</sarcasm>
A motorist in Jasper, Texas, is accused of running over and killing a hitchhiker of another race. Sound like the nationally publicized car-dragging death of James Byrd Jr. in Jasper?
If you wonder why you haven't heard any outcry about the new murder, or even heard about the case at all, here's why: This time the suspect is black and the victim is white.
According to authorities:
The victim, Ken Bimbo Tillery, visited a Jasper trailer park Friday night and asked around for a ride home. Blake Little and three others offered him a lift in Little's pickup truck after agreeing on a price of $5 for gasoline. The price increased to $50 by the time they arrived in Pineland. Tillery tried to escape and was chased.
"A couple of the guys jump him and beat up on him, then the driver of the car runs over the guy," said Jasper County Sheriff Billy Rowles. All were suspected of drinking and smoking crack.
Little, who is black, was arrested Sunday on murder charges, the Associated Press reported Monday.
Rowles, who investigated the 1998 murder of Byrd, was quick to claim that race did not appear to be a factor in Tillery's murder. There apparently has been no outcry yet that this case is a "hate crime."
Question 1: If this isn't a "hate crime," is it a "love crime" when someone is beaten and run over?
Question 2: Would it be a "hate crime" if Little were white and Tillery nonwhite? Just as in Orwell's "Animal Farm," under "hate crimes" everyone is equal but some are more equal than others.
Question 3: Why are supporters of "hate crime" legislation so obsessed with the criminal's motive? Tillery is just as dead as Byrd was.
Question 4: Why do most media consider this case not newsworthy? We scan the news wires nightly and saw no mention of this murder until a Texas reader of NewsMax pointed out the case today. The murder of Byrd sparked national outrage, and during the 2000 presidential campaign the pro-Democrat pressure group National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ran a vile ad trying somehow to blame Byrd's killing on George W. Bush, who as Texas governor had opposed bogus "hate crime" legislation.
Question 5: What added punishment would leftists like to give those who commit "hate crimes"? Two of Byrd's killers await execution, something liberals are always crying about, and the third is spending life in prison on the taxpayers' dime.
As the reader who sent us this news tip wrote: "I guess we won't be reading about that in any newspapers or watching it on TV news, huh?" You got that right
www.newsmax.com
Who's going to be the politically correct bad guy then?