Quotes of note from the link in case you miss them:
Witnesses, though, told the Journal Sentinel that the attacks appeared to be unprovoked and racially motivated.
"You could just tell they were after white people. That was the main thing. If you were white, they were coming after you," said Jon Stikl of Oak Creek.
Also......
"We noticed a group of five to 10 young black males run up and jump a young white male for no other reason then him being white," Stikl said.
They knocked him to the ground, and then a group of 15 black men kicked and stomped on him, Stikl said.
"My wife's brother jumped out of the car - his natural reaction was to try to break it up. Before you knew it, five or 10 guys were on him and started punching at him. My wife was able to pull him back in the car. So now they surrounded my car and just started punching through the windows, kicking and shaking the car, screaming racial things."
And..........
Milwaukee Common Council President Willie Hines said he was at the fair Thursday night and witnessed blacks fighting each other, but did not see any blacks attack whites.
He said that if it happened, those individuals should be charged with the crime as well as a hate crime.
"They should be penalized for the prime incident, and we should have a racial enhancer," Hines said.
(Not that it matters necessarily, but Willie Hines is black.)
https://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/126828998.html
Subsequent to this story, charges were filed.
I would be more than happy to tell you the kids name - but you see - he's 16 so you'll have to get by without knowing it for the time being. He was charged with three counts of being a party to the crime of armed robbery, use of force. But it kind of reads like there was a WHOLE lot more than just robbery going on, doesn't it? HE told West Allis police that HE and others beat up WHITE people because they were "easy targets".
I guess if you do have further questions, maybe you can give Jon of Oak Creek a call - quite sure he'll be happy to tell you the inside scoop.
As for my first person knowledge of the Fair, I arrived on Tuesday, and "beating night" was already in the books. I can, however, tell you that the cream puffs were really good again this year, but stay away from the deep-fried beer.
