VIDEO: Louisiana man beaten for wearing Obama t-shirt

By GottaLaff

I was just telling my theatre students today about the rising number of racist incidents since Obama's election. This is lower than low:

A Barack Obama supporter in Shreveport, LA says he was badly beaten by two men at a gas station just because of his Obama bumper stickers and t-shirt.

"They were screaming 'fuck Obama, fuck Obama,' you know, and something about a 'nigger president' -- and basically I was hit," Kaylon Johnson told KSLA News. "Seem like some rednecks, pretty big guys, and they were blasting music or whatever -- I mean, by the time I turned around and looked at them, they were on me."

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"Kaylon was badly beaten," the account continues, "and has sustained several head injuries. He will have surgery on Friday to repair a broken eye socket, broken nose, and torn tear duct."

Johnson, who was extremely active in the campaign and even opened a store to sell Obama t-shirts, appeared philosophical about his injuries when he spoke with KSLA. "Things go on every day," Johnson stated, "and all this does is show that we did have purpose throughout the campaign and we still have work to do after the campaign."

The Shreveport Police Department has assigned a detective to investigate the incident.