Man Blames Obama After Fatally Mowing Down Black Man In His Truck
A California man is blaming his black victim after running over him and killing him. In addition, Joseph Paul Leonard Jr. blames Obama.
“Just because we got Obama for a president, these people think they are real special,” Leonard said as he sat in the back of a sheriff’s patrol car after his arrest for his vehicular assault on Toussaint Harrison, 34, the Sacramento Bee reports.
Leonard burned 23 feet of rubber before smashing his truck into Harrison.
As Harrison lay on the pavement bleeding, Leonard got out of his truck and kicked him several times in the head with his steel-toed work boots, according to witnesses.
Harrison succumbed to his injuries two days later.
Leonard also tried to run over Toussaint’s friend Justin Oliphant. For that, he’s facing attempted murder charges as well.
The second count also contains the same allegation that Leonard launched the attack “because of the victim’s status and perceived ethnicity.”
According to evidence in the trial, the events leading up to the killing began a little after 6:00 a.m. when he and a friend, Samantha Silva, rolled into a McDonald’s.
Harrison and Oliphant showed up in the parking lot of the fast-food eatery shortly afterward, “offering food to homeless people that they had obtained from a nearby hotel,” prosecutors say.
Defense attorneys said the two had stolen the food.
Silva said upon exiting the McDonald’s, the two men approached her asking if she was hungry.
Leonard emerged from the McDonald’s, “and she described that he went crazy and lost his temper,” sheriff’s Detective Pamela Linke testified at the hearing.
Silva reportedly told investigators that Leonard got a chain from the back of his truck and “he was swinging it, trying to hit the boys.”
Surveillance footage from McDonald’s shows Harrison and Oliphant backing off while Leonard appears to be using his chain like a lasso, swinging it over his head.
Leonard got back into his truck, then drove out of view before he re-emerged. The chain was still visible in his hand.
He went on to stomp on a bicycle that Harrison had ridden.
Leonard used a racial sult during his confrontation with the two black men.
The Sacramento Bee reports:
During the fight, one of the two men threw a knife at Leonard and another threw another sharp object at him, possibly a broken bottle, the evidence showed. Pictures of Leonard taken after he was booked showed he suffered an abrasion to his midsection and a lacerated cheek that sent blood trickling down his face and onto his shirt.
A toxicology test on Harrison showed he had methamphetamine in his system. Investigators found a crank pipe in his backpack as well as shards of broken glass.
Harrison and Oliphant fled on on foot after the fight.
Authorities say that Leonard pursued them in his truck before trying to run over Oliphant.
He ended up ramming into Harrison.
“This could have happened to your son if you had one out there,” Leonard told the deputy in the car. “This got too outta hand for me, man.”
Leonard said “I was in fear for my life. You see what they did to me? You make sure you include that in the report. … I beat them off me. … They cut me.”
At one point Leonard said, “Maybe I’m wrong.”
“I mean it was pretty bad,” he said. “If those punks wanted bad, they got bad.” He said “I became the aggressor.”
Leonard went on to say, “You know, I think people are getting tired of being abused by the situation, the way people are being. I myself am tired of it. I am victimized every time I turn around.”
Leonard will testify in his own behalf when the trial resumes Nov. 17, according to the defense attorney.
His attorney told the jury that Leonard claims he was trying to apprehend Harrison and Oliphant before he wound up killing the one man.
According to prosecutors, Leonard has a history of aggressive behavior.
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By: Anomaly100
Suzanne McFly November 10th, 2014 at 19:50
I hope he is not in protective custody.
Hirightnow November 10th, 2014 at 20:37
Most of the prisoners I have met really don’t care, nor will they risk getting more time just to “punish” someone for their racist views. The few conflicts that happen are short, and result in the opponents ending up avoiding each other, for the previously-mentioned reason, and for the fact that the other prisoners don’t want to be caught up in their sh!t, and will tend to pull them apart/stop them before COs are called..
SOURCE: Been there, Suzanne.
