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heaven05

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45. first red flag for me

Sat Nov 22, 2014, 07:06 PM

Nov 2014

dating an older woman who was white. Surely pissed a lot of the good old boys off. Yes, they still try to intimidate black men with white women. Smaller shoes than his feet, they just put some on wherever they carried him after kidnapping him. It was dating the woman that got him killed. Guaranteed. Not post racial in that trailer park, "largely white" trailer park. Man this shit is just like the 50's. Emmett Till was murdered after allegedly flirting with a white woman in Mississippi. I remember my parents talking about those "crackers" that killed that boy in Mississippi.

With the last six years bringing out decades of barely suppressed virulent white racism, this murder, among MANY recently, is not something that will be tolerated for too much longer, methinks. Truthout.com had a good one on white racism today.

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Why Isn�t A Possible Lynching in NC National News? [View all] babylonsister Nov 2014 OP

It's sad but I expect there are hundreds of these types of incidences going on BumRushDaShow Nov 2014 #1

Underneath the shroud of liberty, freedom, equality and pleasantries this country holds up, there RKP5637 Nov 2014 #27

Thank you for pursuing all this. raging moderate Nov 2014 #2

Rhetorical question? In response: our media does not care anymore. annominous Nov 2014 #3

Nailed it. Thanks for the link. nt Ilsa Nov 2014 #5

K&R!!! n/t RKP5637 Nov 2014 #28

Rec'd and kicked. Blue State Bandit Nov 2014 #4

How can people be so blind? daleanime Nov 2014 #6

Devastating. Thanks for posting. This should be national news. morningfog Nov 2014 #7

Horrifying. nt Mnemosyne Nov 2014 #8

I had the same reaction: Horrifying. salin Nov 2014 #10

Because we don't have a national "news" anymore. FLPanhandle Nov 2014 #9

+1 Too fucking busy worrying about SomethingFishy Nov 2014 #30

Thanks for posting this... And the Guardian link there. Here is the video: freshwest Nov 2014 #11

This in "post-racial" America. Snarkoleptic Nov 2014 #12

There most certainly needs to be a federal investigation. Brigid Nov 2014 #13

Kick! Heidi Nov 2014 #14

K & R bread_and_roses Nov 2014 #15

That's horrible! BeanMusical Nov 2014 #16

babylonsister, the Republican Congress targeted AG Holder. saidsimplesimon Nov 2014 #17

Wait a minute - both houses of congress have term limits. Isn't that why we vote for them every so jwirr Nov 2014 #26

for the greater good? imho saidsimplesimon Nov 2014 #31

I think it would be a huge mistake. Each time a candidate runs for office it is a big risk. Good jwirr Nov 2014 #34

it doesn't fit the post-racial, post-partisan narrative because it is so obviously racist yurbud Nov 2014 #18

Lots more detail here B2G Nov 2014 #19

In other words he seemed very hopeful about the future. I would like to better understand about the jwirr Nov 2014 #35

It happens when you're murdered B2G Nov 2014 #36

I assume that the shoes were put on him when they took him? And they just picked up a pair of shoes jwirr Nov 2014 #37

Did you read the article I linked to? B2G Nov 2014 #38

You seem to be under the impression that I do not believe the article and the fact that is lynching. jwirr Nov 2014 #39

Sorry, didn't mean to leave the impression you thought otherwise B2G Nov 2014 #40

I had thought that possibly he had been kidnapped while at the gym or something like that and in jwirr Nov 2014 #41

He disappeared after midnight B2G Nov 2014 #43

Someone he knew. And trusted. jwirr Nov 2014 #47

Melissa Harris-Perry did a segment on this .... Spazito Nov 2014 #20

Was this today? I am just starting to watch arthritisR_US Nov 2014 #22

Yes, it was in the second hour of her show if I remember correctly... Spazito Nov 2014 #23

Thanks! I had no sooner posted my question arthritisR_US Nov 2014 #24

I agree, Reverend Sharpton getting involved would certainly help raise the profile... Spazito Nov 2014 #25

His inbox should be inundated with material arthritisR_US Nov 2014 #29

That poor boy and his family :( This is the arthritisR_US Nov 2014 #21

thank you so much for bringing awareness of this horrific crime to my attention.. I had never heard secondwind Nov 2014 #32

kick mstinamotorcity2 Nov 2014 #33

KKK blkmusclmachine Nov 2014 #42

so f'in pissed off about this hopemountain Nov 2014 #44

first red flag for me heaven05 Nov 2014 #45

Jesus MerryBlooms Nov 2014 #46