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DOGE's "Big Balls" Was Beaten Up--and Musk Is Already Lying About It
Source: The New Republic
The billionaire claimed that Coristine heroically stopped a gang of about a dozen young men from assaulting a woman in her car at night. He said that Coristine ran over to defend the woman and saved her in spite of being severely beaten to the point of concussion.
While Trump and Musk claimed a brutal assault involving a gang of men, the MPD reported an unarmed carjacking, with only two 15-year-old suspects detained, a girl and a boy.
Read more: https://share.google/ct7zUylazYFQjZyta

Irish_Dem
(73,299 posts)The guy brave enough to destroy the US government cannot fight two 15 year olds.
He is a man baby.
speak easy
(12,319 posts)... you knew that from his moniker ...
Irish_Dem
(73,299 posts)They are failures in the bedroom.
And every where else in life.
jls4561
(2,626 posts)Neutricles.
https://neuticles.com/
paleotn
(20,767 posts)Beaten up by a couple of 15 year olds. Now THAT'S funny!
MichMan
(15,753 posts)The suspects, a 13-year-old from Southeast D.C. and a 15-year-old from Fort Washington, Maryland, may be charged with second-degree murder while armed in the death of Mohammad Anwar, attorneys said in court. Anward was 66 and lived in Springfield, Virginia.
The girls, whose names were not released, were initially charged with felony murder while armed, second-degree murder while armed, robbery while armed, aggravated reckless driving with bodily harm and possession of a destructive device. It wasn't immediately clear what punishment the juveniles could face.
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/plea-bargain-discussed-2-girls-charged-in-fatal-dc-carjacking-mohammad-anwar/2646390/
mahatmakanejeeves
(66,375 posts)As juveniles, both ended up with confinement until they were twenty-one.
Thanks, and good morning.
Hellbound Hellhound
(463 posts)I've done my fair bit of MMA and was used as an example, as even though I'm 6'4" and 300+ lbs and well-trained in both martial arts and boxing, two determined 15 year olds were able to take me down. Three would end me.
I sincerely doubt you would be able to do any better, or ANYone. A 15 year old male is, despite age, quite a good deal more physically powerful than anything other than a dedicated fighter or powerlifter of an elder age category. Especially if they're in numbers similar to what is listed; two opponents is a loss. Three opponents is a one-sided beatdown, no matter how adept you are, unless you have EXTENSIVE training in multi-combatant fighting.
That said, Ballsack deserved to get his shit rocked, but never underestimate someone based purely on their age. I was 6'2" and 250 lbs at 15; I could have wrecked 90% of American citizens 1v1 back then, let alone if I had another one of me following my lead, even worse if there was a third.
We can say "Hue hue homeboy got his ass beat by a 15 year old" but 99% of DUers would get equally rocked in a one on one, even worse in a 2/3-on-one.
Irish_Dem
(73,299 posts)Destroy the quality of life for all Americans but the wealthy.
He is a rotten no good bastard who wimps out when he is not hiding behind a computer screen.
Uncle Joe
(62,888 posts)President Trump on Tuesday called for the District of Columbia to change its laws to allow for teenagers 14 and older to be prosecuted as adults and face lengthy prison sentences.
(snip)
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5437405-trump-washington-dc-youth-crimes-federal-control/
and I couldn't help but to think WWJD, what would Jeffrey do?
John1956PA
(4,371 posts)Irish_Dem
(73,299 posts)It is a serious head injury and needs observation and treatment.
Not self diagnosed.
Karasu
(1,851 posts)all of fucking DC.
Lonestarblue
(12,905 posts)FDR knew how to wield power for the long-term good. So did LBJ. Clinton, Obama, and Bush wanted the perception of bipartisanship. Given todays Republican Party and their willingness to do anything, legal or not, to keep Democrats out of power forever, we need more FDR and Johnson types. Im not sure we have any (at least ready for the highest office), but I sure hope someone steps up before 2028.
kkmarie
(307 posts)Spacenazi must need another gazillion dollars from the usa.
But making up a story so contrary to facts from the police report?
Walleye
(42,028 posts)They lie like they breathe
... a Republican can't breathe without lying.
Walleye
(42,028 posts)The real definition of insanity is not being able to distinguish fantasy from reality
... it's exhausting to have to wade through the putrid swamp of Republican lies every day.
Buddyzbuddy
(1,347 posts)wait til you boys no longer have the Feds to back you up. You like breaking car windows on defenseless pregnant women and their children. You're going to wish you were in prison.
That's just my guess.
2naSalit
(97,587 posts)Is looking more like tiny hands every day.
GarColga
(162 posts)doing out and about at 3:00 AM on a Monday morning? Does he actually have a job to go to?
yardwork
(67,749 posts)It's pretty easy to guess what actually happened here, assuming the entire story isn't made up.
