Shawna Forde gets death penalty

[kinvore.livejournal.com]

http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/02/22/arizona.double.killing/?hpt=T2

I don't advocate the death penalty but I shed no tears for this woman. Here's the crux of the story: an anti-immigrant militant attacked a Latino family, killing the father and 9-year-old daughter (as she begged for her life), and shooting the mother who only survived because she pretended to die from the gunshot.

The murderers thought the father was a drug dealer and they wanted his money to finance their budding hate group. I guess that would have been a nifty recruiting tool for extremists, their willingness to kill Mexicans to get things done. Nevermind the fact that the victims were American-born citizens, such details are irrelevant when racial bigotry is concerned.

This is the sort of thing that happens when you fan the flames of hatred, dehumanization is the predecessor to atrocity. I'm surprised this didn't get more attention from the mainstream media, I guess they aren't as liberal as so many seem to think.

Comments

[notmrgarrison.livejournal.com]

Do you see the same thing happen when it comes to missing women of color? No.

How many years ago was that?
(i.e. if things were so biased as you say there should be plenty of Holloways in the news, which there aren't). There's also about 3 times as many white people as non-whites, so if one gets huge mention, and race is not a factor, there's a 75% chance the person would be white.


A person of color is a terrorist

Absolute bs. I've seen plenty of colored people in the news who committed crimes who aren't labeled as terrorists. The vast majority in fact.

[kawaiimamimi.livejournal.com]

I do so love the smell of willful ignorance in the afternoon. Goes well with tea.

[notmrgarrison.livejournal.com]

There's a counterpoint full of substance.