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To: Texas Fossil

If the races had been reversed, what do you think the media and government response would be?


4 posted on 07/14/2013 8:47:07 AM PDT by jameslalor
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To: jameslalor

Yes, it would be on front page nationwide.

This is the one that should have received coverage, but got none.

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/news/local/channon-christian-christopher-newsom-murders/

“Channon Christian, Christopher Newsom murders”

In the early morning hours of Jan. 7, 2007, Christopher Newsom and his girlfriend Channon Christian were carjacked and held captive in a house on Chipman Street in Knoxville. Both were raped, tortured and killed. Newsom’s body was discovered in the vicinity that afternoon burning alongside railroad tracks. Christian’s body was found stuffed in a trashcan inside the house a couple of days later. Five people were arrested in connection with the crime .

Eric Boyd was convicted in federal court of aiding the alleged ringleader, Lemaricus Davidson, after the carjacking and murders and is serving an 18-year prison sentence. The first defendant to be tried in Knox County Criminal Court, Letalvis Cobbins, was sentenced to life in prison without parole in August 2009. His brother, Davidsion, was tried next and was sentenced to death by lethal injection in October 2009. In December 2009, George Thomas was sentenced to life in prison without parole. In May 2010, Vanessa Coleman was acquitted of first-degree murder in the deaths but was convicted of facilitating the death of Christian. She is currently serving 53 years.

In December of 2011, Special Judge Jon Kerry Blackwood ordered new trials for each defendant following a TBI investigation revealing that former Criminal Court Judge Richard Baumgartner had been under the influence while presiding over the trials.

In November of 2012, Vanessa Coleman was retried and found guilty of facilitating the kidnapping, rapes and death of Christian. She was sentenced to 35 years in prison.

In January of 2013, Senior Judge Walter Kurtz denied new trials for alleged ringleader Lemaricus Davidson and his brother Letalvis Cobbins, but granted a new trial for George Thomas. Thomas was retried and found guilty on all counts in May 2013 and sentenced to life with the possibility of parole.

If you have the stomach, there are multiple links with painful details of this animalistic murder spree.


20 posted on 07/14/2013 9:06:38 AM PDT by Texas Fossil
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To: jameslalor

The reason the MSM treats these cases differently is because they benefit... Here’s a ping - you’ll enjoy:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3042710/posts?page=13#13

For a sizable number of influential people, both black and white, the black community’s social problems are a cash cow. The grievance theater is their way of collecting protection money and making sure that no one pays too much attention to what’s really wrong.

The problem isn’t limited to the black community. The same phenomenon crosses over different minority communities and some white ones as well, but the race card is still the best card in the deck.


35 posted on 07/14/2013 9:32:21 AM PDT by GOPJ (Department of Justice organized rallies against George Zimmerman.)
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