But I feel ya.
granpa.usthai November 11th, 2014 at 08:51
before you were in the place where a source in Florida with a WHITE MALE DL says there are no black people, did you stay in the local jail when you decided you would go? Did you get lots and lots of Kandy? Is it true that the corrupt courts don’t allow the ‘innocent until proven guilty’ their Constitutional rite to carry a fully auto missing military weapon like so many many of the unknown and never named Kowboy ‘heroes of the RepubliKlans’ did at Kliven Bundy’s yahoo das bunker in Nevada?
granpa.usthai November 11th, 2014 at 09:01
it certainly would be terrible if he were to be deprived of his constitutional rite to do whatever the F he wants to on the streets of AmeriKa until these people that think they are so special ’cause Obama is POTUS learn that AmeriKa is all about treatment of ALL PEOPLE equally in the eyes of the law!!!
Butt – as lawless as AmeriKa has become ’cause of this damn ‘Hawaiian” in the White House, they’ll probably even say blacks have as much right to full human status as US!
Suzanne McFly November 10th, 2014 at 20:50
I hope he is not in protective custody.
Hirightnow November 10th, 2014 at 21:37
Most of the prisoners I have met really don’t care, nor will they risk getting more time just to “punish” someone for their racist views. The few conflicts that happen are short, and result in the opponents ending up avoiding each other, for the previously-mentioned reason, and for the fact that the other prisoners don’t want to be caught up in their sh!t, and will tend to pull them apart/stop them before COs are called..
SOURCE: Been there, Suzanne.
But I feel ya.
granpa.usthai November 11th, 2014 at 09:51
before you were in the place where a source in Florida with a WHITE MALE DL says there are no black people, did you stay in the local jail when you decided you would go? Did you get lots and lots of Kandy? Is it true that the corrupt courts don’t allow the ‘innocent until proven guilty’ their Constitutional rite to carry a fully auto missing military weapon like so many many of the unknown and never named Kowboy ‘heroes of the RepubliKlans’ did at Kliven Bundy’s yahoo das bunker in Nevada?
granpa.usthai November 11th, 2014 at 10:01
it certainly would be terrible if he were to be deprived of his constitutional rite to do whatever the F he wants to on the streets of AmeriKa until these people that think they are so special ’cause Obama is POTUS learn that AmeriKa is all about treatment of ALL PEOPLE equally in the eyes of the law!!!
Butt – as lawless as AmeriKa has become ’cause of this damn ‘Hawaiian” in the White House, they’ll probably even say blacks have as much right to full human status as US!
Larry Schmitt November 10th, 2014 at 19:57
“racially motivated trial”? You sure you don’t want to rephrase that?
Anomaly 100 November 10th, 2014 at 20:18
Agreed. I edited it out. Thanks Larry!
Larry Schmitt November 10th, 2014 at 20:57
“racially motivated trial”? You sure you don’t want to rephrase that?
Anomaly 100 November 10th, 2014 at 21:18
Agreed. I edited it out. Thanks Larry!
tracey marie November 10th, 2014 at 20:00
This rabid racists defense is uppity negros….
whatthe46 November 10th, 2014 at 20:41
special…? then my mother lied to me. so, i didn’t become special until a black man became president. MAMMMA!!!!
tracey marie November 10th, 2014 at 20:44
so funny!
rg9rts November 11th, 2014 at 03:19
Tag
granpa.usthai November 11th, 2014 at 09:10
at least your mom doesn’t have to worry about you ever being shot for walking, or being a suspicious person who is ‘up to no good’ or especially never have to worry about you going to jail! you special people just have it so damn good in AmeriKa when an islander (not a mainlander like most of us) is POTUS. It ain’t fare, damnit! This nation is 75% mainlander and we wind up with a POTUS from the islands?
THATS REGIONALIST!
granpa.usthai November 11th, 2014 at 09:11
so far, since November 2008, it’s worked pretty good!
