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First black Miss Alabama says can't help but feel Dallas shooter was a 'martyr'
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Posted on 07/11/2016 6:11:15 AM PDT by TigerClaws

First black Miss Alabama says can't help but feel Dallas shooter was a 'martyr'

Kent Faulk | kfaulk@al.com By Kent Faulk | kfaulk@al.com Email the author | Follow on Twitter on July 10, 2016 at 5:59 PM, updated July 10, 2016 at 11:33 PM

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Kalyn Chapman James, the first African American to hold the Miss Alabama title, posted a tearful video on her Facebook page Sunday that says she doesn't want to "feel this way" but she finds it hard to be sad for the Dallas police officers and "can't help but feeling like the shooter was a martyr."

She later clarified her thoughts and expressed her condolences to the families of the slain officers in a statement to AL.com.

James, who was Miss Alabama in 1993 and attended the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and is now a TV host living in Miami. She is a native of Mobile.

She posted the more than two-minute Facebook Live video on her Facebook page Sunday afternoon. She was in a car and stated she had just left church.

"I don't want to feel this way" James states in the video. "I don't feel sad for the officers who lost their lives ... I know that's not really my heart. I value human life. And I want to feel sad for them but I can't help but feeling like the shooter was a martyr," she says in the video.


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: blackracism; copkillers; dallas; micahjohnson; obama
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1 posted on 07/11/2016 6:11:15 AM PDT by TigerClaws
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To: TigerClaws

Obama’s just waiting for the first white person to respond in kind.


2 posted on 07/11/2016 6:13:37 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("It's okay to commit felonies as long as breaking the law isn't your primary objective." James Comey)
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To: TigerClaws

What goes around, comes around Missie.


3 posted on 07/11/2016 6:13:54 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: TigerClaws

She is special kinda of stupid


4 posted on 07/11/2016 6:14:43 AM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom)
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To: TigerClaws

[”I don’t want to feel this way” James states in the video. “I don’t feel sad for the officers who lost their lives ... I know that’s not really my heart. I value human life. And I want to feel sad for them but I can’t help but feeling like the shooter was a martyr]

What a disgrace. Take her crown away and her scholarship.


5 posted on 07/11/2016 6:15:03 AM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Psalm 33:12)
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To: TigerClaws

Joan of Arc was a Martyr....this guy in Texas was something a lot less than a Martyr. On the Martyr scale of one to ten....this guy was a minus-ten.


6 posted on 07/11/2016 6:15:19 AM PDT by pepsionice
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To: TigerClaws

She’s an unadmitted Jihadi.


7 posted on 07/11/2016 6:15:28 AM PDT by major-pelham
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She later clarified her thoughts and expressed her condolences to the families of the slain officers in a statement to AL.com.

In other words, she got a panicked call from her agent in which the agent called her a complete idiot and asked her if she wanted to lose her crown and never get an endorsement deal, record contract or movie deal again.

8 posted on 07/11/2016 6:16:25 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: stars & stripes forever

It was from 1993.


9 posted on 07/11/2016 6:16:58 AM PDT by crusty old prospector
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Her “reign” was over two decades ago.

Just a small town TV host looking to remain relevant.


10 posted on 07/11/2016 6:17:10 AM PDT by cyclotic
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No wonder there is a racial divide. I would say most people believe that randomly killing uninvolved police officials are not actions of a martyr, but actions of a murderer.
11 posted on 07/11/2016 6:18:22 AM PDT by where's_the_Outrage? (Held my nose to vote.)
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To: TigerClaws

I didn’t know Reverend Wright had a branch church in Mobile.


12 posted on 07/11/2016 6:18:39 AM PDT by crusty old prospector
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No change in my thinking on this subject since my target status became obvious on October 3, 1995.


13 posted on 07/11/2016 6:19:07 AM PDT by Stentor (Free the Rosenbergs--Oh wait. Nevermind.)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

She was Miss Alabama 1993.After 23 years the best she could do is local tv personality.


14 posted on 07/11/2016 6:19:11 AM PDT by Farmer Dean (Never be more than two steps away from your weapon.)
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To: TigerClaws

Mentally ill

Needs therapy

Time to start calling it what it is

Mass psychosis


15 posted on 07/11/2016 6:20:05 AM PDT by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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**I know that’s not really my heart.**

That is exactly your heart.

Cold. A dark place.


16 posted on 07/11/2016 6:21:15 AM PDT by Gamecock (There is always one more idiot than you counted on.)
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To: crusty old prospector

[It was from 1993]

Sorry about that.

The scholarship apparently didn’t do her any good.


17 posted on 07/11/2016 6:21:27 AM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Psalm 33:12)
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Because you were raised and educated in a way that didn’t teach you emotional maturity... Like most Americans in the last 40 years.


18 posted on 07/11/2016 6:21:33 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: TigerClaws

She won’t be asked to resign. But when a normal person expressed doubts about BLM, all hell broke loose.


19 posted on 07/11/2016 6:24:19 AM PDT by I want the USA back (The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it. Orwell.)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard
In other words, she got a panicked call from her agent in which the agent called her a complete idiot and asked her if she wanted to lose her crown and never get an endorsement deal, record contract or movie deal again.

I would bet good money you are exactly right.

I actually almost feel sorry for her. Almost. I mean, it is a terrible thing when you realize she just added credence to the stereotype of "the dumb beauty pageant contestant." While it is kind of sad to see that negative stereotype reinforced, she did do it in a spectacularly stupid way. I guess if you're going to go stupid, go big.

20 posted on 07/11/2016 6:24:40 AM PDT by ThunderSleeps (Stop obarma now! Stop the hussein - insane agenda!)
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