On September 12th the major news media spent 5 minutes in 24 hours to discuss the repeated rape, torture and abuse of a Black woman by 4 White males and 2 white women in West Virginia, which occurred 5 days earlier. To date, there has been no further mention of this case. There is no information on the Brewster family, the mother and son that owned the shack the victim was held in for days. We know nothing of the motive, where these people worked, their relationship to the victim, or anything else. It was mentioned, once, that there may have been racial slurs used in the commission of these acts; and it is a FACT that the federal government will not pursue hate crime charges on this case. I cannot tell you why as there has been no reporting to tell me about it.
On August 14th at 3:30pm Sheppard Smith on Fox News stated
Pop some popcorn, its OJ time
As he continues to discuss the allegations against OJ for over 34 minutes now. What is going on?
The major media is so obsessed with punishing a Black man, that was lucky enough to afford the legal representation that members of the Kennedy family, and so many others have done before him. One Black man was not convicted of a crime, and it has resulted in a decade of pursuit waiting for him to get into trouble.
Yet, a woman is abused in the most horrible ways and there isn’t a whisper made. I’ve said it before, if 6 Black people raped, cut, beat, fed rat and dog feces, tortured, kidnapped and God knows what else to a White woman the Blacks involved would be lynched and the media would discuss every instant of their lives. We would know everything down to the spelling of their kindergarten teacher’s names.
Do I care if OJ is innocent? NO, not then and not now. He paid enough money to win his case in the past, and that’s what it takes to win trials. Especially if you are African American. Do I care if he did what he is accused now? It doesn’t matter, as the constant decrees by Sheppard Smith of
It’s Fantastic Friday; we’ll have more coverage on OJ in a moment
implies. He has spent 2 ½ minutes discussing anything but OJ. What is wrong with America?
I’ve lived 4 decades, and I understand quite well the discrimination I’ve had to fight to gain what I have today. I realize that I have more today because of what happened before I was born. I know that it could be far worse.
But 4 ½ hours of news coverage on a Black man, sheerly for the glee and thirst for revenge this nation has, out of 6 hours scares me. It feels like I am being told that I am worthless. That my life is worth nothing but an afterthought and that persecution against me will follow me for life. If I am even suspected of a crime, it means that I MUST be guilty and WILL be treated as such.
There is a crime being committed today, and it has nothing to do with OJ Simpson but it does affect every African American, Latino, Hispanic, Asian and every other person of color in this nation.
This is what I think, what do you think?
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