I’ve never made a secret of my thoughts on illegal immigration. I won’t belabor the point. That, combined with the fact that she mowed down four people, children who could’ve grown up to be ordinary productive persons or extraordinary ones, would keep me from being so benevolent as to remark, as the grandfather of the 2 little boys did, about another young life being trucated. I wouldn’t say, “Throw her ___ in jail. I want to see her given the lehal injection next week, ..........” But I also wouldn’t say the things that these people said.
And you’re right. I’ve never worked in media. I just can’t imagine being in that vortex of grief and remembering to be restrained.
They’ve had six months to think about what they were going to say today.
In the mean time, they have been able to cry, scream, swear and just plain hate-out-loud. Privately.
In the aftermath, there just may be some folks that we’ve never heard from before. If they spout ANYTHING resembling hate or rascism, fully expect the local (and, probably the national) media to make it front page news. Count on it.