An offensive tattoo? Seriously? The guy was personally offended by a bum's tattoo?

I'm sure that when the poor guy had a little
money he thought to himself, "I bet I'll be out of work some day and I'll have to beg for change on the street. When that happens, I'll see a lot of people....maybe even the founder of Pinkberry Frozen Yogurt. Just in case, I better tattoo a dick on my wrist so I can wave it at him."
(or whatever that tattoo was)

... I really want to see that tattoo.

Did he pay for his bail with his special American Express Plum card?

/People who eat Pinkberry are pretentious jerks.

Pretty uncultured, for a yogurt guy.

"This case is emblematic of how the homeless are among the most vulnerable in our society," said Vernon, commanding officer of the Central Detective Division.

No, actually it's emblematic if how obnoxious and lawless the bastards have become in LA.

Wow.

Uncool, man.

I call bully.

Indubitably: Wow.

Uncool, man.

I call bully.

And p.s. he was homeless, man. you invented a thing. he was homeless. you shall be homeless too. lame and shame.

Now I normally don't say sh*t like this but I've found that Korean dudes tend to be epic douches... and big... and usually trained to hurt people very badly.

Tire iron? Really?!

The homeless in California are cockroaches. I have less of an issue with the tire iron beating and more of an issue that he didn't finish the job.

Vespizzari: The homeless in California are cockroaches. I have less of an issue with the tire iron beating and more of an issue that he didn't finish the job.

And HEeeeEEEeeRRRrrEeee we go!

2wolves: After he's convicted the homeless guy will sue and sue for large dollars. What if he's a homeless Vet? Wounded Vet? Maybe with a Bronze? Huge dollars.

He won't have to be convicted. OJ wasn't. Homeless no more indeed.

Does he own any ties, or undershirts? Between his clothes and his seriousface (and now his alleged penchant for violence over disrespect), I'm pegging him as mafia.

It was a very realistic tattoo.

This tastes like Bonfire of the Vanities

I'm more into the story from the page about a woman offering sexual favors in exchange for McNuggets.

Link (new window)

Life is different for the 1%. He was only teaching the man some manners, in the old world way, or someone called him Pink Berry one too many times.

A former kick-boxer and later an architect, Lee co-founded Pinkberry with Shelly Hwang in 2005.

And you use a tire iron? Someone's gotten lazy in their old age.

mikebdoss: Does he own any ties, or undershirts? Between his clothes and his seriousface (and now his alleged penchant for violence over disrespect), I'm pegging him as mafia.

Koreans are forced to take TKD and the article mentions he was a kickboxer. I lived in that world briefly. The guys that ran the clubs are... f*cked up.

Essentially meaning the dude MAY be connected but the mentality can just come from being a TKD jocko.

I'm guessing 'Nam vet with a naked asian woman and the words "me love you long time"

Is assault a more serious crime if you do it to someone that is homeless? What if I beat up a home-owner? Is that less serious than someone who justs rents a condo? John McCain owns more houses than he can remember. It should be totally legal to kick John McCain's ass.

Vespizzari: The homeless in California are cockroaches. I have less of an issue with the tire iron beating and more of an issue that he didn't finish the job.

you are one fine human being. your parents did a epic job.

ProfessorOhki: A former kick-boxer and later an architect, Lee co-founded Pinkberry with Shelly Hwang in 2005.

And you use a tire iron? Someone's gotten lazy in their old age.

The originator of TKD (the S. Korean martial art) essentially said that the training was for physical conditioning. When it's go time... use a gun.

That was horribly paraphrased but the gist of his philosophy.

The tattoo in question

I guess I'm ok with the fact that I thought Pinkberry was a clothing line. Never seen one of these. Or at least never noticed them.

Loucifer: Is assault a more serious crime if you do it to someone that is homeless? What if I beat up a home-owner? Is that less serious than someone who justs rents a condo? John McCain owns more houses than he can remember. It should be totally legal to kick John McCain's ass.

It's more of a morality issue than a legal one. Dude who has it all crushes dude who has nothing for no good reason.

It's just not cool.

That'll teach him not to do something as stupid as getting a tattoo in the first place.

Vespizzari: The homeless people in California are cockroaches. I have less of an issue with the tire iron beating and more of an issue that he didn't finish the job.

Is my emphasis better, worse... what do you say? My assertion seems quite valid from my non-California perspective. Perhaps you can convince me through reasoned argument that my position that wealthy people with a bit of "celebrity" to their experience, coupled with some sense of superiority for having successfully sold a lot of yoghurt, aren't just about as useless a random homeless guy on the street?

