America's Voice and Times: Racial Issues

Monday, September 22, 2014

More Media Bias and Double Standards Regarding Racial Issues

Michael Brown and Ferguson has captured the world and media's attention, but there seems to be a much larger story that is NOT being reported. I recently wrote about the two Veteran's in West Point, MS that were beaten by a black mob. Thankfully the Sheriff has called in the FBI to investigate this particular incident, but I decided to cast a net and see what else I could find. I wanted to know if there were more incidents that were not getting media coverage, and one that I found was chilling.

McDonald's recently lost a three year lawsuit for negligence resulting in a win of $27 million payable to the family of eighteen year old Denton James Ward. What this family, as well as the families of three other teens involved, has experienced and endured reads more like a horror movie than a fleeting story on the Internet. Brace yourself because it is a tough one to swallow.

Four young suburban college kids double-dated to a concert and afterwards decided to stop at the "University McDonald's" near Texas A&M. These four kids who thought that they had no worries, other than term papers and their college majors, had no idea that pulling in to grab a bite to eat would result in death. The parking lot was full of near 400 young black men, but these four young people thought nothing of it because this was supposed to be a safe area. They had no idea that after midnight there had been many problems at this particular place. They had no idea that just minutes before their arrival a gun had been pulled during a fight inside. The manager didn't call the police but just sent the party outside. Ward and his friend Tanner Giesen hopped out of the truck to run to the restroom, while the girls went through the drive thru. As they walked towards the door Giesen remembers a black male yelling, "You're in the wrong neck of the woods cowboy!" An altercation immediately ensued. Giesen was knocked out. Ward was on the ground and circled by a crazy mob being kicked, jumped on and stomped to a literal pulp. The girls pulled around from the drive thru to this chilling scene and ran from the vehicle to try to rescue their two friends. With the help of a few good Samaritans nearby, some of them being black females, they were able to pull the two young men to the vehicle and heeded a warning from one of their "guardian angels" to leave quickly because it wasn't safe. Ward could not walk or speak and was bleeding profusely. One of the few white patrons that were present was a Veteran Marine that said the kids face just "did not look natural". A terrorized Samantha Bean took the wheel while a frantic Lauren Bailey Crisp was in the back doing anything she could for Ward. They rushed to the hospital, terrified that the mob would follow, only to run a red light and get hit by a Chevrolet Silverado. The vehicle of four traumatized young people spun out of control and hit a light pole. Denton James Ward and Lauren Bailey Crisp were pronounced dead at the scene. At first the police considered charging Bean for the deaths until pathologist determined that Ward had died from the beaten he had taken at McDonald's.

Back at McDonald's the mob had gotten so out of hand that when the law enforcement officer arrived he had to grab his AR-15. Giesen's abdomen had a boot print and he suffers episodes of amnesia due to brain damage. The investigation was almost impossible because there were no outdoor surveillance cameras, no security and there were no cooperative witnesses. Marcus Jamal Jones, known as "Plucky" to friends, was the only arrest made. He ONLY SERVED A 90 DAY JAIL SENTENCE FOR MISDEMEANOR ASSAULT!

Let me ask....where is the justice for these four young lives? Two lives were lost and two altered forever? Families were devastated for absolutely no reason and they have no recourse. The $27 million that McDonald's paid for their negligence is small consolation to the grieving parents. One must ask why this story did not make national news and why someone did not scream from the rooftops HATE CRIME!! I can not even imagine if the skin color had been reversed. What would have happened? I can guarantee that not only would blacks be protesting and demanding justice, but whites would have been as well. So why didn't it happen for these kids? Were they not as important as Michael Brown?

Marine Veteran Victim of Black Mob....Hate Crime?

There have been many incidents over the past week that are similar to the situation in Ferguson that did not result in riots or protests, but one that I heard about tonight makes me wonder just what the hell is going on in America.

Saturday night a Veteran Marine, Ralph Weems and Air Force Veteran, David Knighten, attempted to enter a Waffle House in West Point, MS. A patron in the parking lot warned Knighten not to go inside because it was predominately a black crowd and it may not be safe for whites. I have also read other stories that have reported that the group were up-in-arms over the Michael Brown situation. By the time he made it inside Weems was already in an altercation. The cops were called and the two men left. The two men decided to head home, but stopped at a Huddle House that seemed pretty much vacant, only to find that they had been followed by about twenty people from the Waffle House. The chaos escalated and Knighten reportedly tried to diffuse the trouble when a security guard told everyone to leave and go home. As people filed out Knighten found that the door was being blocked and he was prevented from going outside. When he was finally able to get out the door he found Weems on the ground being kicked and beaten. While racial slurs were yelled they turned on him. Knighten reported on a Facebook post that his injuries were minor, but according to www.NOLA.com Weems is in a medically induced coma following brain surgery. One would think that this qualifies as a hate crime, but Sheriff Brinkley states "This does not appear to be a hate crime," he said. "It's very early in this investigation but thus far the evidence and statements suggest that a verbal altercation turned physical and somebody got hurt." At this point I have not seen this hit the national news channels in the manner Ferguson did. I have not seen any protest in the street demanding justice. What is even more appalling to me is the fact that these two guys were VETERANS! They fought for whites and blacks to enjoy the freedoms of congregating in a Waffle House and having the freedom to even have an opinion. Wow....what gratitude!

News of a white cop shooting an unarmed black man hit the news in a flash. Although I was not there when Michael Brown and Officer Darren Wilson's path crossed, I do have enough common sense to wait for the facts before vilifying a cop trying to do his job. Facts started slowly slipping out that Michael Brown had just robbed a store before coming across Officer Wilson, and also that Officer Wilson sustained serious facial injuries. He didn't sustain those injuries from a gentle giant who was peacefully putting his hands up. None of these "slow-to-surface" facts made a difference....they still protested, rioted and looted. The screams for "justice" seem to be equated with "crucify him or else". So if it IS found that this Officer was doing his job and that he had indeed been attacked where does that leave Ferguson? Where does that leave us?

Something is terribly wrong in our nation where wrong is right and right is wrong. Our road is leading to a disastrous destination with our embracing of double-standards and political correctness. These incidents don't need to be fueled with race-baiters and hate, but handled with common sense and level heads. In this very moment we have more issues and problems than most of our older generations have dealt with......AND WITH VERY LITTLE LEADERSHIP. Our American "prefixes" need to be dropped and we need to look at each other as red blooded Americans and not African Americans, Hispanic Americans or White Americans. We need to shut the agitators out and start teaching our children responsibility and accountability so that they may pick up the pieces of what we are now destroying and rebuild this great nation.