IF Coristine and his girlfriend were threatened, it probably went down like this...
Drunk couple weaves their way to their car, noticed by a group of teens who might have taunted them (being teens). Coristine and his girlfriend taunt back (being drunk, and an asshole). Eventually one of the teens says "we'll carjack you" and C. falls down and hurts himself, being drunk. Police respond immediately (proving that policing in DC is actually working) and C. accuses two 15 year olds of attacking him. Done.
Instead of being embarrassed the next morning and going to work hungover like everybody else would, C. literally makes a federal case of it and Trump pounces on it as an excuse to kill everyone in DC (or at least try).
The racism in the part of Trump and his minions is fundamental to understanding this.
mahatmakanejeeves
(66,375 posts)if you like being at odds with the MPD report.
yardwork
(67,749 posts)My point remains, though. Nothing particularly bad happened to this kid but Trump is using it as an excuse to come down on DC. Which is already suffering enough thanks to Musk.
Blues Heron
(7,322 posts)Does he have a fake ID?
More likely- out trying to score drugs, gets beaten up.
mahatmakanejeeves
(66,375 posts)The Black Cat is located at 1811 14th Street NW Washington DC 20009. The closest Metro stop is the U Street/Cardozo/African-American Civil War Memorial station.
{snip}
All Ages Policy
We welcome concert goers of all ages into our paid events, but we prefer those under 18 years old to have the permission of a guardian and be accompanied by an adult. Please note that we adhere to strict underage drinking restrictions and no one under the age of 21 may buy, consume, or possess alcohol. Those who do not adhere to these policies will be removed from the venue without refund and risk criminal prosecution. Please also be aware that DC has a Curfew Law which affects those under the age of 17. Read more about the DC Curfew law here.
{snip}
Prairie Gates
(5,946 posts)Since we're very concerned about so-called "factual reports."
The fact is you don't have any idea where he was coming from or what he was doing at all, right?
I enjoy the speculation, though.
mahatmakanejeeves
(66,375 posts)I'm just mentioning The Black Cat as one of the many establishments that are in the vicinity of the intersection of Swann Street and 14th Street and could have been open late on a Saturday night.
The Black Cat is located right at that intersection. It serves alcohol, but it has an all-ages admission policy.
Thanks, and good afternoon.
Prairie Gates
(5,946 posts)It's often the time of peak speculation, of course.
MichMan
(15,753 posts)MichMan
(15,753 posts)twodogsbarking
(15,175 posts)Adult bodies riddled at birthday parties. Innocent people gunned down in drive bys. Two thugs beaten and now there's a problem.
yardwork
(67,749 posts)No hospital visit, no wounds.
twodogsbarking
(15,175 posts)nitpicked
(1,319 posts)(snip)
Edward Coristine was attacked in the city's Logan Circle neighborhood by a group of teenagers attempting to carjack him and a woman at around 3 a.m. on Sunday, according to The Associated Press and Politico. The woman was identified by police as Coristine's significant other.
(snip)
((This was idiocy by Coristine and/or his partner (WHO is going to hang around in DC in the very wee hours except, as required, Congress and the Hill staff ??) I usually made sure to get out of DC well before 8 pm.))
mahatmakanejeeves
(66,375 posts)By Prince Of Petworth
Published August 6, 2025 at 1:45PM

{snip}
Google street view shows restaurants and clubs near that intersection. In particular, the Black Cat is at that intersection. Maybe the two were coming from the Black Cat. It would have been closing down right around 3 a.m. on a Sunday morning. Their website does not say who was playing there on Saturday night.
https://www.blackcatdc.com/
I wouldn't have been out there at 3 a.m., but that's not to say that no one would be out there at 3 a.m.
mahatmakanejeeves
(66,375 posts)Last edited Thu Aug 7, 2025, 04:58 PM - Edit history (2)
The OP is based on an opinion piece in The New Republic. TNR has labeled it "Breaking News," which is odd, because it didn't appear until 10:29 a.m. Wednesday morning, well after Trump's rant.
If you read the parts of the article that were left out here, you'll see it is clearly an opinion piece. Parts that do appear here have been so carefully edited as to be disinformation. From TNR:
TNR's Malcolm Ferguson has left out an important fact. From elsewhere at DU:
Wed Aug 6, 2025, 08:21 AM: Here's the MPD report. It was "a group of approximately ten juveniles."
Two members of the group were caught. The rest fled.
Link to tweet
Will Sommer's tweet appeared twelve hours before TNR's article appeared, so Malcolm Ferguson had access to it.
