White teen from powerful political family gets banned from school over insanely racist gun video

[LiberalArkie]

On Monday, WOLO reported that a 16-year-old South Carolina student has been expelled from the Cardinal Newman School, banned from the property, and faces criminal charges following a violent, racial-slur-laden social media post in which he shoots a box of shoes representing black people.

“Howdy. I’m Parker Mustian, and I hate black prople,” he can be heard saying in the video as he loads a rifle. “They’re the worst. They’re stinky and they just suck. They’re just bad people. You’ll notice over there, there’s a box of Jordans — the favorite pair of shoes for a black man. I’m gonna show you what I think of the black man.”

According to Heavy, Mustian comes from a powerful political family. He is the grandson of Richard Quinn, a legendary GOP strategist, and the son of Benjamin Mustian, a prominent Columbia attorney.

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https://www.rawstory.com/2019/08/white-teen-from-powerful-political-family-gets-banned-from-school-over-insanely-racist-gun-video/

[Codeine]

1. Apples rarely fall far from the tree.

Especially down south, where the trees tend to branch less.

[TeamPooka]

27. yeah, he learned that at home. nt

[rpannier]

87. Mustian's Grandfather Richard Quinn

Richard Quinn Was Lindsay Graham’s Political Adviser. Now Facing Prison For Perjury & Obstruction of Justice, GOP Strategist Quinn Was Editor of a Neo-Confederate Magazine For Decades

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He was first indicted in 2017 on charges of criminal conspiracy and illegal lobbying. It was alleged he tried to “influence members of the general assembly on behalf of entities associated with him without registering as a lobbyist for those entities.”

Quinn was arrested in April after being indicted on nearly a dozen charges of perjury and obstruction of justice.

As a political strategist, his clients have included S.C. Gov. Henry McMaster, U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, the late U.S. Sens. Strom Thurmond and John McCain, and Ronald Reagan. Graham’s 2016 campaign hired Quinn as a strategist.

https://heavy.com/news/2019/08/parker-mustian-racist-video-nword-shooting/

[UpInArms]

89. There are pieces of shit so deep

Under every rock ...

Hope he spends eternity in prison

Thanks for the info

[BigmanPigman]

90. We teachers say, "The NUT doesn't fall far from the tree".

[Codeine]

91. A distinct syntactic improvement. nt

[Gore1FL]

92. Or As Bill Maher described Rand Paul, "The shit doesn't fall very far from the bat." nt

[BigmanPigman]

94. That's why I love Bill's humor!

[3catwoman3]

93. Especially a horse apple/ road apple like this...

...young POS.

[samnsara]

2. another one down...

[malaise]

3. From powerful ReTHUG family

please add that ReTHUG

[uponit7771]

13. +1, And I'd bet some good money they are shocked that he's being punished to any degree.

[erronis]

81. After this little furor dies down (2-3 weeks?) he'll have all of his records expunged.

Maybe FaceFook can be convinced to "permanently" delete his records. (Of course they won't - there's money in them historical hills.)

Also, thanks for the Internet Archives/Wayback Machine. This a*holes past will live with him even after he says goodbye.

[flamin lib]

4. You have to be taught to hate. You have to be carefully taught. nt

[ProudMNDemocrat]

7. For Children are NOT born to hate....

Those who are rearing their vulnerable children to hate are just as bad. Perhaps they had been dropped on their heads once leaving the womb.

[CrispyQ]

19. The best quote ever on that topic:

"Racism isn't born, folks, it's taught. I have a two-year-old son. You know what he hates? Naps! End of list." ~ Denis Leary

[CanonRay]

5. Good luck getting into Law School

with that millstone hanging around your neck.

[catbyte]

31. I'm sure if his family can schmear enough cash around they can get his record expunged.

[AJT]

41. Liberty University has a law school. I'm sure they'd be glad to have him.

[keithbvadu2]

77. and Pat Robertson's Regent U. which has a law school.

and Pat Robertson's Regent U. which has a law school.

[tblue37]

101. There's always Liberty University Law School. nt

[Srkdqltr]

6. It is good that he posted it with his name and all.

He can't say it wasn't him. Dumb as a box of rocks.

[Aristus]

8. "Every form of evil contains the seeds of its own destruction."

And thank God for that...

[packman]

9. Come on, take it for what it is

a political ad . I'll bet he'll use it when he runs for Senator/Congressman in a few years.

[Turbineguy]

10. He was interviewing

for a cabinet post in the trump administration?

[kacekwl]

11. A Great candidate for use of Red Flag notification.

This guy should be monitored regularly.

