Posted on 05/04/2007 10:10:15 AM PDT by Warhammer
“Equal and exact justice to all men...” —Thomas Jefferson
PATRIOT PERSPECTIVE Murder in Black and White
Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom were described by family and friends as a “clean-cut and faithful couple—good kids.” Channon was a senior at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, where she met Christopher. She and Chris went out on a Saturday dinner date, after which Channon called her mom and told her that they were on the way to visit friends. But Channon and Christopher never arrived at their friends’ house—or returned home.
The next day, the mutilated and burned remains of Chris Newsom were found along a railroad track. Two days later, Channon’s battered and burned body was recovered from a trash bin. Channon and Chris had been kidnapped after a carjacking, then brutally gang-raped and murdered. According to reports, they were subjected to lengthy torture in each other’s presence, injected with chemical disinfectants to destroy DNA evidence, then strangled and shot.
This appalling attack is more than a case study in sociopathic evil. It is also a case study in journalistic malpractice.
Unless you tune in to the local Knoxville news, you are most likely hearing about this heinous crime for the first time—even though it took place last January. True, there are some 17,000 murders committed in the U.S. each year, but this double murder was clearly far more barbaric, far more monstrous than most.
I spent six years in law enforcement and have seen my share of war-ravaged third-world nations, but the deliberate and abject inhumanity of this case, and what it says about our culture, certainly got my attention. Yet, this story has failed to attract the attention of the national media.
Could it be because the two victims were white and the five defendants are black?
Regrettably, there is nothing new about the racial aspect of this story. Although blacks represent just 12 percent of the U.S. population, black perpetrators are convicted by their peers in more than half of all murder and manslaughter cases. And, per-capita black-on-white crime is far more prevalent than the inverse.
The underlying social factors contributing to such racially unbalanced crime statistics have been delineated by many conservative black leaders and academicians. However, their solutions—most notably promoting individual responsibility and accountability rather than reliance on the nanny state and subscription to the “victimization” mentality—contradict liberal political objectives, which seek to maintain black folks’ status as wards of the state.
I draw your attention to this case not only to mourn the loss of a beautiful young couple, but also to call attention to a despicable double standard in our mainstream media.
In 1998, three white men in Jasper, Texas, beat a black man, James Byrd, then chained him to the back of a pickup truck and dragged him three miles to his death. Not surprisingly, Byrd’s murder received national media attention—as it should have.
Of course, when the Leftmedia jumps on a racial issue, especially in the run-up to a presidential election, Democrat politicians will be rushing the podium—in this case, opportunistically calling for “hate crimes” legislation. Then-Governor of Texas George Bush said there was little need for such legislation—after all, two of the defendants were sentenced to death and the third received a life sentence.
That did not stop the NAACP from producing a political ad featuring the following voiceover from Mr. Byrd’s daughter: “My father was killed. He was beaten, chained and dragged three miles to his death, all because he was black. So when Governor George W. Bush refused to support hate-crimes legislation, it was like my father was killed all over again.”
Clearly, hate was a motivating factor in Jasper, but it was also a motivating factor in Knoxville, which leads us to ask: Why do white-on-black hate crimes invariably result in a media feeding frenzy, while black-on-white hate crimes receive nary a mention? It is notable that both the Jasper and Knoxville crimes occurred at about the same period in presidential-election cycles—which perhaps explains the deafening silence of the national media’s coverage of the Knoxville case.
On the other hand, for the last year, the Leftmedia was busy convicting three white Duke University lacrosse players for another “hate crime” —the alleged gang rape of a black woman named Crystal Gail Mangum. Millions of dollars in defense-lawyer fees later, it turns out that Mangum was a liar and the real victims were in fact the accused: David Evans, Reade Seligmann and Colin Finnerty.
Egg still fresh on their faces, the national media quickly moved on to Don Imus and his racially insensitive remarks.
In fact, the only black-on-white crime given as much media attention as the Byrd and Duke cases was O.J. Simpson’s murder of his ex-wife and her companion—but that story was an MSM mainstay not because of Simpson’s race, but because of his celebrity status.
So what about Channon and Christopher?
