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The simple fact is the murder of Shorty Belton, a helpless ~90 year old man, by black men, gets virtually no national attention. No protests. The Obama administration didn't sent anyone to honor him at his funeral. Yet Garner, a criminal that was resisting arrest and died as a result of asthma due to his poor physical condition (granted triggered by his arrest) gets thousands of lines of print, of media time and commentary from this administration.
ALL LIVES MATTER. Not just those of people that assault police officers.
I am confused what your issue is here, the two who did this have been arrested. One pleaded guilty, and the other has a trial in a couple months. There are people who are going to be punished for this crime. There is no outrage because justice is being served here.
It is a sad death, but the good news is the justice system is working for Shorty Belton.
I think you are overreacting. Grief is a strange emotion, that is all I am trying to say. I hope her anger was caused by grief and grief alone.
Eric Garner died 11 months after Delbert Benton. There's no evidence that this woman had any connection to Benton other than he was a customer. What took her so long to take out her grief and anger on a dead young black man across the country?
Eric Garner died 11 months after Delbert Benton. There's no evidence that this woman had any connection to Benton other than he was a customer. What took her so long?
I said I didn't read the op, I just read "he was her dad's friend a wwii veteran" That is all I read.
I did not see she was blaming any black person. I am sorry. I didn't read.
I get it.
The lady with the sign was angry because injustice was done to both the victims. One died at the hands of cops, and the other died at the hands of criminals.
I don't get the point of what she put on the sign. The lives of both Belton and Garner matter. If she had put "all lives matter" on the sign, I could understand that. But the one she put up is just confusing. Is she trying to somehow connect Eric Garner (a murder victim) with the person who murdered Belton, because they're both black? That doesn't make any kind of sense at all. Why do you call her courageous?
I don't think skin color has anything to do with her sign.
Eric Garner died 11 months after Delbert Benton. There's no evidence that this woman had any connection to Benton other than he was a customer. What took her so long to take out her grief and anger on a dead young black man across the country?
Why do you think she took "her grief and anger on a dead young black man across the country"?
"X lives matter" is new and has become a popular and catchy phrase. Using it to remember somebody who was killed makes sense. I suspect we will see that phrase used quite often for awhile.
I don't get the point of what she put on the sign. The lives of both Belton and Garner matter. If she had put "all lives matter" on the sign, I could understand that. But the one she put up is just confusing. Is she trying to somehow connect Eric Garner (a murder victim) with the person who murdered Belton, because they're both black? That doesn't make any kind of sense at all. Why do you call her courageous?
It makes as much sense as the "protesters" citing that only black lives matter. If they had said all lives matter they may have a point. Otherwise it is just racism on their part.
Absolutely. So why didn't she put that on the marquee?
Belton's murder was a horrific tragedy. But Pennington's lame nonsensical attempt to implicate Garner in Belton's death just comes over as self-serving and political, and not at all courageous. Garner was black, Belton's slayers were black. Really, that's a connection?
If your beef is with Obama, you should have just said so in your OP.
You are the only one who mentions Obama. Why bring him into it?
As for the sign, what was the action when Garner died? Mass outrage for the unnecessary death and call for punishment of those who caused it.
For Beltons' murder? Not a word except from those that knew him. Are those that caused his death even being punished? I certainly have not heard so.
At the very least, you are being inconsistent in your view of the incidents and the results.
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