http://www.local6.com/news/16888040/detail.html

Driver Runs Down Woman For Being Black, Police Say

Mekeda Cato, 25, of Daytona Beach, was hit while bicycling in the 700 block of South Atlantic Avenue.

Officers said Thomas Cosby, 56, was driving southbound in a 1998 Chevrolet Malibu when the car jumped the curb, striking the woman.

Police said Cosby targeted Cato because she is black, Local 6's Tarik Minor reported.

Cosby admitted to hitting Cato on purpose with his car and then calling her the n-word repeatedly after breaking her leg, police said.

Witnesses said Cosby screamed, "These black people need to die. Help me kill them. I saw her on the bike and went to take her out."

"I actually saw him coming toward me and I tried to move," Cato said from a hospital bed Tuesday. "He came straight for me. If he could target me just because the color of my skin he could target anybody else. It could have been anybody else who was just riding or just walking. If I was walking I'd probably be dead right now."

Cato continues to be treated at Halifax Medical Center.

"I don't have hate in my heart," Cato said. "I just wish he didn't hate me."

Daytona police reports indicated that Cosby just had a breakup with his girlfriend who was involved in a relationship with a black man, Minor reported.

Cosby faces charges of aggravated battery and simple battery.

Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.

7/18/2008 4:00:57 PM

Burn him.

7/18/2008 4:02:28 PM

once you go black....



your ex kills black people

[Edited on July 18, 2008 at 4:03 PM. Reason : ^for sure]

7/18/2008 4:02:48 PM

temporarily insane?

7/18/2008 4:03:28 PM

Gosh...I chuckled a little at what he was yelling out the window.

The actual crime is horrible though

7/18/2008 4:03:50 PM

well there's a dumbass

7/18/2008 4:05:04 PM

Quote :

"Cosby screamed, "These black people need to die. Help me kill them. I saw her on the bike and went to take her out.""

I knew Cosby didn't like how 'black' black people were acting, but DAMN

Anyway, it'd be 100 points for a bicyclist on a sidewalk that you have to jump the curb for, a young person who has the potential for evasive maneuvers (as opposed to an old person), and some more points for quick action on part of the driver. That is, the driver and biker were driving towards each other, so the biker could see the car and the car couldn't sneak up on the bike from behind.

[Edited on July 18, 2008 at 4:06 PM. Reason : more != for]

[Edited on July 18, 2008 at 4:07 PM. Reason : car != bike]

7/18/2008 4:06:22 PM

7/18/2008 4:21:18 PM

The man wanted help killing black people and all he's charged with is aggravated battery?

7/18/2008 4:27:00 PM

I award 100 points, as it is not often that you see a young, black woman named Mekeda bicycling in Florida.

7/18/2008 4:28:06 PM

I stole wireless internet from my neighbors...and I borrowed my partner's car
without asking him...and drove it into a retirement community and killed a lot
of old people...on purpose...because I can't drive

7/18/2008 4:28:29 PM

[Edited on July 18, 2008 at 4:30 PM. Reason : Also, it depends on whether or not he drove her into a wall.]

7/18/2008 4:30:01 PM

Life's a fuckin trip, and everybody gotta go

but why the fuck it have to be my nigga Cato ?

7/18/2008 4:30:04 PM

Quote :

"Witnesses said Cosby screamed, "These black people need to die. Help me kill them. I saw her on the bike and went to take her out.""

i drive down MLK most every morning, and i can imagine the witnesses

not good enough for me. call me what you will

[Edited on July 18, 2008 at 4:30 PM. Reason : I <3 2PAC AND IM RACIST^]

7/18/2008 4:30:05 PM

also when i totalled my sentra at the end of 06, the police report came back that my accident was at 999 martin luther king drive (i hit a pole at the intersection)... about 4 blocks down from churches

so technically if any one of those black people was walking there, i would have killed them

omg racist even more

7/18/2008 4:32:36 PM

Quote :

"The man wanted help killing black people and all he's charged with is aggravated battery?"

yeah WTF is up with that?

7/18/2008 4:34:55 PM

Quote :

" once you go black.... your ex kills black people"

7/18/2008 5:57:16 PM