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Police search for suspect in fatal stabbing of woman at Oakland BART station
LA Times ^ | 7/23/18 | By James Queally

Posted on 07/23/2018 4:31:22 PM PDT by NohSpinZone

Police in the Bay Area are searching for a 27-year-old man who they say brutally stabbed two sisters at an Oakland train station Sunday night, leaving one of them dead.

John Lee Cowell is accused of stabbing 18-year-old Nia Wilson and her 26-year-old sister in the neck and body around 9:30 p.m. at the MacArthur Bay Area Rapid Transit station in Oakland, according to BART police.

Wilson died of her injuries at the scene, while her older sister remains in stable condition, officials said.

News of the killing stoked public concern that a hate crime had been committed. Cowell is white and Wilson is black.

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Cowell was described as a transient with a criminal history, though police have searched for him at addresses in Contra Costa and Alameda counties. Trost could not immediately elaborate on his criminal history.

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: alamedacounty; bart; california; contracostacounty; homeless; johnleecowell; murder; niawilson; oakland
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Well, now, isn't this an interesting twist in the world of identity politics? A white bum with a criminal record murdered one black woman and severely injured another.

How are bleeding-heart liberals supposed to reconcile this disjointed narrative with their poorly functioning, pea-sized brains?

1 posted on 07/23/2018 4:31:23 PM PDT by NohSpinZone
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Why when the peep is white is it immediately considered a hate crime, but when the peep is black, the media goes out of their way to mask his ethnicity, let alone any hate crime theories...ridiculous


2 posted on 07/23/2018 4:36:03 PM PDT by steel_resolve (And an angel still rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm)
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To: NohSpinZone

BART trains and stations have gotten quite dangerous


3 posted on 07/23/2018 4:36:43 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ( "Politicans aren't born, they're excreted." -Marcus Tillius Cicero (3 BCE))
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To: NohSpinZone

You need a lineup. Line up all the street $hitters. ( yeah I know…that’s Frisco). (people from Frisco hate it when someone calls Frisco, Frisco)


4 posted on 07/23/2018 4:36:59 PM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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News of the killing stoked public concern that a hate crime had been committed.

Is anybody concerned that a murder has been committed?

5 posted on 07/23/2018 4:39:58 PM PDT by TexasKamaAina
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Where is the media coverage for days and days of the black man the who killed innocent woman at Trader Joe’s?

I consider media actions to be an offense to me personally. At this time I am making angry posts on the FR website. They’d better hold their hands over their eyes.


6 posted on 07/23/2018 4:40:05 PM PDT by frank ballenger (End vote fraud , non citizen voting & leftist media news censorship or we're finished.)
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To: NohSpinZone

This would never even be brought up if the races were reversed; it would be just another “random” crime, count on it. The article has absolutely NO evidence of a hate crime, yet they just throw that out there.


7 posted on 07/23/2018 4:45:00 PM PDT by GnuThere
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Is Oakland a ‘Rat Utopia or s-hole?


8 posted on 07/23/2018 4:51:08 PM PDT by Paladin2 (no spelchek, no problem...)
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Is Oakland a ‘Rat Utopia or s-hole?

Moonbeam Brown's pet project "Oakland" is a ‘Rat Utopia to the power of s-hole.

9 posted on 07/23/2018 4:56:52 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (America NEEDS Mob Rule, another European and Mid East World War and a universal Draft)
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Are there any normal people still living in those shithole California cities? If so, get out while you can.


10 posted on 07/23/2018 4:58:52 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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“3BART trains and stations have gotten quite dangerous”

Sounds like London. Wait until these scum discover acid.


11 posted on 07/23/2018 5:01:14 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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I’ve only been there (since the 70’s) for a couple of days in the Summer a few years ago.

Seemed largely OK in the daylight in the downtowny areas with the notable exception of the BART station by their airport.


12 posted on 07/23/2018 5:04:39 PM PDT by Paladin2 (no spelchek, no problem...)
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He looks like a Berkeley crazy person, that’s where I would look for him.


13 posted on 07/23/2018 5:11:18 PM PDT by kaehurowing
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#7: "if the races were reversed; it would be just another “random” crime, count on it."

Yep. The homeless derelict white man is also guilty of "white privilege".
 

14 posted on 07/23/2018 5:12:25 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (MAGA in the mornin', MAGA in the evenin', MAGA at suppertime . . .)
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The Oakland stations have always been sketchy. Within the last couple of years there have been mobs of 50 or 60 dindus that invade the trains and rob all the passengers and play the Knockout Game on them.


15 posted on 07/23/2018 5:16:22 PM PDT by kaehurowing
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I've lived across the Bay for more than 70 years, and know the entire area quite well.

I haven't visited Oakland in the last 15 years, nor do I transit the highways through the city, it is simply not worth the risk.

Additionally, I will not stop in San Francisco although I worked there more than 25 years. I will transit a specific street route to access the Golden Gate Bridge, but nowhere else for the same reasons.

Curiously, my route is near Feinstein's and Pelosi's homes and is safe, but it's just coincidence.

16 posted on 07/23/2018 5:24:57 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (America NEEDS Mob Rule, another European and Mid East World War and a universal Draft)
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To: NohSpinZone

He has a triple name...another stroke/strike against him.


17 posted on 07/23/2018 5:40:34 PM PDT by spokeshave2 (WWG1WGA.....Where we go one we go all....WWG1WGA.)
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Ok, I’m confused.... Will we have to ban knives this time, or rapid transit?


18 posted on 07/23/2018 5:43:27 PM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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White on black always presume hage crime.

Black on white with black screaming they hate whites, we are unclear on motives of attacker.

This fuching country needs a major reset to cancel out all this pc socilaist bullshiite.


19 posted on 07/23/2018 5:45:33 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: steel_resolve

If it can be characterized as a Hate Crime then it is important and there must be much wailing about it and the perp must pay with many years in prison. If it is simply a murder then it is of no account and should be ignored. Simple murder should be no more than a misdemeanor. If any misdemeanor can have Hate Crime added to it then the perp should get 20 years at least. Same goes for traffic tickets. If a man’s speeding 6 mph over the limit happened because of Hate then his ticket should lead to prison for ten years.


20 posted on 07/23/2018 5:50:57 PM PDT by arthurus (lfw3.,.52v^vvv|mwb.,/)
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