Posted on 08/28/2015 3:59:51 AM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda
Reporter’s innocent comments deemed racist by on-air killer
By Marisa Schultz and Frank Rosario
ROANOKE, Va. — The words are a part of everyday conversation — “swinging” by an address and going out in the “field.” But in the twisted mind of Virginia gunman Vester Lee Flanagan II, they were pure racism — and saying them became a death sentence for Alison Parker. The 24-year-old white reporter, who was murdered on live TV along with her cameraman, used the phrases as an intern at WDBJ TV in Roanoke in 2012, according to an internal complaint filed by Flanagan, who was black. “One was something about ‘swinging’ by some place; the other was out in the ‘field,’ ” said the Jan. 21 report by assistant news director Greg Baldwin, which refers to Parker as Alison Bailey (her middle name). Parker was never disciplined over the remarks, but Flanagan never forgot them. Hours after gunning her and Adam Ward down during their broadcast Wednesday, Flanagan revealed in tweets that the comments were still fresh on his mind. “Alison made racist comments,” Flanagan posted as he was on the run from cops. “They hired her after that??” he wrote.
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How in the world does “swinging by” become racist?
Back Ward Material!!
Vester should have been on the funny farm!!!!!
Go complain to Greg Gutfeld. :-)
Please go away.
No, I think I will stay.
No, think I am tired of being quiet.
No, I think I am tired of being told that the problem with the blacks stems from being slaves back in the 1700s when blacks owned blacks. But it is all whiteys fault. My fault and I need to pay up.
I am not tiptoeing around in fear of being singled out as a racist anymore because I cannot ever exceed the racism of our _resident and his administration.
No you go away and hide. Me, not so much.
“Why is “swinging” considered racist?”
Maybe re lynching? Not sure.
(Yes, thanks to me).
Well aren’t you on the ball.
Keep up the job hall monitor.
There will be a good position for you in the herd of sheople.
baaaaaaaaaaaa
run sheople run...baaaaaaaaaaaaa
The first three letters of ‘aggression’ are ‘agg’, which is only one letter off from ‘egg’. As a former egg myself, I take offense at this cultural misappropriation.
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