South Carolina

Report: Mob beats man to death on Christmas:

Reason to Blow Up the World...

A mob is responsible for the Christmas day beating death of 42-year-old Ronnie Gene Wallace, according to the Lancaster County Sheriff's Office.

Wallace, 42, of Charlotte, was killed after an argument turned deadly late Christmas night, according to Sheriff Barry Faile.

Wallace and his brother, Tommy Gene Wallace, found themselves in a fight with several men armed with sticks and 2x4 boards. During the fight Ronnie Wallace was hit in the head with a 2x4 and fell to the ground unconscious.

The mob fled the scene shortly after Wallace was unconscious.

When Lancaster County Sheriff's Deputies arrived at the scene they found Tommy Gene Wallace on his knees leaning over the body of his brother, who was not breathing. Ronnie Wallace was taken by ambulance to CMC-Pineville where he was declared dead.

Steven Ray Steen of Fort Mill has been arrested for first-degree lynching and disturbing the peace.

Police are looking for four other men involved in the beating death: Marty Player, Evan Stark and Shawn Stark, all from Indian Land. Authorities are also looking for Thomas Bottemly of Fort Mill. He is being called a person of interest.

Steen, Player and the Starks have all been arrested. The second article also explains the lynching charge...

First-degree lynching in South Carolina is defined as an attack by a mob, which results in a death. It does not necessarily include hanging or racially-motivated hate crimes, as commonly thought.

It can carry the death sentence. SC has the death penalty including the electric chair and they seem to be fond of using it.

One point each for the five cowards that needed to gang up on one man, another point for the fact that they killed him, one more point because it was Christmas, two more points for using sticks and 2x4s because I guess they couldn't find boards with nails in them, and one last point for invoking a law that makes it seem that South Carolina leads the nation in the number of outhouses. Oh wait, it does. That's 10.