak as someone, who happens to be Black, who has been jumped and beaten up by both Black guys and White guys.
No. This is what happens when you walk near a brawl. You don't walk near fights. Answer this for me. I was a kid ,I got shot with a paintball gun by a White teenage male. Do I go profiling every White guy I see? No. I don't think like you.
And you say you are Black. Are you willing to go through being profiled yourself? Answer that question.
No. This is what happens when you walk near a brawl. You don't walk near fights. Answer this for me. I was a kid ,I got shot with a paintball gun by a White teenage male. Do I go profiling every White guy I see? No. I don't think like you.
And you say you are Black. Are you willing to go through being profiled yourself? Answer that question.
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