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The hate crime the media won't cover.

College kids Channon & Chris were carjacked by four thugs; Chris was raped prison-style in front of Channon; then had his genitals cut off; then was shot to death. Channon was raped and tortured for two days; had Drano poured in her orifices while still alive; had her breasts cut off; and was put in a garbage bag to suffocate to death. Victims white, perps black.

Compare media outrage over these Knoxville murders with "outrage" over the Duke Lacrosse case.

Tawana Brawley and Matthew Shepard are famous. Ever hear of Channon & Chris?

1 posted on 10/23/2008 7:34:08 AM PDT by d-back
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To: d-back

Bump for that. I’m pretty familiar with that case, and the lack of media attention is a travesty. There is no doubt to me that this was a “hate crime” through and through, but you won’t hear it called that in what few national media reports exist.


2 posted on 10/23/2008 7:44:07 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Obama: Carter's only chance to avoid going down in history as the worst U.S. president ever.)
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It’s a nice gesture by this company to demolish the house and build a little park or something. I hope those killers get the death penalty. This was such a hideous crime.


3 posted on 10/23/2008 7:45:44 AM PDT by livius
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We can’t say that the perps are evil so we say that the house is evil.


4 posted on 10/23/2008 7:49:47 AM PDT by DancesWithBolsheviks
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twarn’t the house that was evil, twas the perps. kinda like blaming guns for killing people.


5 posted on 10/23/2008 7:51:12 AM PDT by camle (keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
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A nice gesture against an otherwise horrific backdrop. It’s been hard to tell exactly what happened as a lot of the records have been sealed, but it sounds like these guys made Manson look relatively tame.

As far as I know only one individual has been sentenced in connection with the murders, and that was someone who aided one of the thugs after the crime by helping him hide.


7 posted on 10/23/2008 7:55:05 AM PDT by bereanway (Sarah get your gun)
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The only place I heard about Channon and Chris was right here on FR.

Everyone knows the names Tawana Brawley and Mathew Shepard. But a couple of innocent, Christian, white kids? That's not news or outrage-worthy.

8 posted on 10/23/2008 9:33:15 AM PDT by informavoracious (Oust all incumbents.)
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To: d-back

bttt


13 posted on 10/23/2008 5:17:58 PM PDT by novemberslady
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