If OBAMA dares open his yap.... hoping to CAPITALIZE on this event....all bets are off for PEACE By Christmas Eve...
Posted on 11/07/2013 10:41:41 AM PST by equaviator
A community is looking for answers after 19-year-old Renisha McBride was shot in the head after seeking the help of residents in what media reports are describing as a predominantly white Detroit suburb following a car crash in the early morning of Nov. 4.
While Dearborn Heights authorities have refused to release details of the investigation, they have "identified the person who fired the shot and killed the woman."
According to her family, McBride was likely forced to go door-to-door because her cell phone had died.
"She probably wanted to ask him to make a call for her or if she could use the phone," said McBride's maternal aunt, Bernita Spinks told WJBK News.
Yet McBride and others have no idea how their loved one ended up dead.
"This man just came to the door, by somebody just knocking? She didn't break in his house; she didn't break a window. What, you seen somebody on your porch and you just start shooting? And then you say it was accidental? That wasn't accidental; that wasn't accidental, no," Spinks said.
The family believes that McBride, who is black, was likely racially profiled and is relieved that the police have decided to seek charges in the case.
"I just want justice. I'm not going to stop until we get it," Spinks told Detroit News.
At a Wednesday night vigil, close to 40 family members and friends gathered to pray and share in their grief. Some chanted "No justice, no peace" and "Justice for Renisha."
"We are not going to let him get away with this senseless act he committed against this 19-year-old girl," Rev. W.J. Rideout told Detroit News.
According to Spinks, prosecutors have informed family members that the shooter is in his 50's. An autopsy has not yet been released.
McBride's case recalls a September incident where 24-year-old Jonathan Ferrell knocked on the front door of a house in Georgia in the early morning following a car accident. The homeowner, instead of opening the door, called 911. When three police officers arrived, Ferrell ran towards the squad before officer Randall Kerrick drew his gun and shot him 10 times, killing the unarmed Ferrell.
Didn’t think of that...
what would likely happen to a young white woman going door to door asking for help in a “black neighborhood”?
Would a white person get any less a treatment in a black neighborhood? There are entire sections of cities white people cannot walk.
Sneaky journalistic way to get the finger pointed in the cracka direction if the facts don't...
Racial profiling is pure conjecture here, based on what’s in the article, but if you shoot someone in the head the DA will be very likely to bill it as 2nd degree murder. It shows intent to kill not merely intent to stop the threat.
“Oh, you GONNA help me. I said, “I NEEDS HELP, you gunna help”
We are all creepy ass, crackers or creepy, ass crackers. Ms Rachel Jeantel explained none of that matters.
Accident at 1:30; shooting at 3:40? That’s interesting...
I do not answer the door if I don’t clearly know who’s knocking and do want them inside my home. If one is truly ‘lost’ at that time, do not rely on the kindness of strangers at that hour. Get to a police department or hospital or firestation. Otherwise, you are making a target out of yourself. 2.30am is working hours for the out of town faceless crook.
And it was TWO THIRTY IN THE MORNING!!!! On a work night. Maybe in the D, people are up at all hours. In Dearborn Hgts., not so much.
“Accident at 1:30; shooting at 3:40? That’s interesting...”
Seems a bit odd doesn’t it?
I live in a very rural area. We recently had the door ring 4 times at 11:30 one night. I know thieves like to use the “car broke down” gambit to get into a person’s home. Our area is a great target as it would take the cops half and hour to get there. So, I met the door properly armed. No one there. Go figure. Crazy-assed cracker brought his shootin’ irons and the pussies ran away.
Cute graphic.
“We do not know if McBride had a companion with her who conveniently disappeared when the situation went south.”
If there actually was a crashed vehicle, then speculating that this was one of those scams is just silly. I have never heard of anyone actually crashing a car in order to fool someone into opening their door at night.
I detest radical islam, but I would be among the first to say there are many muslims who just want to work and live a normal life. The muslims, newly arrived in Detroit are perhaps in their element and well suited to man the stores and gas stations. Muslims from Iraq or Syria are used to facing extreme danger and living through that moment. If they can be tolerant of the Christians who were there before them, great, if not, they should move.
According to her family, McBride was likely “forced” to go door-to-door because her cell phone had died.
Who forced her? My cell phone dies all the time. It’s a nice to have not need to have. Did fine for 40+ years without one.
They are making all the phone calls necessary to get there in a private jet and stay at the closest five-star hotel.
United Airlines and Holiday Inn are not their style.
“Also, what was she doing out at 2:30AM?”
Heading home when the bars closed? Getting off from a late shift at work? Getting out of a midnight showing of the Rocky Horror Picture Show?
Does it really matter?
Hinky.
Withholding judgement until more facts come out.
The Redford Township cops wore T-shirts to some criminal justice conference that read: “Redford Township PD - Keeping Livonia safe for 50 years”.
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