Guess Why This Is Not News: Four 'Teens' Murder 94 Year-Old Woman in Mississippi

NewsBusters ^ | 3/11/2015

[Altura Ct.]

A Google News search at 3 p.m. Eastern Time today for stories published in March about "Eva Carmichael" (in quotes; sorted by date) returned only 11 items.

Who is Eva Carmichael? She is a 94 year-old woman who was murdered in Meridian, Mississippi on March 1. Based on the complete lack of press coverage outside of the immediate area, it's reasonable to believe that the nation's journalists don't think, in the popular parlance, that "her life mattered" all that much. And why is that?

A March 6 Meridian Star story (HT to NewsBusters commenter "noncom") reported that "Four teenagers have been arrested and charged in connection with her murder, and that those charges are "capital murder and burglary." Additionally, "Other arrests in the case could be forthcoming."

Here are photos of the four accused: @ Link

Three of the four described as "teens" are legally adults. AP Stylebook practice, frequently violated, is supposedly to avoid using the term "teens" in such instances.

The Star's March 6 story also quotes an officer telling the reporter that "It appears based on the investigation Ms. Carmichael surprised the individuals that entered the home and as a result she was shot multiple times."

It doesn't take any imagination all to recognize that if this story were about four white teens killing a woman of any color, it definitely would have been covered at least regionally, if not nationally. (To be clear, I have not found a photo of Ms. Carmichael, or evidence of her race. UPDATE: A couple of commenters here have demonstrated that Ms. Carmichael was white.)

In the wake of the aforementioned murder and another death in the area which was also thought at the time to be another murder, the local chapter of the NAACP is blaming ... (I can't believe I'm typing this) ... the public school system:

NAACP Blames School System for Crime

Two murders in less than 48 hours have the community searching for answers. How can we put a stop to the Meridian's violent crime?

"We should not have to have the crime at this rapid level," Meridian/Lauderdale Co. NAACP President Randle Jennings says.

Jennings says they believe the root of the problem lies within the Meridian public school system. He says many of these criminals drop out, can't find jobs and they run out of choices.

"The criminal is at fault, but what we're seeing is that these are young people that are almost in a position where they're desperate," he says. "I've been in education, my entire life. I've never seen a chaotic community and a sensible, productive school system."

A press release from the NAACP says:

"Meridian school board members consistently expelled or pushed out young people, creating early juvenile offenders!"

By that "logic" that not being able to find a job guarantees a high level of criminal activity American should have utterly imploded during the Great Depression. Note that it didn't.

The demise of Eva Carmichael is just one small item in a long list of such crimes (to be clear, none of the others involve murder) chronicled by Colin Flaherty at American Thinker earlier today.

The press's consistent refusal to give prominence to black youth crime, clearly even murder, is undeniable, pervasive — and a national disgrace.

[FrdmLvr]

Nearly an entire race of generational wards of the state.

[drpix]

LINK for photo in my prior post.

[MaxMax]

How many of those four live with their Fathers? I predict no answer from the MSM.

[mrsmel]

I meant to add that, my fingers aren't keeping up with my thoughts today. Thank you for adding it.

[MrB]

I would bet they are 2nd or 3rd generation wards of the State.

[ladyjane]

"Meridian school board members consistently expelled or pushed out young people, creating early juvenile offenders!"

Just like doctors consistently call fat kids overweight creating obese adults.

The NAACP has it all backwards, but what else is new.

[Gritty]

Meridian/Lauderdale Co. NAACP President Randle Jennings says... they believe the root of the problem lies within the Meridian public school system. He says many of these criminals drop out, can't find jobs and they run out of choices.

Sure, Randle. That's the ticket. It's the fault of the school system. Then how come the local whites aren't running around murdering 94 year old black women? Don't they go to the same schools?

..."can't find jobs"... where have I heard that before?... where?... Oh, yeah! Something about some religious fraternities, ISIS or ISIL or something...