[Traildogbob]

38. Exactly

Lindsay Graham's plan. His state. His white boy, Kelly Anne was just praising trump and Graham for support of the Red Flag. Somebody ask that scanky winch on camera, are they gonna Red Flag this prick? No, Texas GOP legislator already came out and said, on Fux, the Red Flag plan is unconstitutional. Living is not a constitutional right.

[JHB]

42. Also, the kid's granddad is one of Lindsay's advisors.

So fat chance of a red flag here

[uponit7771]

12. M$M and Local Police: "... we still don't know his motivations ... "

[spanone]

15. That is comedy gold!!!!!

or sad as hell.

[malaise]

16. They don't know the Con's motivations either

because they refuse to accept the glaring truth.
This young racist fucker told them his motivation - I hate blacks he said

[uponit7771]

20. +1, Beto went up a tick with me when he said media WTF !? The NUMBER ONE enabling of Red Don's

... racism by people I know who voted for him is they redefine racism to be hanging black, burning them while chanting the N word.

[malaise]

21. I really was impressed with his response to the stupid media

[CentralMass]

40. His response was great.

[IcyPeas]

54. me too. that he had guts to say that... like that...

perhaps other candidates would like to speak like that but they are afraid of offending someone by using such language. But it was REAL.

[Submariner]

34. The local African American community may want to make a SWAT call to this punk's address

in case he is thinking of retaliation against those he hates so much. Just to be on the safe side.

His home probably wreaks of guns, and maybe drugs. SWAT should check it out. I'm sure his parents wouldn't mind.

[ret5hd]

53. You know, if you've got nuthin' to hide...

and all that.

[spanone]

14. Ah, the gopers have raised an obedient racist nazi....they must be so proud.

[CrispyQ]

17. This is the Republican Party.

Until republican leadership steps up & denounces this shit, this IS them.

[The Liberal Lion]

56. There will be no denuciation

This is them. You had it right the first time. Even it somehow they were to denounce this, it's still them, as any denunciation would be smoke and mirrors at best. My mama taught me: when someone shows you what they are believe them. This is what they are.

[meow2u3]

18. He came from a powerful rethug family and still he was expelled

Good judgment on the part of Cardinal Newman School to expel a kid who deliberately chose evil.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

22. He wasn't expelled.

They let him "withdraw" so it won't be on his record.

https://www.fitsnews.com/2019/08/05/parker-mustian-was-allowed-to-withdraw-from-cardinal-newman/

[Xipe Totec]

24. Invited to self-deport nt

[malaise]

25. Makes no sense - it's on his police record now n/t

[tblue37]

102. He is a minor. Those records will be sealed. nt

[Demovictory9]

26. but he was arrested

https://www.fitsnews.com/2019/08/04/sc-high-school-student-from-elite-political-family-expelled-arrested-following-racist-videos/



Sources close to Mustian’s family tell us the young man is not a hateful person by nature, but was part of a group of boys who made videos purely for “shock value.”

“The idea was to see who could be the most outlandishly, ridiculously offensive,” the source told us. “They weren’t being serious.”

Law enforcement took the situation very seriously, however.

Mustian was arrested last month by officers of the Richland County sheriff’s department in connection with alleged threats made against the school.

According to deputies, Mustian threatened to “shoot up the school’’ after he was expelled for his involvement in racist videos and text messages.

[obamanut2012]

28. The "Just a joke!: defense

[Hermit-The-Prog]

32. the Kavanaugh defense

[Saviolo]

46. Telling racist jokes "ironically" is indistinguishable from just telling racist jokes.

Being violently racist with a gun for a joke is indistinguishable from being actually violently racist with a gun.

Spreading disgusting racist memes for the lulz is indistinguishable from spreading disgusting racist memes you believe fully.

Fuck this kid's "shock value." If you make racist jokes just for fun, guess what: You're racist! If you do it with a gun, guess what: You're violently racist!

[SleeplessinSoCal]

48. gateway racism?

According to deputies, Mustian threatened to “shoot up the school’’ after he was expelled for his involvement in racist videos and text messages.

We need to address problems of our young men and boys. Gavin Newsom is on it:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gavin-newsom-gun-violence-gender-toxic-masculinity-domestic-violence_n_5d496721e4b0d291ed069141

[SleeplessinSoCal]

74. the Catholic school that let him withdraw is complicit.

Isn't this the practically same as the Catholic school that harbored those guys on the National Mall taunting native Americans? They sued and lost. But the message is sent. They feel entitled and Catholics depend on funding from racist benefactors.

Just as evil as pedophilia.

[pecosbob]

88. Not the first time for this sort of thing at this school...

https://www.thestate.com/opinion/op-ed/article233568927.html

https://www.thestate.com/news/local/environment/article233557502.html

[Lulu KC]

96. And the principal just started there this summer

What a way to start a new job. I feel for the guy, though he should have told the parents immediately.
I'd be getting my resume ready.

