Monday, April 23, 2012

Police make another arrest in the beating of a Baltimore tourist

A young black woman is the second person to be charged in the brutal attack caught on tape. In a humiliating video gone viral, a white Baltimore tourist was beaten, robbed and later stripped naked by a throng of black attackers. Now, 20-year-old African-American Shayona Davis is behind bars, charged with assault and armed robbery. Davis used her shoe, her high-heeled shoe, as a weapon during that attack. Prosecutors and detectives were able to charge her with armed robbery because she used that shoe as a blunt force object. Davis is the second suspect in police custody for the beating. Previously, black 20-year-old Aaron Parsons turned himself in after tipsters from as far away as California called authorities. Parsons was seen throwing the first punch at the white victim. Detectives have also identified 18-year-old Deangelo Carter and 21-year-old Shatia Baldwin in the video and put warrants out for their arrests. As can be seen from the video, there are many more than four suspects in this case. Police are heavily relying on help from the public to identify those people.

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