Posted on 05/08/2016 12:38:45 PM PDT by BBell
On April 28, social commentator and New York Daily News senior justice writer Shaun King brought a small town crime story to national attention, setting flame to the gasoline of Internet outrage.
Levar Allen of Bossier City, Louisiana, who was repeatedly written about by his local paper for success in various high school sports, from football to wrestling, made headlines for being arrested last month. On April 22, 17-year-old Allen was arrested by the Bossier Sheriff's Office and charged with contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile and possession of child pornography.
He had exchanged sexually explicit videos and photographs with his white, 16-year-old girlfriend.
Allen's mother, Chastity Washington, said Allen's girlfriend began the exchange and claims that her son was arrested due to his race.
"A little girl sent him a video, she was 16. He sent her a video and he got charged," Washington told KSLA. One was "a video of a young lady doing an obscene act to herself. And then he sent one doing the same thing. I think because she's white, the parents got upset that she's been doing what she's been doing."
King then called the arrest a "bogus symptom of the mass criminalization of black folk in the New Jim Crow" in a national column. The story quickly spread to Slate, BET and The Root.
Cue the outrage machine.
Almost immediately, Twitter exploded with commenters expressing their anger.
In this case, many see the couple's differing races being at the root of the arrest.
A petition started on Change.org, demanding authorities "Free Levar Allen or Arrest Her too," has more than A petition started on Change.org, demanding authorities "Free Levar Allen or Arrest Her too," has more than 30,000 supporters.
A thread on the popular LSU football blog Tiger Droppings titled "Levar Allen is getting
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I agree with you it’s absurd but I think 16 is old enough. The infantilization of America continues apace but it is one with the ever increasing nanny state.
My grandparents had mastered Shakespeare and trigonometry by the 9th grade upon which they graduated and got jobs. They were married at 17 and had kids at 19. This was all done in hill country. Oh did I mention the war that his younger brother lied about his age to get into?
If it pertains to parents paying for something, then the kids are minors until age 26.
If its licentious behavior then the kids are adults at 16, 17, 18.
Shaun King is the white guy pretending to be black who is a forefront member/proponent of #blacklivesmatter.
For the WaPo, being a white Louisiana sheriff is enough to brand someone a racist. Those are all the facts they need. It’s all about racial stereotyping, and that’s where their thought process ends.
So we all agree she is white trash. Next.............
You think the Obama era media gives a damn about the truth when they can fan the flames of racial hatred for the slightest reason?
And as clearly explained, if the ages were reversed, she would have been additionally charged.
Well, we can’t have the facts getting in the way of a good lie. And in the climate of political correctness today, everything is racists.
Before phones there were Polaroid cameras. The sin is in man not the tools.
...Of white girls.
We used to protect our most vulnerable against this sort of predator, and I resent the desire to protect them from this type of criminal being portrayed as "rayciss", because it is not.
It is simply maintaining minimum standards.
That is so true.
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