Allen West: 'We Have a Problem in the Black Community'

Former U.S. Rep. Allen West weighed in late on Thursday on two black teens beating a World War II veteran in Washington state.

Reprehensible and disgusting, West posted on Facebook. Two black male teenagers are being sought in the beating death of 88-year-old Delbert Benton. Mr. Benton was an Army WWII veteran who survived combat during the bloody Battle of Okinawa.

West, who is black, took aim at civil rights leaders for being silent on the matter.

This must end! West continued. I have yet to hear a peep out of head of NAACP Ben Jealous at all. As an Army combat veteran and son of a WWII veteran, I am beyond angry.

West insisted there was a much larger problem that was not being addressed. We have a problem in the black community and it is high time we taught this generation of young black men a lesson in respect, dignity, and honor, West wrote. This can no longer be tolerated. Mr. Benton was an American treasure.