[lonestar]

Since the TV exposure, the sheriff's head is too big for his white hat.

The "fence that separated gravesites of blacks and whites" had to be stood-up because it had fallen and been ignored for years; was put back up for the photo op.

The "beauty salon" owner, a black, who talks of "skeletons" in the closet, is a racist.

The black's admission that entering Jasper he felt, "...like I wasn't welcome," says more about him than Jasper.

[OldFriend]

The liberal perception of everything is flawed. For the most part they seek out those who will reinforce their own personal bigotry.

[HELLRAISER II]

This is a tough issue, as a White Southern man I look at this and say "Well these guys are going to pay for the terrible deed that they did." and a Black person looks at and says "All White people are like this." and that simply isn't true. They commited a terrible crime and they will pay for it with their lives. It's unfortunate that in real life blacks & whites live together but forever apart with that invisible fence. But it's not just whites that keep this fence up, it's the blacks as well.

[Tex-Con-Man]

I expected a clich' town and a redneck sheriff.

"It was a very complex town, as opposed to the popular image of a Southern town."

Thank you Hollywood.

[Inspectorette]

Gee - I wonder if a gay filmmaker and a straight filmmaker will go to the town where Jesse Dirkhising was murdered and make a film from both perspectives...

[LibertarianLiz]

Gee, I wonder if these guys will be doing a black/white perspective piece on this Jasper, TX dragging death? From Larry Elder's column on today's WND:

But how many presidential letters went out to the family of Ken Tillery?

Who is Ken Tillery?

Tillery, approximately a month ago, walked down a Jasper, Texas, road. Three men offered him a ride. But the men kidnapped Tillery, driving him to a remote location. John Perazzo of FrontPageMagazine.com, describes what happened: "When the terrified Tillery jumped out of the vehicle and tried to flee, the kidnappers caught up with him, beat him and finally ran over him – dragging [emphasis added] him to his death beneath their car's undercarriage." How much coverage did the case get? An online search of 557 newspapers found that 22 covered the story.

Why the deafening silence? Well, Tillery is white, and the three suspects in the case – Darrell Gilbert, Blake Little and Anthony Holmes – are all black. No story.