Otherwise, great post!

when they were watching TV cuz he claimed his “feet stunk.”

I ain’t gonna say anymore.

I loathe the day they protect a man’s estate from civil lawsuits because they’ve determined he “suffered racism” in cases like this.

Dare I even say it?

Awesome post, Amy.

I never thought I’d see the day that it was bad to be white. It shouldn’t be that way. How long has this been going on? How long have white people been accused of racism when they might actually be the victims? I just shake my head in disbelief.

My dad’s got a black coworker; nice guy! Unfortunately, he’s afraid to come have supper with us because, once upon a time, the county and town I live in were highly anti-black. It’s not true anymore, but I guess the legacy remains, and not in a good way. But I guess it’s just like I’d be terrified to visit Indianapolis’s east side for fear of getting mugged, raped, shot, stabbed, etc… *starts praying for Jesus to get back down here*

Very nice post, Amy!

as usual. You know, it’s too bad that grown-ups don’t/can’t take lessons from kids. It’s interesting, but in my high school classroom, students play the race card as a joke! They might say: “You gave me a low grade because I’m black/hispanic,” with a smile and a swagger. I look at them and say, “You’re just hasseling me cuz I’m white/female/old.” We all laugh it off because even they, the young and impressionable, know how ridiculous it is to play that game.

Are there racist people? Absolutely…on both/all sides. But, let’s face it…some people are just nuts.

News reports almost go as far as giving him justification. Is this the new reparation push? Reports try to paint him as near merciful, “bypassing a woman in a wheelchair”. Wow, how nice from a man who murdered multiple people. If the psycho coward thought it was right and defensible he wouldn’t have killed himself. These murders are indefensible on any level, even the murderer agreed. May he burn in hell.

Not only does this seem like an excuse, it implies that this could have happened to any one of us! Like it was some tragic accident – bringing guns to work and killing people – that anyone could have stumbled into because, hey, we all have our breaking point! We all have our breaking points but we don’t all go on a murderous rampage!

with that #5?

If the shooter flat out stated that race was his motivation, why is this not being reported and investigated as a hate crime?

What race were the victims? Anyone care to guess?

What if the race situation in this tragedy was reversed?

The current federal law regarding hate crimes deals with crimes where the offender is motivated by bias against a race, religion, disability, sexual orientatio, or ethnicity/national originn and only applies if the crime happens when a person is attending a public school or is at work or participating in one of four other “federally protected activities.”

http://definitions.uslegal.com/h/hate-crime/

Anyone have the link where the networks are raking that black panther dude over the coals for inciting hatred?

*chirp chirp*

“I wish I coulda got more of the people”… disgusting.

The ex-girlfriend said to the media that Omar was always having to find new jobs because he couldn’t get along with anyone. Apparently he was one of those guys who always thinks he didn’t get the raise because he was black, that it was ok to be late to work or not show up at all without calling because he was black and it was definitely ok to steal beer and sell it to third parties on several occasions because he was black.

I feel real bad that these guys had to die because they were “bothering” him, that doesn’t necessarily sound like racial harrassment to me, maybe Omar was just an a**hole and got picked on because of it.

I live real close to this business and know several of the drivers (none of them were involved), such a tragedy.

All the news can ask the owners of Hartford Distributors is how many minorities do you have working at the plant. Approximately 20% were minorities and included 10 or 20 hispanics (sorry can’t remember actual), 1 asian and 4 black guys. Just gotta love the media fueling the hatred.

First they couldn’t find any jobs created by the stimulus and went on a mad hunt. Then, they lost the Gulf oil. Now, they are busy trying to find racists in order to connect them up with conservatives and Republicans.
This media spin job is all driven by Napolitano’s ‘finding’ that right wing hate groups were the new threat to American freedom. Meanwhile, we are attacked by Islamic extremists that the media pretends were just misguided outcasts.
Katie Couric is on a rampage looking behind every bush for white racists. Meanwhile, black racists are given a pass after threatening people at the polls and a disgruntled kook shots co-workers in the head.
Are these people even slightly credible?