5 yo white boy murdered at point blank range

[_moksha]

I think it's pretty clear that mental illness is playing an enormous part here.

If the races were reversed on this between shooter and victim, the first response we would hear is that racism is the reason not mental illness and the act would be labeled a "hate crime," along with increasing rather than mitigating the sentence. racism.

You should phone that in to the Klansman Gazette.

[_ajax18]

You should phone that in to the Klansman Gazette.

That's probably the only news outlet that has any interest in this boy's story. A 5 year old white boy being shot in the head by a black man isn't the conversation about race the left is willing to have.

[_Some Schmo]

A 5 year old white boy being shot in the head by a black man isn't the conversation about race the left is willing to have.

You fu-cking love that this kid was shot, don't you? It's like racist porn for you.

You're such a piece of sh-it.

[_Molok]

How hard do you think it would be to find a quote from idiot over here saying the left is evil for using people’s deaths to further a political agenda?

[_ajax18]

According to the article, Sessoms is facing a first-degree murder charge for this. It's weird that you think he is being treated leniently because of his race. Do you feel justice is being denied because you and your buddies can't lynch him?

Derek Chauvin was arrested and charged with murder. That hasn't stopped the media from fanning the flames of protests, BLM burning down towns and looting businesses all because they couldn't lynch him? All because Kamala Harris couldn't lynch Officer Darren Wilson immediately? You've had quite the summer of love out on the west of coast. Some backyard BBQ?

And while this is referred to as a noble civil rights destruction of property march, me even mentioning that this boy's murder is viewed as racist and you'd quelch my ability to even utter that it happened if you could. Damn the constitution and freedom of speech!

[_Gunnar]

And while this is referred to as a noble civil rights destruction of property march, me even mentioning that this boy's murder is viewed as racist and you'd quelch my ability to even utter that it happened if you could. Damn the constitution and freedom of speech!

I think you know, or at least I hope you know, that the leaders and organizers of the BLM protests never advocated or approved of anything other than peaceful protest. While it might be possible that a few of their followers might have gotten carried away by excessive enthusiasm and imprudently indulged in some property destruction, what is now known for sure is that some white supremacists have been caught in destructive behavior in the hope BLM would be blamed for it.

[_Jersey Girl]

According to the article, Sessoms is facing a first-degree murder charge for this.

Why isn't it newsworthy to CNN?

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/13/us/north ... index.html

[_honorentheos]

Derek Chauvin was arrested and charged with murder.

Chauvin was a police officer who was given responsibility to serve and protect. Society outsources responsibilities to LE that mean they are entrusted to do violence when necessary, but be accountable in how and when they do so.

His abuse of that authority and stewardship took on meaning of a broader national level in it's representation of how those entrusted with that authority and responsibility do not act equally towards all members of society. And this has been going on for a very, very long time.

Local deaths by someone using a firearm to commit a crime including homicide is so common place in America it is almost always treated as local news only.

Assigning a racial element to this story because the person killed and person who shot him are of different races demonstrates a fundamental lack of understanding regarding the issues involved. Instead, it seems to be a form of score keeping based on race. And that? Well...

[_Icarus]

As was already mentioned, there are thousands of kids who die every year after being shot. It is absurd to insist that every single time someone is killed in America that it become nationwide headline news. The irony here is that this was picked up by the Right Wing media to prove a point that only shows they're the hypocrites. They want to say that the mainstream media only picks certain deaths and highlights them for political reasons (i.e. George Floyd) but this is precisely why they're focusing on the sad death of this child. They're exploiting a sad situation so they can then create a false equivalence by saying, "See, a black man killed a white kid." And this is the same thing as black people being systematically murdered by public servants on camera? The intent here is to divert and minimize the significance of the Floyd murder.

Again, thousands of kids are murdered every day and you never see this stuff headline the fake news sites like Brietbart. The only reason they suddenly pretend to care now is because they think it serves their political interests to do so.

[_Doctor CamNC4Me]

Everything is exploited for use by others. It just depends who's pushing the narrative, how they're pushing it, and why. To act like their motivations are pure or not hypocritical is nonsense.* The difference with these two unrelated tragedies, as honor pointed out and others have repeatedly pointed out, is the role and responsibility of LE and how it's been abused is what's at the heart of these protests. That's a big difference. If we can actually get more body cams, accountability, and a gentler policing mechanism out these protests then I'm all for it.

What's the end game for Conservatives pushing for more coverage or protests for the kid's murder?

Do you see the see difference, Ajax? One coverage is to change how LE interacts with the public its charged to serve and protect. They other is simply meant to inflame racial tension.

*edit: I feel like I should edit and add a caveat. The coverage of the protests have been very politically bent. While I agree with the underlying premise and support common sense reform, the media has been complicit with Leftists and how they've covered it has been sympathetic to their overall movement. This is what I meant by the third sentence above.

- Doc