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Texas Boy, 6, Hospitalized in Critical Condition After Neighbor's Brutal Baseball Bat Attack

A 6-year-old boy in Texas is hospitalized with multiple skull fractures after being attacked by a neighbor with a baseball bat. The boy's neighbor, Daniel Logan, also assaulted his own mother before the attack. Logan has been charged with injury to a child and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. The motive for the attack is still unknown. A GoFundMe page has been set up to help with the boy's medical expenses.

via USA TODAY|

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Political Violence Escalates: Man Attacks Rep. Connolly's Staff with Baseball Bat.

Xuan-Kha Tran Pham, a man with a history of mental illness, has been charged with a hate crime for terrorizing a female driver and attacking two staffers at Congressman Gerry Connolly's Virginia office with a baseball bat. The attack was captured on video, which also showed Pham chasing a screaming woman moments before the rampage. Pham has a history of mental illness, including a previous attack on police. Connolly blamed mental illness for the attack and called for increased security at district offices.

via New York Post |

#baseball-bat-attack #congressmans-office #crime

crime2 years ago•3 min saved

Rising Incidents of Political Violence: Man Charged with Hate Crime for Attacking Congressional Staff with Baseball Bat.

Xuan-Kha Tran Pham, a man charged with attacking two staffers for Rep. Gerry Connolly with a baseball bat in his district office, is also being charged with a hate crime for damaging a car and chasing a woman in a Virginia neighborhood less than an hour earlier. Pham, who has been diagnosed with schizophrenia, is being held without bond pending a preliminary hearing in July. None of the injuries Pham inflicted were life-threatening, but the incident highlights the vulnerability of public servants in an era of toxic political rhetoric.

via The Associated Press|

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