Posted on 06/21/2005 9:37:38 AM PDT by misterrob
Robert Byrd's former compatriot was found guilty of manslaughter....
Sick! LOLO(L
Somebody just might be researching that little subject already.
why'd they wait so long to nail this guy?
Bingo! And the case of Killen is closed until the 'Preacher' meets his Maker. That applies to all the others just like him, including 'Sheets' Byrd.
Killen, in part, nailed himself due to his ongoing antics with the Klan right up until he was rearrested.
We don't hang people for stealing horses. We hang people so others won't steal horses.
Old West Saying.
I'm sorry the terms "rednecks" and "good old boys" are not interchangeable, nor are they synonymous with racism. It's sad and unfortunate that you have bought into the negative liberal media stereotype of these phrases.
In the south farmers and anyone who works out in the sun are often refered to as a "redneck" and "good old boy" usually means that you're a good guy or easy going in temperment.
I'm proud to say I'm a "redneck" and "good old boy"!
"Why'd they wait so long"
Well, the liberals' assumption is that they were racists, or afraid of racists. A more generous explanation would be that the evidence wasn't there.
Why do you assume the liberals' explanation is right? Aren't they wrong about damned near everything?
I do not require a pack of commie loving liberals to understand what a redneck is.
That bit, 'we all are just 'good old boys' does not wash with me.
ah did not assume the libs were right.
you said that.
Come on....give everyone a royal break, the Klan were/are the worst kind of demented racist terrorists, right up there with the death cult jihadists. They even wear similar bed sheets.
You didn't follow the thread, I'm afraid.
I never suggested that the Klan might not be racists. Of course they are.
What I clearly said was: The liberal assumption about previous prosecutors in Mississippi is that they didn't bring a new case against Killen because they, the prosecutors, were racists. I pointed out that perhaps they just didn't think there was enough evidence.
Killen is a racist pure and simple. If he was an urban social sophisticate or country boy wouldn't matter or be relative to his being a racist.
The only thing 100% connected to the negative sterotype of the terms would be the media and some Northen urban types.
You don't have clue of what the true Southern meaning of "redneck" or "good old boy" is .... only your own wrong bias misguided media induced sterotype.
I hate to hurt your ego, but your statement, "That bit, 'we all are just 'good old boys' does not wash with me." is of little importance to me or other Southerns.
I was just pointing out that you are sterotyping people in the usage of those terms. Your attitude is a bit surprising considering your supposed anti-prejudice views.
Agreed/
As one of those 'Northern urban types' I will not ignore the fact there are rednecks in the North as well, which are referred to as 'hicks', since we don't have 9 to 10 months of roasting humid heat to produce the classic the 'red neck'.
As far as 'Southerners & Northerners', how about just plan Americans, since our enemies overseas don't really give a damn what state an American happens to live or was from.
Things have changed for the better. In my opinion Killen should have been convicted of 1st degree murder but 60 years in prison produces the same result - justice.
60 years in prison for a manslaughter conviction is illegitimate. The judge took the law into his own hands. Again, that might be OK if the defendant were a danger to society. Edgar Ray Killen isn't, however much we might hate him.
I would like to know what the specific evidence was that Killen intended for the young men to be killed. It seems to me that he intended for them to be beat up, then when it turned out to be a murder, he helped cover it up. If there was strong evidence that Killen intended a murder, it clearly wasn't strong enough for the jury. The fact that a jury in 1967 found strong evidence for murder can't be used in a court of law. What matters is what THIS jury saw. You can't piggyback on a near-conviction from 37 years ago to produce a new conviction now if the evidence isn't there. This jury decided the evidence wasn't there for murder and produced a manslaughter verdict. That just isn't murder. Killen received a murder sentence today based on the judge's personal opinion, and, I suspect, political pressures.
If you look at this calmly and rationally, it's very ugly indeed -- a sad day for American justice, because it could happen again to more sympathetic -- indeed, even to innocent -- people. Killen was neither, since he almost certainly had some culpability. But don't think they'll stop with him.
If "The judge took the law into his own hands what did Killen do when he and his goons conspired to commit and cover up these hate crimes.
"But don't think they'll stop with him."
I hope that trace down & convict every last interconnected Klan terrorist regarding this case and any other from the era of Southern segregation. That also applies to Robert Byrd, who is a total disgrace to the United States Senate. What's that bastard hiding under his sheets?
Example, my friend of the very last time I visited your state. While on the beach, a boat came along shore full of people in it and got a tremendous chuckle by yelling.. NIG*ERs at the handful of blacks on the beach. If that is not racism... and redneck then please feel free to educate my ignorance on that subject. See you are not only ignorant, but blind to what goes on around you. Congratulations on your sweet little neighborhood that loves people of all races and religions. You need to step outside and see the rest of your state. I don't know anything about YOU except what youve told me. I do know of several occasions of people UNLIKE you who hurl racial epithets right and left. I do not know anything about them either or why they feel this way.
I told you in my last post I loved MS and visit and play golf there at least 6 times a year. YES the majority of folks are kind, loving people but you cannot deny that its still full of those who preach racial inequality. Its guys like me who tell the people who don't know what goes on while you live in your little utopian community. Try to sell your ignorance arguement to someone else. I didn't post this to rip on your state, if you would pay a little more attention, (which would help in your points in your posts) you will see that I like it there, my family there who has lived there ALL THEIR LIVES are not racists. But there are those who continue to breed hatred right under your nose.
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