Posted on 09/09/2002 1:53:25 AM PDT by kattracks
Edited on 07/12/2004 3:57:00 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
When Reginald and Jonathan Carr go on trial today for a crime spree now known as the "Wichita Horror," there probably won't be any mention of race.
But that doesn't mean the people of Wichita won't be thinking about it.
(Excerpt) Read more at washtimes.com ...
Fact is that it isn't worse, regardless of the race involved. It is "a guy" who dies, not a race.
And that's only because "Guilty as Hell" was not a choice!
Needless to say, all hate crime statutes are moronic.
The Carr's can only be put to death once. The PC reporters and their editors who sat on this story deserve to have the images of the victims seared into their minds and their families' minds forever. That is the crime that is now to be prosecuted.
Aren't Reginald and Jonathan the real victims here?
This is a show-stopping detail that shows why Kansas is not charging them with Hate Crimes.... However, the point that the news media is at fault here still holds.
I'm not familiar wiith this case...
Because the Carrs are black and their victims white, many observers expected the brothers to be charged with hate crimes.
Is this the only basis for "hate" or did the perps say things that would lead you to suspect the killings were racially motivated?
That's almost an understatement. This happened in Kansas and I live in Nebraska and I don't remember hearing about this. I guess I missed the two-sentence article about it in the local rag.
Archived "Wichita Horror" PostsKilling Suspect Just Out of Jail - 01/01/2001
Scott McConnell: "Unfit to Print" - 01/10/2001
THE WICHITA HORROR - 01/13/2001
DA, Public Interest Clash Over Records (Wichita multiple murder) - 01/13/2001
Court seals case files in Wichita quadruple homicides - 01/14/2001
Lawyer asks to close pretrial proceedings (Update on The Wichita Horror) - 01/17/2001
Lawyers brawl over records (Wichita Horror/Quadruple Homicide) - 01/27/2001
BLOODY KANSAS: HATE CRIMES IN WICHITA? - 02/12/2001
Hate Crimes: A One-Way Street? - 03/05/2001
Carrs (Wichita Horror) to have joint preliminary hearing - 04/14/2001
The Wichita Massacre - 07/16/2002
BLACK RACISM: THE HATE CRIME THAT DARE NOT SPEAK ITS NAME - 07/16/2002
And a BUMP!
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