Posted on 07/11/2016 3:16:49 PM PDT by Kaslin
Kalyn Chapman James, the first African American to hold the Miss Alabama title, said on Sunday that she doesn't want to "feel this way," but finds it hard to be sad for the Dallas police officers and "can't help but feeling like the shooter was a martyr."
"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.
In response to AL.com about her Facebook post, James issued this message late Sunday night:
"My heart and my mind were conflicted because these are difficult and very emotional times for so many people. I went to church to address my feelings and deal with them from a perspective of forgiveness and love. Especially forgiving myself for feeling that way. I regret that any people lost their lives this week and I am saddened by all of the shootings that occurred. But, this is not about me. When reading about the killings of those black men, I was mortified by some of the comments about them. Many People were not conflicted at all about those deaths. Some were okay with this. These are raw wounds that are fresh and, while I apologize if I offended anyone, I cannot help the way I feel as I continue to process these events and deal with the flood of emotions that come from witnessing such atrocities - both against citizens and officers of the law. The fact that my opinion was considered newsworthy makes me feel like speaking up was exactly what I should do, because I can voice what so many people are feeling and dealing with and they should know they are not alone. I reiterate that I do not condone violence or killing at all. I offer my deepest condolences to all the families who lost their loved ones this week, including the officers in Dallas."
Yep!
Everything is politically correct now. The culture is fed to us from New York and Los Angeles nowadays.
It's just part of the ongoing war against reality.
Dear Ms. Alabama,
You went to church, but I bet they didn’t read you Romans 13. Go there to find out why God instituted civil authority and what he thinks about those who flout it. (You are not alone in this ignorance, as many people on a forum I frequent are unaware as well...)
Sincerely,
Avenir
I look at THIS Miss Alabama as if she had been in the Miss Black Alabama contest she would have been mistook for one of the ushers.
Was a comic stripped named Hank McNamara that had a running cartoon about a black basketball player who ‘painted’ himself white.
As a White guy he was a pretty decent, starting ball player.
As the Black guy, he was fixing to get cut.
That ugly thing won a beauty pageant?
If she was the winner, what did the rest of the contestants look like?
She's as much an embed and plant as Valerie Jarret and was bred for just this time and purpose.
Of all the air headed Miss (whatever) we've EVER known, none would come off getting away with this.
She is just an affirmative action ho with a title
hate, hate, hate, hate, hate.
how in the world did this chick qualify anyhow?
You opened you’re mouth now it’s time to swallow.
Your brothers are dying at the rate of one per 14 hours in Chicago.... at the hands if other brothers....where’s your soul searching mind numbing concern?..???...You are a loser and honestly ugly
She is also not very good looking. How did she win that title?
For someone sympathetic to a cause (like Islam) that wants to take over the world, their idea of the rightful governing authorities is their organization. Whitey and Uncle Tom don’t count.
“...I don’t feel sad for the officers who lost their lives...”
Who did any of those officers shoot????
They were out just doing their job.....
Does this mean that are stupid enough to just equate the uniform of every single police officer with the officers who, in performing their duties, had to shoot someone?????
If this is so, then we can also equate every single black person with the man who shot those officers...
F’ing bitch. Strip her of the title.
Well she won 23 years ago....
Affirmative action on parade.
This is what happens when America bends over backward trying to cut Blacks some slack.
“Tank” McNamara....
yeah, “da man”
Apparently this was when she was younger and prettier? Nobody says that beauty today won’t become ugly tomorrow.
Dunno, cuz she keeps it real? /sarc.
I am sure she likes puppies or something redeeming...
Racism is ugly coming from whites but it’s even uglier coming from blacks.
FUGLY.....
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