Suspects' race shocks black community

Richmond Times Dispatch ^ | Oct 26, 2002 | NICOLE JOHNSON AND MICHAEL MARTZ

[sweetliberty]

I would be interested in y'all's input on this article.

[sweetliberty]

"This is all scapegoating by Whites-- Johnny Mohammed is really an innocent victim, being framed by the FBI because the government didn't want to catch the real perp."

Obviouslly Al and JJ's indoctrination victimization classes were effective. He has been assimilated.

[Alissa]

The Washington Post has an article on the same theme:
Blacks Express Shock At Suspects' Identity
Most Say They Expect a Serial Killer to Be White

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20069-2002Oct26.html

[aeronca]

"There are as many ignorant racists today as at any time in history.

[sigh] I'm so weary of the "race" blaming in our country. We should emphasis our common denominators as Americans instead of pointing fingers of color at everyone and everything that surfaces in our society. If anything is "dysfunctional" it's an entire nation that can't stop making the same accusations and mistakes, over and over again. When ever I start to believe we have overcome this massive hysterical pettiness, something like this happens and sets us back. We are at war; a house divided cannot stand. Yes, we need better border control, but that's not a race issue: it's a national security and legal issue. Yes, we have freedom of religion, but some religions are creating hiding places for murderers. There are people in this country who want to kill us, and last week proved to us that "Americans" are at risk, not just one "group" of people. Time to re-group?

[uncbob]

We should emphasis our common denominators as Americans instead of pointing

Depends on how you define WE

If you mean LIBERALS OK

[alethia]

"I'm not eliminating the possibility, but I'm just surprised that this kind of thing goes on in a black person's mind," said Trina Traver, owner of the shop. "And the fact that he was randomly killing other black people made me think he wasn't black."

When are people going to get it? Blackness, whiteness, gender, age, ethnicity -- had nothing to do with these killings. They were random ONLY in the fact that the victims couldn't be classified in this manner. These were AMERICANS engaged in normal, typical AMERICAN passtimes. The focus was to jar people, to let them see they aren't safe ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. This was terrorism AND is connected to the radical muslim agenda.

"Experts" and "Profilers" are still trying to classify this as regular, run of the mill (sorry for the understatement-- no insult intended) serial killings. These killings were NOT serial killings in the regular sense of the word.

Again, I'm concerned that Americans don't seem to be able to connect the dots. I also believe that the Bali bombing, the Moscow Theatre incident, the Philippine bombings and, of course, the violence in Israel, are CONNECTED AND CONTRIVED. We should expect more of this the closer we move to going into Iraq.

[demosthenes the elder]

excerpt WP article:
"But Fischl, who is white, said he didn't think that Dahmer's crime reflected on white people at all. Some African American experts said that's the privilege of being part of the dominant group, wielding political and economic control, which includes the power to label others."

Y'know, I am beginning to get a little fed up with this obsession some have about cornering the market on suffering and victimhood. This is horsepuckey. Everyone has the power to label others. I cannot count the number of times I have been labelled "whitey" "honkey" "ofay" "cracker" etc.
I mean, I'm already wearing my hip-waders... do I need to get a wetsuit and aqualung?

[f.Christian]

The majority of minorities still think oj was framed!

[f.Christian]

The majority of minorities still think...

oj was framed---

clinton was a good president/love janet reno...

and Ronald Reagan/Republicans are bad---for the rich only!

[demosthenes the elder]

the OJ evidence was nowhere near so damning as in this case, and Virginia and Alabama are not as screwy as California. dunno 'bout Maryland, tho.
But this is an interesting question: how does Mohamhead get a fair trial by a jury of his peers? Considering how prevalent the notion of jury nullification is among blacks, and considering how reluctant muslims are to condemn islamic violence, how can the peerage requirement be satisfied fully enough to keep the sheeple happy yet not include some one or few who are extreme risks for hanging the jury?

[rdb3]

The only comments I have is that I'm glad the perps were caught and they deserve death.

[f.Christian]

How about that mop lady on the FloriDUH supreme court?

Clarence Thomas was almost lynched by this mob!

[demosthenes the elder]

How about that mop lady on the FloriDUH supreme court? Clarence Thomas was almost lynched by this mob!

Huh? I didn't hear about this one. Please inform me.

[f.Christian]

In the deliberations...

I think her name was Quince(to remember it I associated it with DUNCE)---

the level of intelligence was about the same as the oj juror---"what dna blood evidence"...

nothing there---garbage...'mop lady'/justice!

[f.Christian]

Mob... mop lady---justice!

[LaineyDee]

Just for fun....I did a criminal search on publicdata.com for the last name Muhammed/Mohammed There were pages and pages. (about 1300 charges...some on the same person several times) I got tired of reading after the first 50 or so. An overwhelming majority were black males accused of arm robbery, drugs, assault, theft, etc.... and this was only in 28 states! NOI either has a HUGE following or the terrorists have been REAL BUSY. Scary stuff!

[Rightwing Conspiratr1]

"I'm not eliminating the possibility, but I'm just surprised that this kind of thing goes on in a black person's mind," said Trina Traver, owner of the shop. "And the fact that he was randomly killing other black people made me think he wasn't black."

Now there's a woman who is just as racist as any clan memeber. Except she and the article's author are hypocrites and too friggin' blind to see it.

[185JHP]

However much there is, it's much more socially acceptable. The "you have to have *power* to be a racist" canard...