The new Trayvon Martin case? (barf alert)

Milwaukee J-S ^ | 09 nov 2013 | James E. Causey

[rellimpank]

Renisha McBride was driving through Dearborn Heights, Mich., early Saturday after she was involved in a car accident.

When the Detroit teen, who is black, approached a stranger's house apparently looking for help around 3:40 a.m. in a predominantly white neighborhood, she was met with gunfire and killed.

So let me get this straight: If you knock on someone's door looking for help, you run the risk of being shot in the head and killed?

What the heck is this? And where is the national outrage over it?

McBride, 19, was not breaking into this person's house, according to the accounts I've read. She didn't break a window. She just knocked on the door, and she was shot and killed.

The man who shot her told police Thursday that he thought the young woman was trying to rob him and that his shotgun discharged accidentally.

Will this homeowner claim self-defense, much like George Zimmerman did in the Trayvon Martin case in Florida? McBride was not armed, and family members described her as a hardworking, soft-spoken young woman who minded her own business.

Police have released few details, only saying that a report has been sent to a prosecutor for review. One of McBride's relatives said the teen was shot as she was walking off the porch and half of her face was blown off from the gunshot.

[rellimpank]

--the answer is no --

[Eric in the Ozarks]

The current administration helped create the climate of fear and racial animosity that caused this.
Natually, the MSM overlooks the obvious.

[ronnie raygun]

No cell phone? hard to believe, not even an obama phone? Home owner could have though this is a set up as soon as I open the door Im finished. Talking through the door is one choice, give me a number to call honey and Ill make the call for you. To one sided this article

[yldstrk]

the guy must have been a real jackass

you just talk through the door and say I will call the police

[Waywardson]

No cell phone? What kind of an accident? Where is the other party? A lot of detail is missing. Why that house? What was she doing out at that hour? Drugs or alcohol involved? Seems intentionally lacking any detail.

[shelterguy]

“””The man who shot her told police Thursday that he thought the young woman was trying to rob him and that his shotgun discharged accidentally. “”””

He was just doing what Biden told him to do.

[Gay State Conservative]

From what I see here this looks like a truly tragic case with a genuinely innocent victim...which makes it the polar opposite of the Purple Drank case.Maybe....just *maybe*....the homeowner can reasonably be charged with wreckless something-or-other and get a few months.

[yldstrk]

it could have been a set up, her ‘friends” could have been waiting in the wings

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

I say wait for the facts, but that wont stop the race pimps from starting the narrative.

It's like the dude in NM who got the anal probe, he was KNOWN to have hidden drugs up his a$$ in previous encounters.

[yldstrk]

two lies I spot

one—no cell phone

two-—shotgun discharged accidentally

[deadrock]

Can common decency end your life? Perhaps too many people feel that is the case in this day and age.

[knarf]

Meet James Causy

James E. Causey is an award winning columnist, editorial writer and blogger for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. He received his B.A. degree in communications from Marquette University in Milwaukee and his M.B.A. from Cardinal Stritch University in Fox Point, Wisconsin. In 2008, Causey was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University where he studied Hip Hop and its harmful affects on urban communities. In 2011, he received a Headliner Award for editorial writing. He resides in Milwaukee and has one daughter.

[gaijin]

Home invasion attempt that ended in the proper manner.

Ahmed don’t pull punches.

[ClearCase_guy]

This is indeed a shocking news story. I thought we were going to go a whole year without a black person getting shot in this country, but here it is Nov and our long streak of days with no blacks getting shot has ended.

[knarf]

I read that with my Boston accent ...

AHMED .... don't pull punches.

Sort'a poetic.

[Daveinyork]

It’s sad that we’ve reached a juncture at which you have to be afraid to help someone who is in trouble, at any time of day or night.

Having said that, a few questions need to be answered. A 19 year old out at that hour? She was too young to be drinking, wasn’t she? Whatg kind of accident? Was there another vehicle? If so, what about the occupants of the other vehicle?

[rellimpank]

—agree—no resemblance whatsoever to Zimmerman-Martin-

[Daveinyork]

We would be suspicious of anyone knocking on our door at that hour, no matter what race.

[Venturer]

Given what I know at this point, the shooting of McBride feels like racial profiling to me. If she had been a white teen looking for help at night, do you believe she would have been shot in the head in the same neighborhood?

I think we know the answer to this question.
............................................................

No we don’t, I don’t anyway. The author being black of course makes that assumption because he is a racist himself.

There are way too many unanswered questions here.

Why didn’t she use her cell phone to call for help?
Every teen has a cell phone these days.

She had an accident at 4 AM. Just a lone woman in the car or did she hit another car. Was she drunk?

The article is written by a racist, the whole tone of the article is racist, with the regular assumptions of a racist.

I need more info.