Posted on 01/13/2006 11:59:25 AM PST by SmithL
Readers will no doubt recall the hysteria from the mainstream media and anti-death penalty forces on the left over the execution of Stanley’s "Tookie" Williams last month.
Countless articles were written bemoaning Tookie’s loss and news anchors spoke glowingly of his supposed contributions to ending gang violence. That Tookie himself was the founder of the notorious "Crips" gang, responsible for so much murder and mayhem over the years, didn’t seem to enter into the equation. Neither did the four people he murdered in cold blood.
Now California’s next execution is scheduled for Tuesday, January 17, with multiple murderer Clarence Ray Allen doing the honors. As Allen’s execution approaches, one has to wonder when all the hoopla will commence? We're all waiting for the liberal glitterati to come out and show their support.
Actor Mike Farrell, folksinger Joan Baez, and professional race-baiter Jesse Jackson all took time out of their busy schedules to attend the vigil that took place outside San Quentin Prison on the night of Tookie’s execution, but now they’re strangely silent. As of yet, no outcry from San Francisco Supervisor Ross Mirikarimi and Public Defender Jeff Adachi, both on hand for the Tookie vigil, have been heard. The rent-a-mob that sent many an outraged e-mail to Governor Schwarzenegger and that populated Tookie’s vigil are also nowhere to be found.
If one is so ardently opposed to the death penalty, then shouldn’t that apply to all inmates? The problem is, Allen is white and as such doesn’t fit the liberal narrative of the perpetually oppressed black man. They’re only interested in criminals that allow them to push their racially divided view of the country and Allen doesn’t fit the bill.
Some concern has been expressed over Allen’s ripe old age of 75, with a smattering of sympathetic articles, but nothing like the chorus of moaning that attended Tookie’s execution. The age objection is similarly amoral, suggesting that if one simply gets old or writes a book they no longer have to pay for their crimes.
One thing’s for sure, Allen will meet his maker with nary a whimper from the anti-death penalty crowd in the media and beyond.
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More and more people are noticing the hypocrisy of Hollyweird and the loony left.
Indeed, I am glad to hear this as well. Thank you for letting me know about this, friend.
PING to those following this DP case.
Oh wait, Clarence is a white fella. Forget it.
Minister Louis Farrakhan, with the Nation of Islam, delivers the eulogy at Stanley Tookie Williams' funeral in Los Angeles December 20, 2005. Williams co-founded the Crips gang and was convicted for murder, but advocated against gang life after he was sent to prison. He was put to death by lethal injection December 13 after Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger refused to commute his sentence. REUTERS/Ric Francis/Pool
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The Allen case highlights a flaw in the anti death penalty argument. He has shown that imprisonment alone does not necessarily prevent a killer from killing again.
Wanting to avoid bringing publicity to that fact might be one reason for the relative silence.
These people know what to use to push their agenda. It is no different than those who push enviromental issues. They know what to use. Salmon is used to push many things. Blacks are used to create division and push agendas. We shouldn't be surprised.
funny how that goes! another great article by Cinn!!
Still older than any of his victims.
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