[CatMor]

76. The usual but "he's really a fine boy" defense ..

he was just joking around. It would be good if they sent him to a reform school. What he did is disgusting. Will we hear from Linsey Graham about this. It should be on all the news stations.

[keithbvadu2]

78. The Trump supporter in El Paso 'shocked' 22 people permanently.

The Trump supporter in El Paso 'shocked' 22 people permanently.

[smirkymonkey]

84. A decent human being wouldn't even do something like this as a joke.

I hope someone teaches this little punk a lesson one of these days.

[TheOther95Percent]

85. I'm not laughing.

A wingnut's joke is no laughing matter. I'm not shocked either.

[Demovictory9]

23. ugh

[Liberty Belle]

29. Good. This needs to happen everywhere, every time this crap occurs.

[Amimnoch]

30. Child welfare services should be involved if they aren't.

He didn't just wake up one day thinking that way. His home life, and where he developed these notions from should be investigated and actioned.

[JHB]

43. His grandad was editor of "Southern Partisan" magazine

[jmg257]

33. "The videos went up in May, and he was expelled in mid July. "

Yeesh - bet the dick still has his guns too.

[bucolic_frolic]

35. dehumanizing superiority

he may as well have said "grab 'em by the Jordans" and you know where he got that idea from

[Tanuki]

36. His racist grandpa was Lindsay Graham's adviser, strategist, and pollster.

Also, after being forced to withdraw from his school, the kid was arrested for threatening to come back and shoot up the place.

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/andrewkaczynski/republican-senators-adviser-formerly-served-as-editor-of-neo#.dk565KZ9Ym

"Richard Quinn has been quoted in the press as South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham's longtime political adviser and his consultant and pollster. But there's another title that Quinn once held: neo-Confederate magazine editor.

From early 1980s until the early 2000s, Quinn's name stood on the masthead as the editor-in-chief of the Southern Partisan, formerly one of the country's leading neo-Confederate magazines (it still exists in a barebones online version). Quinn has tried to distance himself from the magazine in the past (he says he doesn't like the term neo-Confederate), and after being contacted by BuzzFeed News, repudiated his past views and those of the magazine.

It was in his capacity as editor that Quinn wrote that Martin Luther King Jr.'s role in the Civil Rights movement was "to lead his people into a perpetual dependence on the welfare state, a terrible bondage of body and soul." He called Nelson Mandela a "terrorist" and a "bad egg." He wrote positively of David Duke's election: "What better way to reject politics as usual than to elect a maverick like David Duke?" In one column, he called Martin Luther King Day's purpose "vitriolic and profane."....(more)


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https://www.fitsnews.com/2019/08/06/why-this-news-outlet-identified-parker-mustian/

...."As of this writing, my news outlet has not been provided with any of the “additional videos and text messages” referenced in this law enforcement narrative. They have been described to me, but I have not personally viewed them. Still, the nature of the initial videos – and the fact Mustian was arrested in connection with the alleged threats made against his school – seemed to me to constitute a compelling public safety concern.

Also, the ongoing uncertainty regarding Mustian’s access to firearms contributed to my decision to include his name in this news outlet’s coverage.

Simply put, I believed (and still believe) people had a right to know about a possible threat to public safety.

On this point, the failure of leaders at Cardinal Newman high school to notify parents of this combustible situation until the very last moment – when reporters from The (Columbia, S.C.) Statenewspaper were preparing a report – strikes me as inexcusably negligent on their part.

Furthermore, I am shocked other local media outlets have decided not to identify Mustian given the potential danger he posed (poses?) to his community."....(more)

[Traildogbob]

39. Well then

Certainly Grahan is gonna activate his Red Flag approach with him now.

[rocktivity]

37. But did he lose his gun ownership privileges?

You can lose your driving privileges for less.


rocktivity

[Gothmog]

44. This idiot is getting what he deserves

[SunSeeker]

45. Why is he so angry when he has EVERYTHING?

[Buckeye_Democrat]

49. Does he have a girlfriend?

I don't know, but I doubt it.

[IronLionZion]

65. Black people are keeping him from having a girlfriend?

He might find a hateful girl who shares his beliefs.

On a related note, there's even a dating site called hater, which matches people by what they hate.

[Codeine]

50. Because someone else has something.

They aren’t angry that they’re losing out, they’re angry that someone else isn’t losing out enough.

[delisen]

64. Sometimes it is from knowing deep down that the

people who have raised you are truly horrible and hate-filled, and not knowing how to deal with it.

The fortunate ones find a teacher or some other mentor who can help them figure sort it out.

