05-12-2020, 05:08 PM
(05-12-2020, 04:55 PM)bfine32 Wrote: Here's an equally sad truth:
Folks will consider EVERY crime a white person commits against a black person to be because of race.
That is not true at all.
I look at each case on its individual merits. Many times there is a clear reason why a white person commits a crime against a black person. Theft, revenge, road rage, argument over a parking space, etc, etc.
But in this case it is hard to understand why shotguns and pistols were needed to address an allegation of trespassing.
If it makes you feel any better I would not say this reaches the level of a "hate crime". The victim was no chosen based on his race. I think the killers handled the situation differently than they would have with a white kid, but they were not just looking for a black guy to kill for no reason other than him being black. While I think there is a clear racial element to the crime, this was not a terrorist act against all black people.