News of their murders was briefly posted on the AP wire by Knoxville news outlets, but major media outlets such as CNN, CBS, The New York Times and The Washington Post have yet to mention it, much less headline it. Clearly, there’s a double standard when it comes to the media’s coverage of interracial crime.
What about the double standard when it comes to race-hustlers like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton (who fabricated the Tawana Brawley rape hoax)? The only difference in racists such as Jackson and Sharpton and those in the KKK is that the latter are not Leftmedia celebs. Is the NAACP ready to crank out some political ads on hate crimes? Are Teddy Kennedy and all the congressional race-baiters calling for additional hate-crimes legislation? Not for this case they’re not.
The five men charged with the rape and murder of Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom will make their next court appearance on 17 May. It’s safe to say that they will do so without a satellite news-link truck anywhere in sight.
Quote of the week
“The Left...views the world not as a conflict between good and evil but between white and black, male and female, and rich and poor... As a general proposition, subject to exceptions that accompany all generalizations, the Left has considerably more compassion for groups (racial, ethnic, socioeconomic and sexual groups it favors) than for individuals.” —Dennis Prager
On second thought, I guess I really don't wonder at all...
These animals need to be put down.
Thanks for posting about this. I have tried to keep up on this murder and other black on white crimes...the media cover-up is so obvious and the only information is via the Web...
I thought there was a woman charged as well.
That's a strange hobby.
Do you also keep track of,
say, black-on-black crime?
I’m still trying to come to grips with the recent study that blacks get called for more fouls than whites in the NBA.
Now that’s NEWS!!!
I am for the elimination of all classifications of any criminal act as “hate”.
Crime is crime, murder is murder and each victim should be given the same respect for the execution of justice served upon their killers. “Hate” makes the victim no less or more a victim nor the lack thereof makes perpetrator no more or less a criminal in need of severe punishment. Justice ought be blind; be administered equally.
IMO, all “extenuating circumstance” save self-defense ought be rejected by the courts and public executions ought be carried out in the area the crime was committed in and in no case should a trial exceed three months.
me thinks that playing street ball makes you lazy with rules by "force" rather than movement and position.
When they decide to start calling traveling and palming the ball, I might catch a pro game. It's wrestling with a basketball. NCAA is the as close to 100% effort. If you really wanted to clean up college ball, randomly rotate the officiating crew for games and sites to 12 hours before the game. Probably should be done in the NFL as well.
Not that gambling influences calls, but you'd always want to be one step ahead of the problem.
clearly whites generally don’t care about black on white crime and blacks don’t care about black on black crime.
why not?
well up until about 30 - 40 years mountain lions were treated as pests and killed on sight. so their ranges were pretty narrow in the west. however, starting about 30-40 years ago “the wild” began to be more highly valued than “civilization” so mountain lions were NOT shot so much any more. their ranges expanded. about 30 people have been killed by mountain lions in the last 100 years. half of those fatalities have come in the last 15 years.
people like the wild thing better than they like civilization. same goes for illegals. more americans (and mostly black) have been killed by illegals than have been killed in Iraq. why not? well the illegals are part of the wild thing.
sound crazy?
ok you try to give an explanation.
shudders
The FBI does.
http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/05cius/offenses/expanded_information/murder_homicide.html
Overview
In 2005, 78.7 percent of known murder victims were male. (Based on Expanded Homicide Data Table 1.)
Concerning murder victims for whom race was known, 48.7 percent were white, 48.6 percent were black, and the remaining victims were from other or unknown races. (Based on Expanded Homicide Data Table 1.)
In single victim/single offender incidents where the age of the offender was known, 94.2 percent of the victims were slain by adults (individuals 18 years of age or older). (Based on Expanded Homicide Data Table 4.)
Data from single victim/single offender incidents showed that 92.6 percent of black victims were murdered by black offenders, and 84.8 percent of white victims were murdered by white offenders. (Based on Expanded Homicide Data Table 5.)
Concerning known murder offenders, 89.9 percent were males; 52.6 percent were black. (Based on Expanded Homicide Data Table 3.)
Of the homicides for which the type of weapon was specified, firearms were used in 72.6 percent of the offenses. (Based on Expanded Homicide Data Table 7.) Of the identified firearms used, handguns comprised 87.3 percent.
