Still Not Drudged: Two Arrested in “Obama!” Baseball Bat Beating

Nine days ago we noted how the Drudge Report, which pushed the bogus Ashley Todd “mutilation” story relentlessly, didn’t have anything up about a black Staten Island teen who was allegedly beaten with baseball bats by white men yelling “Obama!” Well, it’s not alleged anymore. Two men were charged with assault this morning (you’ve gotta see the picture of one of ‘em):

Two Staten Island teen-agers have been arrested this morning in connection with the beating of a black Muslim teen, allegedly at the hands of a carload of white men furious over Barack Obama’s election victory.

Ralph Nicoletti, 18, of Wadsworth Avenue, Fort Wadsworth and Bryan Garaventa, 18, of Maryland Avenue in Rosebank, were arrested yesterday and charged by police with second-degree assault, a hate crime, and criminal possession of a weapon, according to police.

More from the Daily News and NY1. Absolutely nothing about it on the Drudge Report.

RELATED: New Jersey, any chance you wanna take Staten Island off our hands? Seriously. We’ll even throw in the ferries.

Posted by Kevin K. on 11/15/08 at 02:20 PM • Permalink

Categories: New York City • News • Politics • Election '08 • St. McSame • Barack Obama • Nutters • Sarah Palin • Skull Hampers •

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RELATED: New Jersey, any chance you wanna take Staten Island off our hands? Seriously. We’ll even throw in the ferries.

You’d think they could make up their minds - is he a commie or a nazi? You can’t be both!

And the Drudge Report just sinks deeper and deeper into the mire.

Comment by marindenver on 11/15/08 at 03:50 PM

New Jersey, any chance you wanna take Staten Island off our hands? Seriously. We’ll even throw in the ferries.

Maybe if you throw in a $1200/year dividend check for every Jersey resident.

Comment by Denise aka gimmeabreak on 11/15/08 at 04:10 PM

Saw the picture, looks kind of familiar. Oh wait, is that who I think it is?

Green hair, green shirt, painted face…OMG, just piant the whole face white, then put on a purple coat, and you have a JOKER Jr. there!

But seriously, wtf man? Hope those two idiots get their worth of prison time. But you know what I am curious about? I wonder what would the other inmates do to them once they found out that they were in for a hate crime like this.