[mrsmel]

I get your point, but at this stage I just don’t care about their dysfunctional childhoods anymore. With modern safety nets, no one starves in this country, and K-12 schooling is free, not to mention the special breaks blacks can get for higher education. There is nothing, nothing, in anyone’s childhood that either forces them or excuses them for cold-bloodedly preying upon elderly white women or young white women, or any other non-black in a position of weakness, and committing these kinds of crimes. Rape, especially of a feeble 103 yo woman? Torture? That’s not a function of poverty, or even a lack of a father, that’s just pure evil. As is forcing a mother to have sex with her own young son at gun point, which one black gang did to a black mother and son at one housing project. These are crimes of unmitigated evil.

[TomGuy]

Doesn't sound much different than the outright murder of Australian student Christopher Lane who lived in the town while attending college in Oklahoma.

One morning when he was jogging in Duncan, Oklahoma, 3 bored yutes decided to kill someone. Lane just happened to be a convenient victim that morning. They shot Lane dead -- because they were bored and didn't have anything else to do. The perps were ages 15, 16 and 17.

CNN article from August 20, 2013:

Police: Australian baseball player killed by Oklahoma teens -- just because

[George from New England]

How about finding each one of their fathers, arresting them, betcha not one of them have been held to pay child support.

[mrsmel]

That’s just an insult and a further degredation of the victims, to claim that cracks in the “system” ( system in which in addition to LINK cards and other entitlements, also feeds these kids at school-in some cases, breakfast, lunch, and dinner, which leaves those LINK cards for exactly what?) would instigate torture and rape upon elderly white women and young white girls. no one will ever convince me that poverty can be linked to crimes such as these. The are Charles Manson-level crimes-the evil in these people made manifest.

[yldstrk]

I didn’t see it before and I am on here every day......

[Responsibility2nd]

I notice that story is in Chat. Not saying the mods moved it there, but they probably did as they have moved other black on white crime stories off the News and Front Page sections over to chat.

So if Americans get mad and upset that editors and news agencies bury these all too common stories, then what should us FReepers do when our mods take the same bury their head in the sand approach?

[MaxMax]

These are the things that Blacks do in Africa, this is not Africa. Blacks have
all avenues of becoming achievers in life but more and more they're
choosing the path of destruction in America, not Africa.

This shows the mindset of Blacks and what "type" of people they are.
I'll let their actions speak for them.

And to the politically correct, it's not racist to point out the truth.

[yldstrk]

With fathers like Adrian Peterson, why would it help to live with one’s father??????????????

[lowbridge]

Bump

[baddog 219]

[Boowhoknew]

Jennings is one of the most infuriating contributors to the newspaper which is quoted in the article. Catch Phrases like “man child”, blame phrases such as the one in the article blaming any one but the parents or black culture are his stock in trade. Why the NAACP chose him to lead the Meridian NAACP is a mystery to me.
In 2014 a old (white) man was killed in front of a grocery store where he went to buy Mother’s Day flowers for his wife. a 17 year old killer with two accomplices so he could rise in the ranks of the gangs we has, and no one ever hears when they let this murdering scum out on bail
2 years ago there was a retired teacher(white) who was homeless who was kicked to death by a group of 5 juveniles and 1 “adult” They approached the man and told him to perform fellatio on them, which he refused to do. So they kicked and beat him to death. None of them are incarcerated now from that.Youthful offenders, no room in the juvenile correction system make for tax paying or old citizens under attack:(which, by the way,there was enough money in the system for Ms. State Corrections Commisioner Chris Epps (dont let the name foolya) to embezel millions from; type that into a search engine and see what you see). And this is the way things are in Meridian, Ms. Go to the city’s webpage and tell Mayor Bland you are concerned about people you know in Meridian,Ms There are monies being spent on youth activities but NO PLANS to build a youth detention facility that passes the Southern Poverty Law Center’s left leaning approval. So they send a few to other citys and let the rest out. Our D.A. is one Bilbo Mitchell, send him a email while your at it
So , in short, kill the old white people,plunder the city make drugs easily available under the control of certain people in high places, with the money going to the right people.
Give Mayor Bland a email or call to tell him what a good job he is doing. His campaign slogan was “It’s Our Time”.
As a 60s something white person, I would, should, leave, but this damn economy has me stuck.The NEW SOUTH.

[GOPJ]

It doesn't take any imagination all to recognize that if this story were about four white teens killing a woman of any color, it definitely would have been covered at least regionally, if not nationally.

The press doesn't think white lives matter...

[JimRed]

I’ll take “protective coloration” for $500, Altura Ct.