[TryLogic]

47. Keep an eye on him!

[mwb970]

51. He's from a REPUBLICAN family? Really??

[Atticus]

52. But, see that cross hanging around his neck? The lad is a "Christian" don't ya know! nt

[Maggiemayhem]

62. First thing I noticed

[tikka]

66. Just another good Catholic boy like Sandman and Kavanaugh

[Midnight Writer]

80. And he is so well mannered. He didn't use the N-word. He will fit right in to GOP circles.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

55. STOP CALLING REPUBLICANS Racists!!!......

Just because they are!

[The Liberal Lion]

58. +1

[NoMoreRepugs]

57. Imagine a young African American doing this.

From the Orange Douche down to the local Rethug dogcatcher they would be screaming 24/7 to incite the Deplorables.

This situation is going to continue to escalate heading towards the 2020 election at a rate few of us can imagine. Buckle up buttercups - this is going to get really nasty. Some of us old jarheads dont buy into turning the other cheek.

[IcyPeas]

59. khaki shorts.... white shirt.....

where have we seen this before?

That the work of white supremacy is no longer performed by cloak-and-dagger vigilantes. It's done in broad daylight. And it's done by people (mostly young, white men) wearing the most all-American clothes they can imagine: polos and khakis. The uniform of white hate is now average, mundane, the stuff of everyday American life. It is haunting

?itok=RV51bLYg


https://www.gq.com/story/uniform-of-white-supremacy

[malaise]

60. Police seized guns

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212354257

[Blue_true]

86. Man, I love khaki pants. But I also love blue shirts.

The only white shirt that I will wear is a teeshirt, and I don't wear that with khakis.

[rockfordfile]

61. what a un-American pos

[marble falls]

63. Gee, I wonder where he learned his racist crap, at his grandfather's knee, I bet.

[Nitram]

67. The nut doesn't fall far from the tree...

[onetexan]

68. Is that a cross he's wearing around his neck?

Pic is a bit fuzzy but from the shape of it, certainly looks like a cross. Ironic that he wears the cross yet talks about hating black people and threatening to shoot them. Just horrifying. This racist, insane fake POTUS has given these nazis license to kill.

[malaise]

69. Yes and no

Afterall he attended a 'good'catholic school. And yes he's wearing a cross

[COLGATE4]

70. He seems nice

(if really necessary)

[struggle4progress]

71. You've got to be carefully taught

[tblue37]

72. He is so sure he is absolutely untouchable. nt

[LAS14]

73. That's it! That's what I've been trying to say.

It was my reaction to the MeToo stories as well, the unbelievable sense of entitlement!!

[LiberalArkie]

75. I doubt very seriously that he and his friends gave any thought at all about what they were doing.

About the same as a man leaving the bar and can barely stand up and drives off and kills some people.

[Codeine]

79. Is he really wrong? nt

[tblue37]

83. Probably not. nt

[Skidmore]

82. Grandpa is in trouble too.

https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/2019/04/19/sc-republican-consultant-richard-quinn-indicted-perjury-charges/3518821002/

...But in a surprising move, Pascoe dropped the charges when Quinn agreed to testify fully and truthfully to the state grand jury.

The Thursday indictment of Quinn alleges he failed to do that, lying to the grand jury about his involvement with former state Sen. John Courson, R-Richland; former House Majority Leader Jimmy Merrill, R-Berkeley; former House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Harrison, R-Richland; current S.C. Attorney Alan Wilson, R-Lexington; and Quinn’s son, former Rep. Rick Quinn Jr., R-Lexington.

“Quinn intentionally gave incomplete and evasive testimony throughout to pervert, obstruct, impede, and hinder the ongoing investigation by the State Grand Jury,” the indictment alleged...

[Bluepinky]

95. Richard and Benjamin must be so proud of their grandson and son.

Young Parker must have grown up around a lot of hate.

[NCLefty]

97. Son of the South.

[jmowreader]

98. Stop saying he learned his racism at home

My brother is the only racist in my family. He learned that shit from his friends at Camp Pendleton.

Young Parker really needs to thank his lucky stars I’m not his mom. If I was, my husband would remain in Columbia doing his work for the last two years of Parker’s high school career, and Parker and I would move to Bedford-Stuyvesant (one of the biggest African-American neighborhoods in NYC) where he would attend public school.

[NCLefty]

99. My Republican parents pulled all 3 of us out of public school when the 'forced busing' started.

They sent us to private school because it wasn't "in the city, with the blacks." A lot of white parents did that at that time. Biden's role in this is in the news currently.

But the thing is.. I still made black friends at the private school. First kiss was a black girl behind the tree at recess. She thought I was cute. :p

And at 20, I brought home a black guy as my boyfriend. They had just found out I was gay recently.

And that, folks, is how you get your Republican parents back for being bigots! >

[ck4829]

100. Kick

[Blue_Tires]

103. Folks losing their goddamn minds...