Skip Patterson November 12th, 2014 at 03:44
And Obama. They all knew their place before Obama got elected an now look what he has caused. (Or something along those lines)
tracey marie November 10th, 2014 at 21:00
This rabid racists defense is uppity negros….
whatthe46 November 10th, 2014 at 21:41
special…? then my mother lied to me. so, i didn’t become special until a black man became president. MAMMMA!!!!
tracey marie November 10th, 2014 at 21:44
so funny!
rg9rts November 11th, 2014 at 04:19
Tag
granpa.usthai November 11th, 2014 at 10:10
at least your mom doesn’t have to worry about you ever being shot for walking, or being a suspicious person who is ‘up to no good’ or especially never have to worry about you going to jail! you special people just have it so damn good in AmeriKa when an islander (not a mainlander like most of us) is POTUS. It ain’t fare, damnit! This nation is 75% mainlander and we wind up with a POTUS from the islands?
THATS REGIONALIST!
granpa.usthai November 11th, 2014 at 10:11
so far, since November 2008, it’s worked pretty good!
Skip Patterson November 12th, 2014 at 04:44
And Obama. They all knew their place before Obama got elected an now look what he has caused. (Or something along those lines)
The Wise Wizard November 10th, 2014 at 20:04
I guarantee you at least half the Republicans here read this story and snickered at the thought of doing it themselves.
granpa.usthai November 11th, 2014 at 09:26
butt, butt….
what about the (tee hee hee) -negro boy who’s violent temper caused him to suspiciously throw an innocent wrapper in the trash can and then take off running when someone with a WHITE MALE Florida DL hits the bright lights and starts chasing him through the backyards of his parents gated community in an SUV.?.
The Wise Wizard November 10th, 2014 at 21:04
I guarantee you at least half the Republicans here read this story and snickered at the thought of doing it themselves.
granpa.usthai November 11th, 2014 at 10:26
butt, butt….
what about the (tee hee hee) -negro boy who’s violent temper caused him to suspiciously throw an innocent wrapper in the trash can and then take off running when someone with a WHITE MALE Florida DL hits the bright lights and starts chasing him through the backyards of his parents gated community in an SUV.?.
KB723 November 10th, 2014 at 20:26
Man people have lost their minds… =(
mea_mark November 10th, 2014 at 20:27
And their souls. That is if they ever had one to begin with.
KB723 November 10th, 2014 at 20:36
Sadly I think folks are just looking to unleash on others from their own lack of security or righteous belief… It’s no longer ‘Blame the victim’ it is now, feel sorry for me and my actions as ‘I am the victim’???
whatthe46 November 10th, 2014 at 20:51
except for in this case, they are blaming the victims as well. they stole food, ergo, they deserved it. they offered food, ergo, they deserved it. they think their special, ergo, etc. etc. also, their black so they must deserve it.
granpa.usthai November 11th, 2014 at 09:18
offering stolen food to hungry people just goes to show how violent special people with drug paraphernalia can become!
they’re animals!!
just like when a cat places a dead bird at your feet!!!
whatthe46 November 10th, 2014 at 20:40
or a mind for that matter.
KB723 November 10th, 2014 at 21:26
Man people have lost their minds… =(
mea_mark November 10th, 2014 at 21:27
And their souls. That is if they ever had one to begin with.
KB723 November 10th, 2014 at 21:36
Sadly I think folks are just looking to unleash on others from their own lack of security or righteous belief… It’s no longer ‘Blame the victim’ it is now, feel sorry for me and my actions as ‘I am the victim’???
whatthe46 November 10th, 2014 at 21:51
except for in this case, they are blaming the victims as well. they stole food, ergo, they deserved it. they offered food, ergo, they deserved it. they think their special, ergo, etc. etc. also, their black so they must deserve it.
granpa.usthai November 11th, 2014 at 10:18
offering stolen food to hungry people just goes to show how violent special people with drug paraphernalia can become!
they’re animals!!
just like when a cat places a dead bird at your feet!!!
whatthe46 November 10th, 2014 at 21:40
or a mind for that matter.
Hirightnow November 10th, 2014 at 20:30
Right-Wing idealism….
