Where Is The Outrage? 21-Yr old MSU Student Dead By GSW

[Pilgrim]

John Sanderson, a 21-year old Miss. State student was killed Friday night in his dormitory. Three suspects were caught on security cameras leaving the scene and one has since been arrested in Memphis. Has anybody outside the state of Miss. seen any headlines about this crime? Have there been any protests lead by national celebrities? Probably not, since Sanderson was white and the three suspects are black. Barack Hussein Obama has apparently not called the Sanderson family to offer his condolences.

I wonder what the response by the Obama Justice Dept would be if the KKK or American Nazi Party offered a bounty on the heads of these three suspects, similar to the one brought up by the New Black Panthers on the not-yet-charged killer of Trayvon Martin?

UPDATE 1-One arrest after two college students killed in Mississippi - chicagotribune.com

 

[davekc]

No publicity or marches on this one. The student was not in "the hood".

 

[aristotle]

Attorney General Eric Holder said Americans are "cowards" on the issue of race. Truth is, if we were allowed to have an honest no-holds barred discussion Holder would likely faint. Racial discord will be America's undoing. None of our political leaders will touch the subject except to demagogue it.

 

[scottm4211]

The lack of "outrage" might have something to do with an arrest in that case.

 

[layoutshooter]

2 dead, should be twice the outrage.

 

[LisaLouHoo]

http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2012/03/grand_blanc_area_woman_killed.html

No one heard much about this either. She wasn't from the 'hood...but her assailants were.

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[Poorboy]

Attorney General Eric Holder said Americans are "cowards" on the issue of race. Truth is, if we were allowed to have an honest no-holds barred discussion Holder would likely faint. Racial discord will be America's undoing. None of our political leaders will touch the subject except to demagogue it.

Eric Holder Huh? It's easy to call someone a coward when he doesn't ever have to face him/her without the protection of the Fed. Govt. Just another Obummaite running his big mouth with nothing to back it up!-----Again

 

[witness23]

The lack of "outrage" might have something to do with an arrest in that case.

Beat me to it scott.

I like how someone can make a statement about it not being 'in the hood', then turn around and "Like" your post. I recall that the Trayvon Martin shooting didn't happen in the hood either, but in a gated community.

 

[layoutshooter]

Beat me to it scott.

I like how someone can make a statement about it not being 'in the hood', then turn around and "Like" your post. I recall that the Trayvon Martin shooting didn't happen in the hood either, but in a gated community.

How can there be charges filed if they have yet to determine if there was a crime committed? There seems to be a lot more to this story than what is being reported. There is at least one eye witness that claims to have seen the 'victim' attack the shooter prior to shots being fired.

Then again, who cares about getting the facts straight prior to an arrest or conviction? Not Sharpton or Jackson.

 

[layoutshooter]

There are big problems with trying these things in the court of public opinion. Just look at Sharpton and Tawana Brawley, for example or the the Duke University lacrosse mess.

Time must be taken to get it right. Other lives, other than the one already lost, are at stake. The press and the 'publicity hounds' need to back off and act in a responsible manner. We all lose when this stuff goes on.

Sharpton and Jackson are out for their own gain and are stirring up hate to get it.

 

[witness23]

How can there be charges filed if they have yet to determine if there was a crime committed?

Precisely the reason why people are upset. A 17 year old unarmed kid is shot dead in a gated community and the police failed to do a proper investigation. The parents want answers to why their child is no longer with them.

There seems to be a lot more to this story than what is being reported.

Absolutely there is and more will come out.

There is at least one eye witness that claims to have seen the 'victim' attack the shooter prior to shots being fired.

Yeah well, what would you do if you were walking down the street minding your own business drinking iced tea and enjoying some Skittles when suddenly you are being followed? It's in the 911 calls that Trayvon was running away from Mr. Zimmerman, that's why he kept tailing him even after he was told he didn't have to by the 911 dispatcher.

Either Trayvon was confronted by Zimmerman or Trayvon attacked Zimmerman and a scuffle ensued. Either way Zimmerman was told not to follow the kid and if he would've listened to the dispatcher this 17 year old kid would still be with us.

Then again, who cares about getting the facts straight prior to an arrest or conviction? Not Sharpton or Jackson.

Again, that's the point. Where are the facts that Zimmerman acted appropriately and within the law and that a proper investigation was done by the officers on the scene and the department as a whole? Was the case handled properly?

Martin's father, Tracy Martin, said he was not seeking revenge.

"We're not asking for an eye for an eye. We're asking for justice, justice, justice,"

An unarmed 17 year old kid is dead and the family wants answers to their questions.

 

[davekc]

Precisely the reason why people are upset. A 17 year old unarmed kid is shot dead in a gated community and the police failed to do a proper investigation. The parents want answers to why their child is no longer with them.



