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Australian's slaying stirs speculation in Oklahoma
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| August 21, 2013, 7:07 p.m.
| Hailey Branson-Potts and Matt Pearce
Posted on 08/22/2013 7:48:11 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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posted on
08/22/2013 7:48:11 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
Here come the “he was such a sweet boy! He was just getting his life together” brigade.
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posted on
08/22/2013 7:49:05 AM PDT
by
rarestia
(It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
To: rarestia
Actually it is “He was such a sweet boy, I can’t believe he turned into a banger.”
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posted on
08/22/2013 7:54:59 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: BenLurkin
Seems to me The Reverend Jackson has plenty to work with on this one, unfortunately.
To: rarestia
Undoubtedly well on his way to a promising career as a rap star. How tragic.
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posted on
08/22/2013 7:56:48 AM PDT
by
KevinB
(A country that would elect Barack Obama president twice is no longer worth fighting for.)
To: BenLurkin
Young men crave fathers and will accept any pseudo-paternal figure they can find.
Gangs provide what their mothers did not.
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posted on
08/22/2013 7:57:29 AM PDT
by
Aevery_Freeman
(De IRS be my massa, sho' nuff.... / Repeal the Sixteenth!)
To: BenLurkin
Insert obvious joke about what Obama’s son would look like...
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posted on
08/22/2013 7:59:51 AM PDT
by
Kip Russell
(Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors -- and miss. ---Robert A. Heinlein)
To: KevinB
He’ll meet other bangers in criminal college, convert to Islam, and start a jihad when he’s released in 40 years. Ugh!
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posted on
08/22/2013 8:02:00 AM PDT
by
rarestia
(It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
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To: Aevery_Freeman
Gangs provide what their mothers did not.
True. Growing up fatherless and poor creates anger. I don’t know the facts or what was in this kid’s head/heart, but I do know that race hustlers like Sharpton and many rap artists feed into this anger and direct it towards white people. It’s a recipe for disaster and the sooner society realizes that the better off we will be.
I can’t blame Obama either, but one can’t help but wonder what has happened to race relations since he was elected.
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posted on
08/22/2013 8:03:07 AM PDT
by
volunbeer
(We must embrace austerity or austerity will embrace us)
To: Aevery_Freeman
Young men crave fathers and will accept any pseudo-paternal figure they can find.
Gangs provide what their mothers did not.
Great statement! I agree 100%. It has also become taboo to suggest that single-mother households are not ideal for raising children. Single mothers have gone from being ostracized to being placed on pedestals as models of courage and strength.
To: drpix
Reading this L.A. Times puff piece, it seems that the L A Times thinks that that Jesus, drugs, guns, and Facebook are the real culprits here.
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posted on
08/22/2013 8:04:12 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: volunbeer
Pretty good article from the LA Times??
Looks more and more like a a hate crime to me ...random but the guy was white..The only reason it gets attention is because the victim was from Australia....it was only on the net for awhile..
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posted on
08/22/2013 8:08:21 AM PDT
by
Hojczyk
To: Hojczyk
Hate crimes only apply to certain victims. That statement is true. That statement illustrates the injustice of hate crimes legislation.
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posted on
08/22/2013 8:12:38 AM PDT
by
volunbeer
(We must embrace austerity or austerity will embrace us)
To: Hojczyk
To qualify as a hate crime, it has to be White on Black. This was Black on White. Ho harm, no foul. There were sobs heard in the courtroom, so everything is o.k.
This shit is not only going to continue, it is going to get worse until the decent people put a stop to it.
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posted on
08/22/2013 8:15:00 AM PDT
by
sport
To: BenLurkin
Can’t remember who said it first but it is quite apt ‘blaming the gun for Chris Lane’s murder is like blaming the rope for Emmitt Till’s lynching’.
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posted on
08/22/2013 8:20:51 AM PDT
by
originalbuckeye
(Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy)
To: rarestia
In fact he was admitted into Harvard’s medical school without the necessity of having to study premed. He was a genius and a good boy.
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posted on
08/22/2013 8:20:59 AM PDT
by
AEMILIUS PAULUS
(It is a shame that when these people give a riot)
To: BenLurkin
6 months ago......the media ghost of “ Trayvon” Introduced him to his Inner Thug
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posted on
08/22/2013 8:21:10 AM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
(Block Captain..Tyranny Response Team / al-Kilab Division)
To: BenLurkin
what the heck is it that happens to so many adolescents once they get to that age? middle school age? i went to elementary school with all three races mixed, so had a good group of friends of the three mixed races... we get to Junior High school, and suddenly the races and different ethnicities group together... i did not get it... i did not drop my friends who were black and Asian and “white,” to only hang around Mexican-Americans... but a lot of them dropped me and began identifying with their groups in how they spoke and dressed... no way in hell were my parents going to allow me to dress and act the way many of my grade school friends began acting and dressing...
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posted on
08/22/2013 8:21:23 AM PDT
by
latina4dubya
(when i have money i buy books... if i have anything left, i buy 6-inch heels and a bottle of wine...)
To: BenLurkin
This is where the media begin the 6 month process of explaining this disgusting punk's act as whitie’s fault.
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posted on
08/22/2013 8:21:27 AM PDT
by
ryan71
(The Partisans)
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