Not even once.
Hirightnow November 10th, 2014 at 21:30
Right-Wing idealism….
Not even once.
whatthe46 November 10th, 2014 at 20:39
“Defense attorneys said the two had stolen the food.” stupid fk’n s.o.b.’s. if i were on the jury and this comment was made, everything following would come in worse than charlie brown’s teacher. “…Leonard claims he was trying to apprehend Harrison and Oliphant before he wound up killing the one man.” a white GZ on meth. just fk’n great. i hope he gets exactly what he deserves. the sorry bastard!!!! prayers to the family.
sharon November 10th, 2014 at 23:42
I think the victim tested positive for meth, not Leonard. Why that matters I can’t say since it didn’t cause Leonard to go off. But watch folks say, ‘Oh well, he was on meth, so what’ Just wait.
granpa.usthai November 11th, 2014 at 08:40
worked real well for the defense in Florida with ‘traces of that mind altering tobacco that causes people to fight back for their life’ when being cornered on foot after fleeing someone chasing them in an SUV with bright lights on through the gated neighborhood his parents lived in .
Skip Patterson November 12th, 2014 at 03:40
That’s because if you’re high on meth well then obviously someone should kill you. It’s the American way.
granpa.usthai November 11th, 2014 at 09:31
they’re nothing but damn animals!
I use to have a damn cat that would bring stolen dead birds for me to eat!
wouldn’t doubt a bit if he was high on cat nip either – or at least had some traces in his blood.
whatthe46 November 10th, 2014 at 21:39
“Defense attorneys said the two had stolen the food.” stupid fk’n s.o.b.’s. if i were on the jury and this comment was made, everything following would come in worse than charlie brown’s teacher. “…Leonard claims he was trying to apprehend Harrison and Oliphant before he wound up killing the one man.” a white GZ on meth. just fk’n great. i hope he gets exactly what he deserves. the sorry bastard!!!! prayers to the family.
sharon November 11th, 2014 at 00:42
I think the victim tested positive for meth, not Leonard. Why that matters I can’t say since it didn’t cause Leonard to go off. But watch folks say, ‘Oh well, he was on meth, so what’ Just wait.
granpa.usthai November 11th, 2014 at 09:40
worked real well for the defense in Florida with ‘traces of that mind altering tobacco that causes people to fight back for their life’ when being cornered on foot after fleeing someone chasing them in an SUV with bright lights on through the gated neighborhood his parents lived in .
Skip Patterson November 12th, 2014 at 04:40
That’s because if you’re high on meth well then obviously someone should kill you. It’s the American way.
granpa.usthai November 11th, 2014 at 10:31
they’re nothing but damn animals!
I use to have a damn cat that would bring stolen dead birds for me to eat!
wouldn’t doubt a bit if he was high on cat nip either – or at least had some traces in his blood.
tiredoftea November 10th, 2014 at 20:48
Yet another post racial, not hate based, incident for SCOTUS to point to in their idyllic U.S. of A!
tiredoftea November 10th, 2014 at 21:48
Yet another post racial, not hate based, incident for SCOTUS to point to in their idyllic U.S. of A!
searambler November 10th, 2014 at 20:59
“I am victimized every time I turn around.”
Yeah, pity the poor victimized white male in America in the 21st century…..
Sam November 11th, 2014 at 10:07
Yeah cause us white guys have had it so rough.
we couldn’t vote until,,,,No wait
we could not eat or use restrooms.NO wait wait
we could not own property in ,,NO NO wait
Oh yeah,,,we could not own books,,,NO that’s not it.
we could not go to certain churches,,NO NO that’s not it either.
Oh Now,,,,,I have one.
Us white guys could not be seen with our black slave girlfriends in front of our wife……
See I knew somehow ,,we where victims
Debora Elizabeth Hill November 11th, 2014 at 19:19
Oh, I thought he meant white trash was victimized…
searambler November 10th, 2014 at 21:59
“I am victimized every time I turn around.”
Yeah, pity the poor victimized white male in America in the 21st century…..