/grammar Nazis, was that a run-on or not?

StanTheMan: "This case is emblematic of how the homeless are among the most vulnerable in our society," said Vernon, commanding officer of the Central Detective Division.

No, actually it's emblematic if how obnoxious and lawless the bastards have become in LA.

This

LA sucks. Only thing that sucks more are the people in LA

missiv:
http://media.salon.com/2012/01/romney-shoe-shine2-460x307.jpg
Life is different for the 1%.

That's a TSA agent with a metal detector, not a shoe shine boy.

It's been debunked all over the place - what's it like to be so gullible? Or so dishonest?

What an offensive tattoo might look like. (new window)

here to help: Loucifer: Is assault a more serious crime if you do it to someone that is homeless? What if I beat up a home-owner? Is that less serious than someone who justs rents a condo? John McCain owns more houses than he can remember. It should be totally legal to kick John McCain's ass.

It's more of a morality issue than a legal one. Dude who has it all crushes dude who has nothing for no good reason.

It's just not cool.

Yeah.. I suppose. Besides, I guess McCain's already had his ass sufficiently beaten by Koreans.

_{/and Kenyans}

Came for a shopped TCBY tattoo, leaving disappointed.

RatOmeter: Vespizzari: The homeless people in California are cockroaches. I have less of an issue with the tire iron beating and more of an issue that he didn't finish the job.

Is my emphasis better, worse... what do you say? My assertion seems quite valid from my non-California perspective. Perhaps you can convince me through reasoned argument that my position that wealthy people with a bit of "celebrity" to their experience, coupled with some sense of superiority for having successfully sold a lot of yoghurt, aren't just about as useless a random homeless guy on the street?

/grammar Nazis, was that a run-on or not?

Nope, it's clean.

;)

Oh yeah? I've seen a guy with a swastica (sp?) on his right arm and about six inches below that -I swear to God-a star of David.

FTA: "This case is emblematic of how the homeless are among the most vulnerable in our society,"

And are also some the most confrontational people in our society. I have seen a number of instances where homeless ask you for something, then retort with nasty insults or threats of violence when you don't give in to their demands. If you do anything other than ignore them, things can escalate very quickly in a very bad way. Doesn't help that many of them have mental health issues, but not to the severity where they can be involuntarily committed.

I do not condone what Mr. Lee did, but I'm not going to shed a tear over some aggressive transient's head being caved in, either.

I guess when you've founded a minorly successful fruit smoothie company, you're a big enough man to beat anyone you want in this world.

Money and success talk, all you homeless bums can just walk. Suck it.

Artist: Oh yeah? I've seen a guy with a swastica (sp?) on his right arm and about six inches below that -I swear to God-a star of David.

"k" is for "konundrum."

;)

Why are we painting this tire iron guy as a hero? Homeless guy now has shelter, and food (once he can eat).

Did the guy a favour

SoCalSurfer: StanTheMan: "This case is emblematic of how the homeless are among the most vulnerable in our society," said Vernon, commanding officer of the Central Detective Division.

No, actually it's emblematic if how obnoxious and lawless the bastards have become in LA.

This

LA sucks. Only thing that sucks more are the people in LA

LA is NYC without the culture or history. It's NYC without any of the things that make NYC beautiful or famous.

derrrface: Came for a shopped TCBY tattoo, leaving disappointed.

cirby: missiv:
http://media.salon.com/2012/01/romney-shoe-shine2-460x307.jpg
Life is different for the 1%.

That's a TSA agent with a metal detector, not a shoe shine boy.

It's been debunked all over the place - what's it like to be so gullible? Or so dishonest?

You got to sit in a comfy chair and have the TSA cater to you? Where do you fly?

here to help: ProfessorOhki: A former kick-boxer and later an architect, Lee co-founded Pinkberry with Shelly Hwang in 2005.

And you use a tire iron? Someone's gotten lazy in their old age.

The originator of TKD (the S. Korean martial art) essentially said that the training was for physical conditioning. When it's go time... use a gun.

That was horribly paraphrased but the gist of his philosophy.

Sure, if you're actually trying to kill the guy. If you're just trying to "teach him a lesson" and/or blow off steam, it'd be a bit overkill and over in a fraction of a second. This doesn't sound like a fight, this sounds like a beating.