What is our country becoming?
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Delbert Belton, who was wounded in the Battle of Okinawa in 1945, died Thursday after he was beaten in Spokane, Wash.
"It appears he was assaulted in the parking lot, and there was no indication that he would have known these people prior to the assault," Griffiths said at a news conference.
Spokane Police Department
Police released these surveillance camera photos Thursday of two young men believed to be the suspects in the beating death of Delbert Belton of Spokane, Wash.
As police released surveillance camera photos of two young men believed to be the suspects, a makeshift memorial overflowing with flowers, U.S. flags and messages of sympathy sprouted Thursday outside the Eagles Lodge in North Spokane.
Friends and family remembered Belton as a warm, generous widower who helped many people over the years and was incredibly active for his age.
"He was outstanding," Tosh said. "He went dancing. He worked on cats all the time. He would help anyone who needed help."
Friend Linda Herde told NBC station KHQ of Spokane that Belton "had a heart of gold>'
"There wasn't a thing he wouldnt do for anybody," she added. "Hed give you the shirt off his back."
Belton was waiting for a friend at the lodge because he didn't want her to walk in alone, Lillian Duncan, a longtime friend, told the Spokesman-Review of Spokane.
"He was so awesome," Duncan told the newspaper. "Anybody that didn't get to know him missed out on a wonderful angel in their life."
Many others told similar stories.
"If it wouldn't have been for him, I wouldn't have been able to get my life straight," Belton's great-nephew Allen Hills told KHQ.
Hills said he had hit bottom about 10 years ago in California, where he was unemployed and sleeping on his mother's sofa. That's when his great-uncle stepped in with the offer of a car and a new life in Washington state.
"It seems trivial, but he really did save my life," Hills said. "He made it possible for me to get a job and find work."
Ted Dennison, a friend, called Belton "a tough old bird" who was shot in the leg in the 1945 Battle of Okinawa. His experiences in the war didn't appear to have dampened Belton's instinct to help others, Denison said.
"He was always there any time I needed anything," Denison told KHQ.
Belton died the same day another Spokane man was killed in a confrontation with police, a manifestation of what Hills said was the "senseless violence" plaguing the city of 210,000 in eastern Washington.
"It's too much, and it's constant and never-ending," said Hills, who said Belton was just the latest victim.
"He wasn't just my great-uncle," Hills said. "He was a great person, and he didn't deserve to die like that."
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013...kane-wash?lite
Delbert Belton, who was wounded in the Battle of Okinawa in 1945, died Thursday after he was beaten in Spokane, Wash.
"It appears he was assaulted in the parking lot, and there was no indication that he would have known these people prior to the assault," Griffiths said at a news conference.
Spokane Police Department
Police released these surveillance camera photos Thursday of two young men believed to be the suspects in the beating death of Delbert Belton of Spokane, Wash.
As police released surveillance camera photos of two young men believed to be the suspects, a makeshift memorial overflowing with flowers, U.S. flags and messages of sympathy sprouted Thursday outside the Eagles Lodge in North Spokane.
Friends and family remembered Belton as a warm, generous widower who helped many people over the years and was incredibly active for his age.
"He was outstanding," Tosh said. "He went dancing. He worked on cats all the time. He would help anyone who needed help."
Friend Linda Herde told NBC station KHQ of Spokane that Belton "had a heart of gold>'
"There wasn't a thing he wouldnt do for anybody," she added. "Hed give you the shirt off his back."
Belton was waiting for a friend at the lodge because he didn't want her to walk in alone, Lillian Duncan, a longtime friend, told the Spokesman-Review of Spokane.
"He was so awesome," Duncan told the newspaper. "Anybody that didn't get to know him missed out on a wonderful angel in their life."
Many others told similar stories.
"If it wouldn't have been for him, I wouldn't have been able to get my life straight," Belton's great-nephew Allen Hills told KHQ.
Hills said he had hit bottom about 10 years ago in California, where he was unemployed and sleeping on his mother's sofa. That's when his great-uncle stepped in with the offer of a car and a new life in Washington state.
"It seems trivial, but he really did save my life," Hills said. "He made it possible for me to get a job and find work."
Ted Dennison, a friend, called Belton "a tough old bird" who was shot in the leg in the 1945 Battle of Okinawa. His experiences in the war didn't appear to have dampened Belton's instinct to help others, Denison said.
"He was always there any time I needed anything," Denison told KHQ.
Belton died the same day another Spokane man was killed in a confrontation with police, a manifestation of what Hills said was the "senseless violence" plaguing the city of 210,000 in eastern Washington.
"It's too much, and it's constant and never-ending," said Hills, who said Belton was just the latest victim.
"He wasn't just my great-uncle," Hills said. "He was a great person, and he didn't deserve to die like that."
! News said he was waiting for his friend so he could walk her safely in the lodge 
. Now... where is the outrage and protestors in deliberate murder?! 
