Columnist Sets Off Storm Calling Michael Brown 'Animal' Who Had To Be 'Put Down' (Don Surber)

Talking Points Memo ^ | October 28, 2014 | Tom Kludt

[2ndDivisionVet]

The frustration from Charleston Daily Mail's editor and publisher Brad McElhinny was clear when TPM reach him by phone on Tuesday afternoon.

"I've had better days," he said.

His exasperation was understandable. On Saturday, Don Surber, the West Virginia paper's lone editorial columnist, took to his personal blog to offer his thoughts on "police brutality" and the killing of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown.

"This summer I had an epiphany as I watched packs of racists riot in Ferguson, Missouri, in support of a gigantic thug who was higher than a kite when he attacked Ferguson Police Department Officer Darren Wilson, who unfortunately had to put this animal down," Surber wrote.

By Sunday morning, Surber appended an update to the top of the post and crossed out the final phrase of the sentence.

"I made a factual error. Michael Brown was not an animal but a man. Big. Brutal. High," Surber wrote in the update. "His death was a justifiable homicide and not a putting down."(continued)

[MrB]

I saw what you did there.

[DCBryan1]

New video of shooting comes out:

[Georgia Girl 2]

The truth will set you free and also get you in a lot of hot water sometimes.

[S.O.S121.500]

Biologically speaking, all humans are animals, except those occupying government offices. They are plants fungi......... Fixed......!

[2ndDivisionVet]

You’ve never seen his stuff? He’s a very conservative columnist.

[2ndDivisionVet]

If you can join the armed forces, you’re a man.

[2ndDivisionVet]

He was supposedly headed to a lowly Vatterott College to learn HVAC, which he almost certainly would not have completed. Where did you hear “Harvard” at?

[BenLurkin]

We don’t want conservatism associated with people who compare fellow Americans (not even street thugs) to “animals” who need to be “put down.”

[ontap]

It was a joke!!! My little play on sarcasm!!

[SirLurkedalot]

I misunderstood, and a big amen to the rest FRiend!

[tomkat]

             

[GeronL]

There have been a lot of legitimate cases of police brutality but Michael Brown wasn’t one of them.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Compared to civilian black-on-black and black-on-white crime it's infinitesimal.

[tomkat]

.. is guaranteed to keep the trouble in Ferguson alive ..

As though the ferals would be just dandy otherwise ? !

The day this PC bullsh!t ends is the day our nation's principles MAY have a chance at some semblance of rebirth.

And not one moment before then.

[Delta Dawn]

What was that about an, ‘Honest’, discussion on race, Eric?

[Delta Dawn]

Fortunately, it is the holiday season, so there will be more store clerks on hand to help out with this...

[chris37]

NP at all!

It really is very troubling to me what is going on over there with how people are completely ignoring and misrepresenting the facts.

Just imagine being this police officer.

How on earth have we come to this?

[SirLurkedalot]

It’s going to get worse, unfortunately.

[Friendofgeorge]

I can understand how a person could say this in the heat of the moment....it`s tough to watch the lies.

I imagine good Christian Conservative Black`s have felt like saying this on occasion

I can imagine feeling embarrassed watching the Black rappers winning awards for their no talent “music”

I know we are ALL created in God`s image so I have to remember to weep for them rather than get angry, sometimes it`s hard to remember that