Posted on 07/01/2015 10:15:41 AM PDT by bestintxas
The Obama administration is fast-tracking a huge payout to the victims of the Charleston, South Carolina, church shooting, giving the families of those slain millions more than victims from Sandy Hook, Boston, and other mass murders.
The White House will send $29 million to South Carolina in the wake of the June 17 shooting that left nine people dead in a historic black church, according to a Reuters report. All of the victims were black, and it was called a hate crime in the hours following it.
According to Reuters, a chunk of the $29 million — which was allocated as part of the government's national Crime Victim Assistance Formula Grant program — can help provide services to the families of those killed. Among the dead was Pastor Clementa Pinckney, who also served as a South Carolina state senator.
The $29 million payout is significantly more than what was given to the victims of the 2012 Aurora, Colorado, theater shooting ($2.9 million); the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting ($1.5 million); and the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing ($8.3 million).
The Department of Justice press release detailing the payout for the Aurora victims read, "The total number of victims of this crime is more than 1,500. This includes the twelve killed, sixty-nine wounded and their families, other people in the theater complex at that time, people evacuated from an apartment complex where explosive devices were discovered, and first responders to the emergency."
The release pertaining to the Sandy Hook shooting makes no mention of the number of victims, but the massacre did result in the death of 20 children and seven adults. The shooter, Adam Lanza, shot and killed himself after the shooting.
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Could this be just racial bias by Obama? Maybe 'Black Privilege'?
WRONG.... it’s Boehner expediting it.. and McConnell..
Obama’s “bitches”..
The corruption speaks for itself.
With all due respect and sympathy for these people, this is insane and not in gov’ts purview.
The money for the families of the Fort Hood victims came to them WAY faster than this. Oh wait, that’s right, they didn’t get diddly.
The president does not have the right to do this.
We’re living in Bozoland.
Indeed. Why is the government passing out cash to its favored victims? Isn't this what life insurance is for?
“The president does not have the right to do this.”
But who will stop him? ‘Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says there’s not much Congress can do’
incompetent idiot
What is he buying with this payoff? Silence?
The goal — redistribution
The justification — none required
Is this real?
‘zackly.
Apparently, I’m a victim too.
this is not legal.
however, the precedent was set with 9/11.
a huge taxpayer funded payout was made to relatives of those who died. people became multimillionaires because one of their loved ones died in the twin towers.
that money led to more problems for many of them.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-403840/The-curse-9-11-widows.html
"WRONG.... it’s Boehner expediting it.. and McConnell.."
I don’t know how Boehner and McConnell may be involved in this. But regarding senators like McConnell, the 17th Amendment needs to disappear, and corrupt senators who pass unconstitutional appropriations bills for lawless presidents along with it.
those two are clowns.
it's as if every single political instinct they have is 100% opposite that of republican voters. honestly, when the revolution comes, those two should be the first up against the wall. before even obammey, pelosi, and reid... metaphorically speaking of course. ;)
The Feds are so generous with our money.
It is probably illegal, but, if you say so you are a racist. (Being white, by definition a racist, it is liberating to say such things.)
WTF? WHy the hell should I have to pay these people?
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