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Sheriff on police shooting victim: 'We are glad that he is white' because we don't want 'backlash'
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Posted on 05/16/2015 4:01:42 AM PDT by marthemaria

During a press conference earlier this week explaining the circumstances under which local police shot a suspect they were pursuing, Sheriff Ed Mattingly of Bardstown, Kentucky, expressed relief that the man who was shot was white.

"We are glad that he is white, and we shouldn't have to be worried about that. And we do not want any backlash or violence in this community because people have been misinformed," Mattingly said.

Mattingly's comments have themselves caused backlash in what otherwise might have been a comparatively uncontroversial incident: Unlike high-profile cases like the killings of Walter Scott and Eric Garner — neither of whom were engaged in serious criminal activities or attempted to harm police officers — the shooting victim in this case, John Kennedy Fenwick, was allegedly involved in a violent pursuit using a stolen vehicle. Fenwick is expected to survive his injuries. Mattingly's quoted comments begin around the 12:15 mark in the video below.


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1 posted on 05/16/2015 4:01:42 AM PDT by marthemaria
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Sheriff on police shooting victim: 'We are glad that he is white' because we don't want 'backlash'

Would I be correct in assuming, that white lives don't matter?

2 posted on 05/16/2015 4:04:00 AM PDT by Mark17 (The love of God, how rich and pure, how measureless and strong. It shall forever more endure.)
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I almost wish I were related to the man they shot, if you get my drift.


3 posted on 05/16/2015 4:04:19 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
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Actually I think the sheriff is brilliant.

He’s proving a point.


4 posted on 05/16/2015 4:06:58 AM PDT by cripplecreek ("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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Well, he’s being honest. There will be no rioting tonight. And I read “backlash” as “blacklash”. At first I felt bad but if other groups can appropriate words and change their meaning, even invent new words and expect us to accept them, so can I.


5 posted on 05/16/2015 4:10:52 AM PDT by MacMattico
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I notice how the author of this piece left out Mike Brown and Trayvon. Both involved some violence committed by the perps.

So I guess shooting this white guy is just. /s

Cherry picking.


6 posted on 05/16/2015 4:11:22 AM PDT by dforest
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EXCELLENT...that is EXACTLY how to fight these guys. Point out what’s become of this country.


7 posted on 05/16/2015 4:40:10 AM PDT by BobL (REPUBLICANS - Fight for the WHITE VOTE...and you will win (see my home page))
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This is not a shocking attitude. I am sure it is the common thought of most police chiefs and sheriffs. Negros are becoming Untouchable and in time -by the end of the year, say- killing a Negro perp in any circumstance at all will get at least a massive Federal investigation and certainly public castigation and loss of job for the relevant chief and trials with loaded juries for the officer(s).


8 posted on 05/16/2015 4:48:43 AM PDT by arthurus (It's true!)
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To: marthemaria

Stephen Foster sand of “My Old Kentucky Home”; he had a longing for Bardstown that he could not quench.


9 posted on 05/16/2015 4:50:52 AM PDT by Theodore R. (Liberals keep winning; so the American people must now be all-liberal all the time.)
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To: Theodore R.

Billy Clanton: Stephen Foster. “Oh, Susannah,” “Camptown Races.” Stephen stinking Foster.
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10 posted on 05/16/2015 5:01:21 AM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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I am beginning to think, that sooner or later, it will be illegal to be white. I think if we ever get in a big scrap over this, we will find ourselves fighting our own government, because I think the government will be on the side of the professional racists. I hope I am wrong, but I am not confident.


11 posted on 05/16/2015 5:09:10 AM PDT by Mark17 (The love of God, how rich and pure, how measureless and strong. It shall forever more endure.)
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To: marthemaria

#blacklash


12 posted on 05/16/2015 5:13:20 AM PDT by 9thLife ("Life is a military endeavor..." -- Francis)
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To: marthemaria

Stating general truths will get a man fired these days.


13 posted on 05/16/2015 5:24:44 AM PDT by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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I suspect you are right. The government in a totalitarian society is always on the side of the criminal class against the bourgeoisie. The middle class is the center of wealth and power in any less than totalist society and is the enemy until the middle class becomes the class of commissars and bureaucrats.


14 posted on 05/16/2015 5:47:55 AM PDT by arthurus (It's true!)
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'We are glad that he is white' because we don't want 'backlash'

And why don't you advertise it on a billboard, Sherriff? Sure, just let the professional agitators know that they won. It's their city now. It's their initiative now.

15 posted on 05/16/2015 6:23:50 AM PDT by VRW Conspirator (American Jobs for American Workers)
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The good sheriff hasn’t been schooled on the fact that it is not politically safe to publicly speak the truth on race.


16 posted on 05/16/2015 6:25:57 AM PDT by SharpRightTurn (White, black, and red all over--America's affirmative action, metrosexual president.)
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To: marthemaria

White people have jobs to go to and families to support. A Cross, flowers and a candlelight vigil at the spot will just have to do.


17 posted on 05/16/2015 6:30:36 AM PDT by SkyDancer ( I Was Told Nobody Is Perfect But Yet, Here I Am ...)
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To: cripplecreek

Yes.


18 posted on 05/16/2015 7:31:54 AM PDT by Balding_Eagle (Is Ted Cruz himself as mean-spirited as the FR 'Click-it or Tick-it' Cruz Contingent?)
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To: SampleMan
Stating general truths will get a man fired these days.

Especially the truth about members of a "protected" group. TRUTH: It's the new HATE SPEECH.

19 posted on 05/16/2015 8:44:49 AM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & Ifwater the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: marthemaria

wow


20 posted on 05/16/2015 8:46:25 AM PDT by GeronL (NEW ARRIVALS -> 99 cents buy here: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/541331)
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