Absolutely there is and more will come out.



Yeah well, what would you do if you were walking down the street minding your own business drinking iced tea and enjoying some Skittles when suddenly you are being followed? It's in the 911 calls that Trayvon was running away from Mr. Zimmerman, that's why he kept tailing him even after he was told he didn't have to by the 911 dispatcher.

Either Trayvon was confronted by Zimmerman or Trayvon attacked Zimmerman and a scuffle ensued. Either way Zimmerman was told not to follow the kid and if he would've listened to the dispatcher this 17 year old kid would still be with us.



Again, that's the point. Where are the facts that Zimmerman acted appropriately and within the law and that a proper investigation was done by the officers on the scene and the department as a whole? Was the case handled properly?

Martin's father, Tracy Martin, said he was not seeking revenge.



An unarmed 17 year old kid is dead and the family wants answers to their questions.

I think the family is slowly getting answers that they didn't want to hear. The problem I hear locally is that Zimmerman went looking for him, couldn't find him and the kid jumped him back at his car. There apparently is a black witness to all of this that they (prosecutors) say appears credible. If that is the case, that is why you currently see no arrest. Even more so with every agency in the country here investigating. May change, but that is latest as to why they haven't done anything.

 

[witness23]

The start of this thread and the comments that followed just shows the true colors of some here in the soapbox. Truely a sad commentary for some members here in EO.

 

[Pilgrim]

The lack of "outrage" might have something to do with an arrest in that case.

But as LOS pointed out, what if the shooter in this case doesn't deserve to be arrested? The prosecuter has already stated that the evidence isn't in place yet to justify an arrest, and at least one eyewitness has come forward saying the Martin kid got shot while beating the cr*p out of Zimmerman. It's also obvious that Martin wasn't the innocent little teenager that was first being portrayed by the media. Let's just cut to the crux of this matter: if Zimmerman was black there would be no outrage.

 

[davekc]

The start of this thread and the comments that followed just shows the true colors of some here in the soapbox. Truely a sad commentary for some members here in EO.

I don't think so. Most is commentary on what has already been reported. Unfortunately, race is an issue in the Zimmerman case. If it wasn't, you wouldn't have the Jackson, Sharpton, and the Black Panther crowd there. People are going to draw comparisons for cases that drew no attention. I don't think it is a conclusion of what ones 'true colors" may or may not be.
That would be ASSUMING just a bit too much.

BTW...there is a noon conference with regards to the Zimmerman case. Maybe they will arrest him then? Don't know.

 

[scottm4211]

But as LOS pointed out, what if the shooter in this case doesn't deserve to be arrested? The prosecuter has already stated that the evidence isn't in place yet to justify an arrest, and at least one eyewitness has come forward saying the Martin kid got shot while beating the cr*p out of Zimmerman. It's also obvious that Martin wasn't the innocent little teenager that was first being portrayed by the media. Let's just cut to the crux of this matter: if Zimmerman was black there would be no outrage.

I don't dispute any of that. I was simply pointing out that the case the OP linked has an arrest attached to it. That alone quells most outrage. This other case has a 911 recording combined with the media circus, and that's what has people fired up on both sides.

 

[Pilgrim]

The start of this thread and the comments that followed just shows the true colors of some here in the soapbox. Truely a sad commentary for some members here in EO.

This has to be one of the most unfounded comments ever posted in here, but certainly consistent with prior entries that have no purpose other than to launch ad hominem attacks and start trouble. We're talking about two issues in the headline news and letting legal due process take its course. If there is any racism going on with either of these crimes, it's coming from the Revs. Jackson and Sharpton, and the New Black Panthers that are in essence calling for a lynching of Zimmerman - an apparent white guy - without regard to his legal rights.

 

[Pilgrim]

I don't dispute any of that. I was simply pointing out that the case the OP linked has an arrest attached to it. That alone quells most outrage. This other case has a 911 recording combined with the media circus, and that's what has people fired up on both sides.

Agreed - the media is the cause for most of the outrage. But it would seem more appropriate that the good Reverends and other civil rights advocates would delay their outrage until it's determined whether or not Zimmerman will be arrested. I'd hate to be the county prosecuters having to deal with this situation, because it looks like Fla's stand-your-ground laws are going to allow Zimmerman to prove his innocence. I'll bet you a cold beverage of your choice if that happens Eric Holder's feds will be on this case like white on rice. Remember - it's an election year.

 

[davekc]

I find it quite the double standard when the Black Panthers put up 10k to have this Zimmerman found. Can you imagine the outrage if the situation were reversed?
If one is looking just to be offended, probably don't have to look any farther then the teens twitter handle.
That is a "sad commentary".

 

[layoutshooter]

There was a report at 11 on WJR that stated that it is becoming apparent that Martin started the physical part of things.