Posted on 08/22/2013 9:13:48 AM PDT by chessplayer
Corrected from earlier | People who were wondering whether Jesse Jackson would ever respond to the killing of an Australian collegiate baseball player by three "bored" teens in Oklahoma, one of whom allegedly posted racist tweets, got their answer today. Jackson's early Wednesday morning tweet read as follows: "Praying for the family of Chris Lane. This senseless violence is frowned upon and the justice system must prevail."
A BBC report has police saying that "The boy who has talked to us said, 'we were bored and didn't have anything to do, so we decided to kill somebody.'" The related Associated Press report doesn't carry the direct quote, instead impersonally relaying that "Police say the two killed 22-year-old Christopher Lane on Friday to overcome boredom." The AP has not reported Jesse Jackson's passive-voice reaction at its national site, effectively covering for a statement which comes off as "Well, I'd better say something, so let's get it over with." Let's compare Jackson's reaction to what he wrote on July 15 in a Chicago Sun-Times column about the George Zimmerman-Trayvon Martin situation:
"We need a national investigation of the racial context that led to Trayvon Martin’s slaying. Congress must act. And it’s time to call on the United Nations Human Rights Commission for an in-depth investigation of whether the U.S. is upholding its obligations under international human rights laws and treaties. Trayvon Martin’s death demands much more than a jury’s verdict on George Zimmerman. It calls for us to hear the evidence and render a verdict on the racial reality that never had its day in court at the trial."
"Is frowned upon" sort of pales in comparison to that, doesn't it?
A jury acquitted George Zimmerman on self-defense grounds. The AP has reported in its Chris Lane obituary equivalent ("SLAIN AUSTRALIAN CAME TO US FOR SCHOOL, BASEBALL") that prosecutors are calling the actions of the two African-American teens and one white teen who have been charged a "thrill killing." It should be obvious that Jackson's and everyone else's outrage meter should be much higher in the latter, apparently far more cut-and-dried situation.
Reaction to Jackson's tweet has been furious in Twitterland.
Turning Jackson's words around, we need a full vetting of the racial context that led to Chris Lane's slaying, and an investigation into the culture which gives rise to people who kill just to relieve professed boredom.
Cross-posted at BizzyBlog.com.
Correction: An earlier version incorrectly reported that the suspects were all black teenagers. One of the suspects in the case is white. We apologize for Mr. Blumer's error, which originated in reliance on the erroneous characterization of the suspects at several media sites.
He wouldn't say anything at all , if he didn't feel the pressure from millions of angry people.
Drag the three feral animals, tie them to each other, and machine-gun them to a pulp, starting with the legs and working all the way up. Package the remnants and ship them in sealed boxes to the parents.
let me see if I got this straight...
Three (more) BLACK IDIOT THUGS target a white boy... and kill him...
not because he ‘profiled’ them...
or because he was a neighborhood watch, eying them suspiciously...
just because they were bored...
and You, Jesse Jackson, Leader of all things ‘black’, think this is worthy of you making A FROWNY FACE?
Janet Jackson has more credibility than race-hustler Je$$e.
I “frown upon” someone passing gas in a crowded room.
My reaction towards a brutal murder tends to be a bit more visceral.
“Janet Jackson has more credibility than race-hustler Je$$e.”
I heard Janet said the boys who shot the jogger were on an escapade.
Is that because she now has to keep her head covered and can only speak when her Arab husband allows her to?
Had she said the boys were innocent and the Australian man shot himself, she would still have more credibility than Je$$e. :-)
What about the reports that the "white" suspect's father is black? That would only make the perp as white as Obama.
If they were bored, they should have just spit on some white persons meal - like JJ, sr did. But he was old school, now they are into killing them.
From the picture I’ve seen, the suspect in question has a light complexion but the facial features of a black person. I’m inclined to believe those reports.
So does that make him a “white African-American”?
I’m still waiting on him to encourage the New Black Panthers to put a hit out those guys...
Was Allen West suggesting there’s a connection to the totally politicized Zimmmerman persecution ?
Where a multi racial security guard just doing his job in a gated, which means anyone can be stopped and questioned, multi-racial community of modest means. Tired of black toughs breaking into or burgularizing their property. Gets turned into an exclusive jewish white community who’s white jewish (later “white” hispanic) security guard stalks a 10 year old black kid and murders him because he’s black.
All because Obama needed some example to whip up unrest within the black community perhaps to scare off investigations into corruption and malfeasance which could lead to impeachment.The irony being creating unrest within a solid group of supporters whom he’s really done nothing for .
While West hasn’t drawn that connection to it directly. The media is assiduously avoiding any connection to the three suspected notorious black gang members who were “stalking” the Aussie visiting baseball player by back shooting some white kid on a run .
It might be the only reason we’re hearing about it is because it has turned into an international incident. With Austrailians demanding to know what happened. The current political opposition leadership known as Republicans led by RINOS and GOPES {gop Elite Snob(s}) seem incapable of commenting as they seach for “demographics”.
Jackasson thinks that whitey just got what was coming to him.
Check this out chessplayer...
Chilling 911 call details final moments of Melbourne baseballer Chris Lane’s life
IT WAS THREE BLACK YUTES! The third one is just as black as our first black president! Has anyone seen pictures of both of his parents?
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