Posted on 11/20/2018 3:31:23 AM PST by Liz
A former senior Ohio lawmaker who had served as assistant minority whip in the Ohio legislature was arrested this past weekend for the murder of his estranged wife. He had previously served nine months in state prison for assaulting her in 2014 while a common pleas judge in Cuyahoga County -- a position he had been appointed to by then-Gov. Ted Strickland (Democrat).
But would you ever know that Lance Mason was a Democrat? Not if you relied on the media reporting.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer reported: Former Cuyahoga Common Pleas Judge Lance Mason, who spent nine months in prison for beating his then-wife in front of their children, is accused of fatally stabbing the woman Saturday morning at his Shaker Heights home, according to three sources.
Mason was arrested on suspicion of murder in connection with the death of his estranged wife, Aisha Fraser Mason, at his home on Chagrin Boulevard near Normandy Road, the sources said [...]
Mason in August 2014 punched his then-wife 20 times and slammed her head against the dashboard of his car five times, breaking her orbital bone.
The couple’s children were in the back of the car when the attack occurred. Mason, who previously served in the state legislature, was a sitting Cuyahoga County judge when the attack happened.
Mason was charged earlier today with felonious assault for crashing into a police cruiser and injuring an officer while leaving the scene of the fatal stabbing. Despite Mason having served in both the Ohio House and Senate, including a stint in leadership of the House Democrat caucus, there's no mention in the article of his political affiliation.
Mason served two terms in the Ohio House, and was serving a term in the Ohio Senate when he was selected by Democrat Gov. Ted Strickland to fill a seat on the Cuyahoga Court of Common Pleas.
After serving nine months of his two year prison sentence for assaulting his wife, Mason was hired last year by Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson as minority business development administrator in the city's Office of Equal Opportunity. He was fired from that job this past weekend after his arrest on murder charges.
When the story of this weekend's murder went national yesterday, there was also no mention of Mason's deep roots in the Ohio Democrat Party.....
No mention of his race either. Not sure that either is relevant.
as relevant as his sex
The moment he crashed into a police cruiser he should have been stopped with a bullet, let alone after injuring a police officer. If the officer was alone at the time, maybe the officer was too injured to shoot.
Glenn Reynolds is right. These press sycophants are nothing but Democrat operatives with a byline.
Brilliant.
‘No mention of his race either. Not sure that either is relevant.’
with 90% certainty you could ascertain his political persuasion by looking at him...so yeah, his race is relevant...
It’s Cuyahoga County and Cleveland , of course it’s Democrat
If he was a white Republican, it would be the wife’s own fault for leaving him. (/s)
Those poor kids. To be in the back of the car and have to watch that. Awful.
Former teen.
The best way to approach this is to rewrite their article, redundantly over-emphasizing party affiliation.
“SHAKER HEIGHTS, Ohio — Former Democrat Cuyahoga Common Pleas Judge Lance Mason(D), a Democrat who spent nine months in prison for beating his then-wife, also a Democrat, in front of their children, is accused of fatally stabbing the woman Saturday morning at his Shaker Heights home, according to three sources.”
Oh, now he's chagrinned, all right. But he'll be out in five, with full custody of the chirren.
The Ohio Demrats are trying to cover Fudge's track, but I'm sure the Pelosi forces are already working this one over.
To counter rumors that Jackson had hired Mason as a favor to Congresswoman Marcia Fudge, who knew Mason and may have asked for the favor after she'd given Jackson her endorsement, the city trotted out Equal Opportunity director Melissa Burrows to claim that she’d made the decision on her own, on the grounds that Mason was the most qualified candidate.
"I made the decision to hire Mr. Mason because of his expertise in reading, understanding and interpreting contracts and other legal documents,” she said at the time.
https://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2018/11/19/in-defiance-of-decency-and-fact-mayor-frank-jackson-is-actually-standing-by-the-hiring-of-lance-mason
Media bias by omission. The media has become a laughingstock, their hate filled bias is obvious to anyone with half a brain.
They do this on purpose. They deliberately and intentionally hide the race, religion or party when it suits them, and loudly proclaim it in the headlines when they can condemn a normal person.
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