[Vision2020] A Double Standard?

Sun Aug 25 09:50:01 PDT 2013

Regarding the Spokane tragedy, the Spokane police chief was quoted as saying that race was not a factor.  We'll know more after the second perpetrator is arrested, and details emerge.  Perhaps it will be proven that race was an issue.  It's also entirely possible that it's a case of two very twisted teens, who happen to be black, committing a horrific atrocity, and the victim was white.  I believe Spokane is about 86% white, so if they were choosing some defenseless old man to rob and beat, the odds are good that the victim would have been white.  I have read some of the comments in the Spokesman-Review and the Seattle Times about the case, and many of the  comments prove that when it comes to race relations, our country, sadly,  still has a long way to go.  A very long way.

From: sunilramalingam at hotmail.com
CC: vision2020 at moscow.com
Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2013 09:28:49 -0700
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] A Double Standard?

Wayne,

You can't possibly think you can substantiate this claim, can you?

'I'm trying to understand why it is that when ever a 
victim of a crime is black, and the perpetrator isn't, it comes across 
as a race-based crime, and everyone from the White House downplays the 
race card?'

Sunil
From: bear at moscow.com
Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2013 07:38:30 -0700
To: scooterd408 at hotmail.com
CC: vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: [Vision2020] A Double Standard?

Scott,

I'm trying to understand why it is that when ever a victim of a crime is black, and the perpetrator isn't, it comes across as a race-based crime, and everyone from the White House downplays the race card,yet when the crime victim is white, and the perpetrator is black, such as in the Chris Lane case, and even closer to Moscow in the Delbert Belton case, race is not an issue. Are we dealing with a double standard, or perhaps race doesn't play a role in either situation?

Wayne

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On Aug 24, 2013, at 10:44 PM, Scott Dredge wrote:Conservative are making the comparison and trying to turn this into a media circus:
If G.W. Bush had a son, he'd look like Christopher Lane - Fox News
White House has a 'double standard' compared with GZ/TM - Fox NewsThe shooting is 'Trayvon Martin in reverse, but worse' - Rush Limbaugh'[Black on White crime] doesn't fit the American news agenda' - Glenn Beck

As and aside, Fox psychiatrist Keith Ablow placed the blame squarely on abortions and Facebook.

From: sunilramalingam at hotmail.com
CC: vision2020 at moscow.com
Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2013 21:24:08 -0700
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Race will be ignored in murder of Christopher Lane

Right, so I don't know what this case has to do with the Martin case.

SR

CC: vision2020 at moscow.com
From: thansen at moscow.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Race will be ignored in murder of Christopher Lane
Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2013 20:55:52 -0700
To: sunilramalingam at hotmail.com

45 days had passed before Zimmerman was charged with anything.

Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .
"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)http://www.MoscowCares.com  Tom HansenMoscow, Idaho
"There's room at the top they are telling you still But first you must learn how to smile as you kill If you want to be like the folks on the hill."
- John Lennon

On Aug 24, 2013, at 8:13 PM, Sunil Ramalingam <sunilramalingam at hotmail.com> wrote:

Was there any delay in bringing charges against the defendants? In the Trayvon Martin case, no charges were brought until there was intense media attention and several weeks had passed.

In this instance, charges have been brought within the week.

How is this case analogous to the Martin case? Why would we compare this crime to that one?

 Sunil

From: scooterd408 at hotmail.com
To: vision2020 at moscow.com
Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2013 17:44:35 -0600
Subject: [Vision2020] Race will be ignored in murder of Christopher Lane

>From Time Magazine:
'But let’s face it: black America isn’t nearly as indignant about black boys killing one another or whites as about the occasional white cop killing one black boy, even though the former wreaks much more havoc in black communities.'
http://ideas.time.com/2013/08/22/viewpoint-dont-ignore-race-in-christopher-lanes-murder/

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