Posted on 06/09/2015 6:50:22 AM PDT by MNDude
Dozens of activists are calling on a Dallas-based video broadcast station to fire a black talk show host for blaming a group of mostly black teenagers for starting a fracas at a private swimming pool in McKinney, Tex. on Friday.
Benet Embry, has been accused by some for being a traitor to his race after he posted to his Facebook account to push back against what he called a false media narrative that has been crafted in the wake of the incident.
The Daily Caller confirmed with the CEO of Deep Ellum, Jedi Jantzen, that the station has received at least 25 phone calls and numerous emails and social media posts demanding Embry’s ouster. Jentzen said he has no plans to fire the host.
The outrage began with a seven-and-a-half minute video released over the weekend showing McKinney police officer Eric Casebolt throwing a 15-year-old black girl on the ground and pulling out his gun as he tried to detain a group of teenagers allegedly involved in the fracas.
But witnesses to the scene say that the video lacks context. They said that teens, many of whom did not live in Craig Ranch, began causing trouble at a concert held next to the pool. Pool-goers who do live in the neighborhood called police after some of the teens trespassed into the pool. Others were fighting. Police who first responded to the scene were reportedly unable to control the crowd of teenagers, who refused to comply.
The girl Casebolt forced to the ground said that she was not involved in any of the violence that had occurred at the pool.
The incident was portrayed in racial terms for two reasons: Casebolt is white and the neighborhood where the incident occurred, Craig Ranch, is a planned community with mostly white residents.
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Freedom of speech is under increasing attack it would seem.
Truth matters not when race is involved.
Focusing on the police is falling for the magician’s trick of “look over here”.
The person that instigated this was the “DJ”.
As of yet no one knows who “invited” him to set up his “music” by the pool.
I’m betting the root of this comes from some “activist” group who wants to take the conflict to the next level - taking Ferguson to YT in the suburbs.
This host called it correctly and the blind mob doesn’t like the truth!
Great publicity!
Mark my words.. this is going to turn into the whole “white privilege” stuff. See.. the WHITE people in the WHITE neighborhood have a pool. That is racist. The black people have the RIGHT to swim, too.
Race traitor is a racist term.
Wasn’t it formerly used by the KKK to describe race mixing?
How much of the mob doesn’t even live within 100 miles of the controversy?
The little black girl was told to go home several times and she would not go,others did..She stayed there to cause trouble for the officer.they were trespassing on private property..
As for the neighborhood being mostly white that is bull.A black resident said on TV there is all kinds of races living there..MEXICAN,BLACK,INDIAN,MUSLIM,ETC..sounds like to me the person writing this is a liar trying to cause trouble..
The little black girl was told to go home several times and she would not go,others did..She stayed there to cause trouble for the officer.they were trespassing on private property..
As for the neighborhood being mostly white that is bull.A black resident said on TV there is all kinds of races living there..MEXICAN,BLACK,INDIAN,MUSLIM,ETC..sounds like to me the person writing this is a liar trying to cause trouble..
I just went to Benet Embry’s Facebook page. It is gone today, it was there yesterday when I bookmarked it.
https://www.facebook.com/benet.embry
So tell me more about this "concert" (a dj spinning mp3s no doubt). Where exactly was it being held? Neighbor's driveway? Outside of the private community? Did it require any permits (there is a report that the DJ was inviting people on twitter to join for only $15).
Several European males were there? How xenophobic, he should be more welcoming of recent immigrants from Europe. What country did they come from?
Black man saying “nigga kill yourself” and somehow the target is considered the “racist”.
Black on black hate goes unchallenged.
I think you’re right. This is a logical extension of “Black Brunch” style conflict activism.
McKinney is something like 64% white from the stats I’ve read. Don’t know about the neighborhood.
Socialist networking media and the presstitutes that feed them agitprop don’t care about facts. It is yellow journalism.
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