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WestStar

(202 posts) Sun Jun 30, 2013, 10:00 AM Jun 2013

Hispanic guy guns down Black guy and there is hardly any notice taken on progressive sites [View all]

Hell, it's all they are talking about on right wing sports talk radio. Hour after hour day after day.

Aaron Hernandez (Puerto Rican/Irish/Italian), a wealthy mansion dweller, has allegedly murdered in cold blood, with an illegally possessed gun no less, a young man Odin LLoyd(black guy). Where is the outrage? Where is the endless speculation about racist motives? Why aren't there 100's of posts discussing how our society and it's attitudes are responsible for this tragic incident? Where are the endless details about Aaron's background and prior actions?

Why no comment from the President about if he had a son he would look like Odin?

Where is the media hype? Why must I listen to Sports talk radio to get the real news?

I'm suspicious of the mostly deafening silence on this matter.

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Hispanic guy guns down Black guy and there is hardly any notice taken on progressive sites [View all] WestStar Jun 2013 OP

Where's The Link To The Story? cantbeserious Jun 2013 #1

Oh, there are plenty of links muriel_volestrangler Jun 2013 #30

so talk about it warrior1 Jun 2013 #2

The police did their job. countingbluecars Jun 2013 #3

exactly. But too many online provocateurs-for-a-living fail to comprehend what you write. JackN415 Jun 2013 #11

The Stand Your Ground issue brought the Zimmerman case treestar Jun 2013 #4

This makes sense to me. Demit Jun 2013 #8

I think the OP makes a poor comparison wercal Jun 2013 #39

Well, I've posted several threads on it but cali Jun 2013 #5

+1, makes one very suspicious. n/t Inkfreak Jun 2013 #7

If you can't see the difference between these murders Inkfreak Jun 2013 #6

Non sequitur handmade34 Jun 2013 #9

Hardly fair pscot Jun 2013 #10

There was immediate outrage in the Martin case, from day one. WestStar Jun 2013 #13

this case is so clearly not about race. why are you trying to make it into something cali Jun 2013 #18

Martin or Lloyd? Or both. WestStar Jun 2013 #20

There does not seem to be any racial bias in the Hernandez/Lloyd case that we have madinmaryland Jun 2013 #26

Hernandez/Lloyd. duh. cali Jun 2013 #28

Lots of reasons for outrage. NutmegYankee Jun 2013 #31

Review the Travon Martin murder story. Ilsa Jun 2013 #12

The defense has not claimed "stand your ground" WestStar Jun 2013 #16

Initially, that's what they used, though. Ilsa Jun 2013 #24

And who "they" represents is important caraher Jun 2013 #37

+1 cali Jun 2013 #29

amazingly enough, even I, who am as far as one can get from being a sports person, know about this niyad Jun 2013 #14

Call me back when this happens and the police set the killer free caraher Jun 2013 #15

It took almost 2 weeks for the police to arrest Hernandez. WestStar Jun 2013 #17

Did they question and release him the night of the killing? caraher Jun 2013 #21

And? It was obvious the investigation was ongoing. NutmegYankee Jun 2013 #23

Why did it take them that long? Ilsa Jun 2013 #25

why are you trying to compare these cases? Let me point out why they're so different cali Jun 2013 #27

I don't pay attention JustAnotherGen Jun 2013 #19

Ah, because he was arrested. NutmegYankee Jun 2013 #22

Only time RW sports talk says anything good about blacks is when they score points The Straight Story Jun 2013 #32

Oh FFS! I've read several news articles about this but never saw the victim was black. Of course txwhitedove Jun 2013 #33

He was arrested, there is no cadre of idiots rising to defend his murderous behavior ... etherealtruth Jun 2013 #34

So was that case a trumped-up "stand your ground" murder of a child also?? kestrel91316 Jun 2013 #35

It's awesome that you joined DU to set us straight Marrah_G Jun 2013 #36

"...right wing sports talk radio."? Jenoch Jun 2013 #38

Are you gone yet? It looks like you stopped responding to logical questions Ilsa Jun 2013 #40

I think that person is used to rw sites and is having a hard time with logic The Straight Story Jun 2013 #41

You expect us to believe... TeeYiYi Jun 2013 #42

Flame bait, and DU is smart enough not to bite. nt longship Jun 2013 #43

Don't you have friends where you come from to talk to about this? Squinch Jun 2013 #44

... SidDithers Jun 2013 #45

looks like he's scurried off. cali Jun 2013 #46

Lack of racist implications? DirkGently Jun 2013 #47

"Fool" ignore. johnp3907 Jun 2013 #48

foolish troll lunasun Jun 2013 #50

well after listening to right wing sports talk radio. Hour after hour day after day lunasun Jun 2013 #49

Not a racial matter brush Jun 2013 #51

If you unjustly take a life you belong in the hoosegow or worse DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2013 #52

The rich Hispanic guy has already been arrested and charged. pennylane100 Jun 2013 #53

Many times, a black person has killed a Hispanic person adric mutelovic Jun 2013 #54

This message was self-deleted by its author devilgrrl Jun 2013 #55