Here's MPD's press release:
Tuesday, August 5, 2025
The Metropolitan Police Department announces the arrests of two suspects in an attempted unarmed carjacking that occurred in Northwest.
On Sunday, August 3, 2025, at approximately 3:00 a.m., the suspects approached the victims, who were standing next to their vehicle, in the 1400 block of Swann Street, Northwest. The suspects demanded the victims vehicle and then assaulted one of the victims. During the assault, an MPD cruiser pulled into the block causing the suspects to flee. Two of the suspects were apprehended by the on-scene officers. One of the victims was treated on scene by DC Fire and EMS for injuries sustained in the assault.
A 15-year-old juvenile male and a 15-year-old juvenile female, of Hyattsville, MD, were arrested and charged with Unarmed Carjacking.
This case is under investigation by MPDs Carjacking Taskforce, which comprises MPD detectives and agents of the FBI Washington Field Office. Multiple suspects remain outstanding. Anyone who has knowledge of this incident should take no action but call police at (202) 727-9099 or text your tip to the Department's TEXT TIP LINE at 50411.
The Metropolitan Police Department currently offers a reward of up to $10,000 to anyone who provides information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for a violent crime committed in the District of Columbia.
CCN: 25117536
The two juveniles arrested were unarmed. As for the ones who fled, who knows?
DU's accelerating descent into spreading disinformation is disturbing.
Prairie Gates
(5,946 posts)Complainant 1 (i.e., Coristine) is the only one saying anything about that. They have to arrest and charge based on the complaint (and, of course, the fact that he was indeed beaten bloody), but unless there's a confession, there's not a whole lot to go on for a charge of unarmed carjacking. According to the report, the woman he was with (C-2) did not even confirm the claim: the report states only that C-1 (Coristine) "saw the suspects approach and make a comment about taking the vehicle." That's pretty slim for a carjacking charge.
It will be dropped. This will go to simple assault if that.
I also expect we'll see the story change.
sop
(15,630 posts)Even after posting the DC police report's description of the attack, these Big Ball Truthers still maintained it was a lie, fake news, a false flag stunt and other nonsense. Reminds me of the fools who believe children gunned down in schools are crisis actors.
mahatmakanejeeves
(66,375 posts)GusBob
(7,946 posts)I take everything I read on the internet with a heaping spoonful of doubt until proven with veracity.
It used to be "got a link for that?" around here. Now its hook, line, and sinker
LeftInTX
(33,172 posts)Hello?
This isn't exactly the "crime of the century". It's just something for Trump to get his panties up in a wad. It wouldn't have gotten other presidents in a tizzy and they probably would have quietly checked into the circumstances surrounding the incident. Nevertheless, "Big Balls" got beat up and Trump is exploiting it. He would have found some other lame excuse to federalize DC. Maybe it didn't cross his radar this term until Big Balls got beat up and Trump says, "Oh I forgot, this reminds me, I need to federalize DC"
A hangnail at the wrong time, could have been impetus to federalize DC...
Worse crime happens in DC...
DinahMoeHum
(23,129 posts). . .and he was a former Wall Street bond broker.
Shit didn't fall far from the asshole in terms of arrogance.
https://www.lesserevil.com
kkmarie
(307 posts)IronLionZion
(49,699 posts)is clearly compensating for something.
republianmushroom
(21,093 posts)GreenWave
(11,325 posts)So go on over there Big Balls and if the female bonobos (as they are prone to do) don't go "ape" over you, you don't measure up.
angrychair
(11,020 posts)We are referring to another human being as "big balls" which is just one of the more ridiculous and absurd turn of events that I would have never predicted ever happening.
Everytime I hear this nonsense I cringe so hard my spine pops. I want to express how completely absurd this all is but nothing could be further from the truth. These people, as completely ridiculous and uninformed and incompetent, are causing very real harm. I fucking hate them so much. I hate this period in time so much.
Its 24/7 shit show and I am over it.
Meadowoak
(6,563 posts)MichMan
(15,753 posts)July 24, 2025
Thats according to the findings of the Council on Criminal Justices midyear report. It looked at crime trends around the country, including in D.C., Baltimore and Richmond.
While not at pre-pandemic levels yet, Lopez said carjackings, in particular, have seen noticeable declines since a dramatic spike starting in 2020 and in 2023. But the numbers also show theres no escaping how much deadlier violent crime in D.C. has become.
Lethality has climbed significantly, Lopez said. We look back to 2012 lethality again, that share of violence that ended a homicide that increased by over 300% from 2012 to 2024, even though if the homicide rate drops. So, the violent situations can be getting less frequent, but when those violent situations occur, they more likely end in a fatality than over a decade ago.
https://wtop.com/dc/2025/07/violent-crime-in-dc-declines-but-when-it-happens-its-deadlier/