How the Media Fans the Flames: A clear-cut case of self-defense becomes a hate crime.

American Spectator ^ | June 3, 2020 | John Jiang

[karpov]

Imagine that you were, god forbid, a journalist. You’ve been assigned to relay the facts of a fatal shooting. The scene is a bar in the middle of a rioting city with its windows smashed in and a group of people gathered outside. The bar owner’s father comes out to confront them, and one of them knocks the old man to the ground. At this point the bar owner himself comes out and, indicating that he has a gun on his person, and demands that the group leave — only to be tackled to the ground as well. The owner fires two warning shots into the air but is tackled a second time and then straddled by a man clearly attempting to grab his gun. A struggle for the weapon ensues with the owner shouting “get off me, get off me, please get off me,” before finally shooting.

There is clear video footage and audio available of the entire incident from multiple angles. The bar owner is white and the man shot was black, but no evidence suggests racism factored into the owner’s decision to shoot while he was surrounded and on the ground with someone on top of him. As expected, the county district attorney does not press charges and declares that the incident was “senseless, but justified” as self-defense.

Suppose you had to write a piece about this tragic shooting. How would you title it? Perhaps something along the lines of “Bar Owner Shot Protester in Self-Defense, States DA” as a sensible way of summarizing the facts of the case?

Thankfully, you’re probably not a journalist. Such a title would be far too sensible.

The shooting of James Scurlock by Jacob Gardner in Omaha, Nebraska, around midnight Saturday follows the scenario described above.

[Truthoverpower]

It’s long past time that a lot of these dangerous criminals get shot

No question about it

If they know there’s no consequences to their actions thrylll keep doing it

[rktman]

Well yeah. Defending yourself is racis’. Right? Like the chick in NYC that got on her knees to apologize to some pos miscreant because she was white. Do not dis them, man.

[Bonemaker]

2 warning shots should have been to his gizzard.

[PIF]

Racist Bar Owner shoots Unarmed Black Man

[Rusty0604]

CBS, usually among the more staid of the corporate networks, declares in that editorializing tone characteristic of the New York Times: “A white bar owner in Omaha shot and killed a black protester. He won’t face charges.” The title, helpfully stripped of the rather important context of self-defense, has been blasted across social media. Anotherracist hate crime has been committed! Time for more cities to burn?

The Washington Post leads with this title: “ ‘What about James?’ Killing of black protester fuels more anger in Omaha.” Helpfully, the article informs us that Scurlock’s death “sparked discussion on [Omaha’s] legacy of racism,” a topic the writer finds pertinent to a bar owner defending his store from rioters and looters.

Perhaps most egregious of all, however, are the articles that shamelessly pander to the partisan proclivities of readers. Vice’s piece, which also places race front and center in a title that does not mention self-defense, ends by pointing out that Gardner is a self-identified libertarian and that he had posed for a photo with Donald Trump Jr. in 2017. A less informed reader might wonder what relevance such details have to the story, but the logic is simple: liking Donald Trump Jr. is evidence of a hate crime. It’s obvious.

Raw Story gets right to the point by mentioning that Gardner is “Trump-loving” in the headline. The Cut takes care to point out that Gardner “wrote a Facebook post that disparaged transgender women” in 2016, and claims in the headline that Scurlock was “shot and killed while protesting police brutality” (as opposed to shot and killed while assaulting a man trying to defend his life and property, as actually happened).

[RJS1950]

Now the POS owners of the building he leases for the bar announced that they are evicting him for not paying rent, and several other unspecified breaches of his lease. I’m guessing that he missed some of the payments during the rent freeze from the virus panicdemic. It’s all BS. If he had done nothing and let the rioters damage or burn the building that would have been ok with the building owners I guess. Either way, he would not be able to afford rebuilding his business. At least he removed a truly brainless thug who believed he could overwhelm a firearm.

[Eagles6]

The msm, demonrats, globalists and the left (yeah, I know, they’re all the same)
Want White people to be so fearful of the legal consequences of self defense, if the perp is black, that they will be paralyzed into inaction.

[mumblypeg]

Elsewhere in Philadelphia, Police Chief Danielle Outlaw has declared that “vigilantes” using weapons in defense of lives & property & country “will not be tolerated.”

[upchuck]

Excellent, thought provoking article. Thanks for posting.

[xrmusn]

This is way too far out of hand.

SOMEONE, be it ONE MAYOR, ONE GOVERNOR, ONE PRESIDENT (DC would be perfect for the ‘test case’ as POTUS has a little more leeway) has to come on the air at NOON, with the Mayor and DC Chief of Police, lay out the groundrules, have the Mayor come out and say they will be ALLOWED to demonstrate (give them an area). Stray out of the zone and you will be met by Police/Military Police/Troops and immediately detained.
Then proclaim that buses will be in place and the FIRST broken window, gun shot etc will result in EVERYONE being arrested and charged with the ‘crime’...point out the doer and maybe you will be allowed to continue.

Take them all to one of the local ball parks, hold them for a minimum of 72 hours then start processing them.

Also ‘threaten’ them with power hoses if they get out of hand and if the SHTF, you better be heading outside the perimeter BACK towards your ride.

Also, set a curfew and say the ONLY people allowed on the street will be LEO and proper Military.

NO Press, no stragglers, back the buses up and load them up for the ride to the lockup.

Things should clear up rather swiftly ESPECIALLY if they have to break out the fire hoses.

Now that the ‘others’ see how it can be done, act accordingly or WE WILL TAKE CARE OF IT and BILL YOU FOR IT.

Wouldn’t hurt for some New Orleans style Horse policing...