Sam November 11th, 2014 at 11:07
Yeah cause us white guys have had it so rough.
we couldn’t vote until,,,,No wait
we could not eat or use restrooms.NO wait wait
we could not own property in ,,NO NO wait
Oh yeah,,,we could not own books,,,NO that’s not it.
we could not go to certain churches,,NO NO that’s not it either.
Oh Now,,,,,I have one.
Us white guys could not be seen with our black slave girlfriends in front of our wife……
See I knew somehow ,,we where victims
Debora Elizabeth Hill November 11th, 2014 at 20:19
Oh, I thought he meant white trash was victimized…
Sam November 10th, 2014 at 22:05
My condolences goes out to the family of the real victim.Not the idiot running his mouth.
He should be charged with !st degree murder with premeditated intent to kill based on race.
( I am white man) But It’s so sad especially after all these years that many white men still just cannot except the fact people of color are people too.
I remember over hearing my uncle 25 years ago say, A good nixxer i is one who knows his place as a nixxer…
I never got pass that remark and It makes all whites look raciest and bigot when idiots like this one open their mouth.
We are not all bigots and there may be bad apples in every race but one bad apple does not justify any bunch all going bat shixx crazy.
granpa.usthai November 11th, 2014 at 09:45
charging and convicting are two different things. (ref: Zimmerman vs. Humanity in Florida).
maybe the prosecutors will go for something slightly less than your suggestion just to make sure ‘justice’ will be served?
If they could just get the WHITE defendant to plea bargain, they might just be able to stick him with :
inappropriate use of a turn signal
something really serious like that, just to show how favorable this POTUS looks upon his ‘special citizens’!
.
Sam November 11th, 2014 at 09:56
you have to start with charges first then a jury trial.
Regardless of the out come he has to be CHARGED first.
Phillip Mol November 11th, 2014 at 11:57
You Sir are a bigot and an idiot and this white man finds you an embarrassment to my race …
Margie Bateman Osgood November 11th, 2014 at 13:55
You do realize that granpa.usthai was being hypothetical, right?
You do know what hypothetical means, right?
Debora Elizabeth Hill November 11th, 2014 at 19:18
And sarcastic. I think he was being sarcastic. I hope.
Margie Bateman Osgood November 12th, 2014 at 09:32
That goes without saying, LOL
Sam November 10th, 2014 at 23:05
My condolences goes out to the family of the real victim.Not the idiot running his mouth.
He should be charged with !st degree murder with premeditated intent to kill based on race.
( I am white man) But It’s so sad especially after all these years that many white men still just cannot except the fact people of color are people too.
I remember over hearing my uncle 25 years ago say, A good nixxer i is one who knows his place as a nixxer…
I never got pass that remark and It makes all whites look raciest and bigot when idiots like this one open their mouth.
We are not all bigots and there may be bad apples in every race but one bad apple does not justify any batch going bat shixx crazy.
granpa.usthai November 11th, 2014 at 10:45
charging and convicting are two different things. (ref: Zimmerman vs. Humanity in Florida).
maybe the prosecutors will go for something slightly less than your suggestion just to make sure ‘justice’ will be served?
If they could just get the WHITE defendant to plea bargain, they might just be able to stick him with :
inappropriate use of a turn signal
something really serious like that, just to show how favorable this POTUS looks upon his ‘special citizens’!
.
Sam November 11th, 2014 at 10:56
you have to start with charges first then a jury trial.
Regardless of the out come he has to be CHARGED first.
Phillip Mol November 11th, 2014 at 12:57
You Sir are a bigot and an idiot and this white man finds you an embarrassment to my race …
Margie Bateman Osgood November 11th, 2014 at 14:55
You do realize that granpa.usthai was being hypothetical, right?
You do know what hypothetical means, right?
Debora Elizabeth Hill November 11th, 2014 at 20:18
And sarcastic. I think he was being sarcastic. I hope.
Margie Bateman Osgood November 12th, 2014 at 10:32
That goes without saying, LOL