Concerning the relationships (if known) of murder victims and offenders, 22.4 percent of victims were slain by family members; 25.4 percent were murdered by strangers. (Based on Expanded Homicide Data Table 9.)
Concerning the circumstances surrounding murders, arguments (including romantic triangles) comprised 27.1 percent of reported murder circumstances. Circumstances were unknown for 37.8 percent of reported homicides.
Law enforcement reported 533 justifiable homicides. Of those, law enforcement officers justifiably killed 341 individuals, and private citizens justifiably killed 192 individuals.
What we have is a 12% minority of America's society (per 2000 US census information) committing 53% of all murders (per the information linked above). Extrapolating those numbers finds blacks are 4.4 times more likely to commit murder than their counterparts of the US population.
If this proposed "hate crime legislation" is to be of any intrinsic value to the black people of our nation, it or other legislation must likewise address and target this disparity.
Thank you for posting this. It is one of the more disturbing crimes I have seen in my law enforcement career including 7 prior years in Knoxville with the PD.
The story does not disclose all of the horrible things endured by this young couple. This was evil in it’s purest form and it sickened even the most jaded officers involved in the investigation.
However, I agree with azhenfud’s post above.... Evil, sin, and crimes should not be assigned special value based on classification of the victims or defendants. The whole concept of hate crimes legislation is unconstitutional IMO because we are all supposed to have the same rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The court has the right and authority to consider other factors at the time of sentencing without further legislation or classifications of the crime.
I am certain this will be a death penalty case based on the evidence.
The numbers are even worse than that - you have to compare 53% of murders committed by 12% of the population, to 47% committed by 88% - your ratio is (53/12) / (47/88) = 8 with rounding.
Blacks commit murder at 8 times the rate non-blacks do.
Of course men commit murder at 9 times the rate women do.
Mrs VS
I was sickened when I read about this, and I wonder why Al and Jesse haven’t made an appearance here.
On second thought, I guess I really don’t wonder at all...
These animals need to be put down.”
There will NEVER be a merging of these two cultures anytime in the near future when the blacks behave in this manner.
I will never in my lifetime trust them.
I will never welcome them into my home.
I will never feel safe as long as the plea bargains continue, and the revolving doors of the justice system keep putting these thugs back out into the streets to repeat and repeat and repeat and repeat their malicious behaviour.
If you wish to pass legislation that proclaims that I am practicing hate crime thought-—go for it, and KMA.
My thoughts are proven to have a strong basis every minute of every day of the years.
I also posted this on the other thread about this topic. Every time I read about it I feel a little more sick....
I had thought nothing would haunt or sicken me as much as the Wichita 2000 murders but this story is even worse. The savage animalistic brutality is nothing short of a Nuremberg style war crime. Almost as sickening as that is the media ignoring it. Just another random crime I suppose. Yeah right. Even if race were not a factor this kind of atrocity should be publicized just to warn law abiding citizens to be even more careful of the human garbage out there.
No, it's because it's not news. Sadly.
Don’t forget there are plenty of good black people with good values.
Mrs VS
Based on my experience working in the inner city I don’t see the demographics as a color issue... it is a culture issue. The inner city of America is statistically a Garden of Evil where the many social ills such as drugs, violence, gangs, the worst of the hip-hop culture (gangsta rap), dysfunctional homes, poverty, etc etc etc all combine to shape young children into thugs. The decent people who live there seem incapable (along with government) of making any meaningful change.
I would bet you get the same statistical result from white children who grow up in the same environment. I believe framing the debate on the issue of race is a mistake.
It is a national tragedy that we are raising generations of children in such an environment on the taxpayers dime. There is little America would not do to prevent the perversion of so many young children under other circumstances but we seem incapable of true intervention in these communities because we are unable to have an honest debate (political correctness). Anyone who has spent years working with people in such an environment should not be surprised that it produces persons capable of acts like this.
Their environment does not excuse evil acts or crimes but I guarantee you that many we read about in the paper today were probably showing symptoms as small children 10 or 15 years ago and little or nothing was done to intervene.
The killers are subhumans just like the Carr brothers, Joseph Duncan, and Alejandro Avila. They might look like human beings, but they are instead some kind of monsters. Carr brothers were sentenced to death, but some judge reversed it.
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