Replies

And judging from the comments of one of the black jurors seeing the defendents and saying, "I hate to see a black man go through this"

Just wondering where you heard this comment from a jury member. I would think that would be grounds to have that person removed from the jury.

Regarding the "hate crimes" law in Kansas, I heard the DA use that law (lack of) as the reason this crime was not being prosecuted as a "hate crime".

The Judge yesterday called the witness BY NAME as she was leaving the stand. So far she has been referred to only as "HG". I didn't hear her being sworn in to testify so don't know if they used her name, but in any case, thanks to the Judge, I now know her full name as does everyone else who was listening. So much for keeping her name a secret.

It's here on KS's thread about half way down

"The race issue continued to fester during jury selection last week, when both prosecutors and defense lawyers tried to exclude a black man, a Boeing employee, from the jury. The defense objected to his strong support for the death penalty, while the prosecution said he appeared sympathetic toward the Carrs because of their race.
"'I hate to see young black men go through this,' the man said during jury selection.
"But Sedgwick County Judge Paul Clark refused to dismiss him, citing the U.S. Supreme Court precedent in Batson vs. Kentucky, which bars courts from striking black jurors on the assumption that they would favor black defendants."

--Regarding the "hate crimes" law in Kansas, I heard the DA use that law (lack of) as the reason this crime was not being prosecuted as a "hate crime".--

Maybe somebody ought to run a commercial in which family members of the victims could say, "It was like they were killed all over again" because the DA wouldn't call it a hate crime.

--Regarding the "hate crimes" law in Kansas, I heard the DA use that law (lack of) as the reason this crime was not being prosecuted as a "hate crime".---

After reading this agains, another thought occurred to me here on this.

I'm sure everybody remembers that Shepard was a ralllying cry for need of a "bias" crimes legislation in his state. And Byrd was used for a rallying cry for the supposed need for hate crimes laws in Texas.

But notice two black guys commit a hate crime in a state with no hate crime laws.

Where are the rallying cries for the NEED for hate crime laws in Kansas? Hmm none at all.

Nope, instead of a rallying cry, they're trying to bury this one like a cat in a sandbox.

So I ask, what could possibly illustrate the utter racist hypocrisy of liberals when it comes to hate crime laws?