Posted on 02/25/2015 8:34:49 PM PST by grundle
That father, Jamiel Shaw, and Michael Ronnebeck, the uncle of another man murdered earlier this month by an illegal immigrant, testified at Wednesday’s hearing in front of a subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Both men asserted that Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) lax detainment policies contributed to the death of their family members. ICE came under intense scrutiny last year when it was revealed that in 2013 the agency had released over 36,000 convicted criminal aliens from its custody. Of those, nearly 200 had committed murder.
Shaw told of his son, Jamiel Shaw II, who in May 2008 at the age of 17 was gunned down by Pedro Espinoza, a 19-year-old illegal Mexican immigrant.
“My family’s peace and freedom were stolen by an illegal alien from Mexico. He was brought here by his illegal alien parents,” Shaw told the hearing, chaired by Florida U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis.
Shaw described that his son, a standout football and track star in Los Angeles, was walking down his own street when he was accosted by Espinoza and a friend.
Shaw said that it was proved in court that Espinoza — who was in a Latino gang — targeted his son because he was black.
“Do black lives really matter? Or does it matter only if you are shot by a white person or a white a policeman?” the elder Shaw asked during his testimony, referencing a phrase that became popular following the police-involved deaths of two black men, Michael Brown and Eric Garner.
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Some still don’t know that brown is the new black.
Sorry for your loss Mr. Shaw.
Just so you know, the Mulatto Marxist President just threatened ICE Employees who don’t go along with his Unconstitutional Edict.
Time to start talking to your friends about reality.
Larry Elder did a particularly good write up of this a while ago: http://www.creators.com/opinion/larry-elder/-where-you-from.html
As far as brown is the new black, well I think more and more GLTBQRSTUV is the new black for most leftists. Where I work I remind myself constantly to keep my mouth completely shut anytime GLBTQRSTUV issues come up since any expressions of disapproval and disagreements can result in vicious tirades at best and more severe professional retribution at worst. In some work environments when you believe as we do that marriage is between one man and one woman it is a giant mine field, full stop.
While I sympathize with this father, this goes across race lines.
He should be asking if any citizen’s life matters?
It would be a stupid question though.
Obviously not one of them does.
Between living in Oregon and Florida, I’ve been most of those colors at some time on some part of my body.
Was the killer a white hispanic?
that’s racist. The white’s at the center of attention!
They only matter if they can be used to advance the leftist agenda, otherwise, no, they do not.
Campaign donations matter. Period. And right now, dollars from those who want that wage-depressing labor from the south to keep coming in droves is the only thing that matters to our esteemed lawmakers.
Jeb said that the illegal aliens are far superior to Americans. I guess we’re all SOL. Black and white. If you’re an American, you can forget it. We Americans don’t have a country anymore.
This happened in 2008. Bush was president. I bet this father voted for Obama twice since then.
Mexicans have no “White Guilt” you can not play that card on them. Many hate blacks as well.
Sorry, Bro. Wetbacks trump Coloured peoples. You lose on this one.
He doesn’t understand the liberal pecking order, does he?
They matter to the Democrats and the Race-Hustlers ONLY if they can be used for Soros-financed political propaganda.
Only time a murder matters to Sharpton and his cohorts is when a black dude is killed by a white policeman or a white Hispanic.
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Do white lives matter anymore? Tons of white folks are getting murdered by illegals too- It’s NOT a color issue- it’s an ILLEGAL ALIEN Issue- 80,000 VIOLENT CRIMINAL ILLEGAKL ALIENS roaming our streets- more coming across the boarder every year-
The better question to ask the _resident and those in congress is “Do you even give a crap about non illegals anymore?”
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