5-year-old shot and killed while playing in front yard

We had a black president elected twice in the past 12 years. We have a female black VP candidate. A young black man or woman can be whatever they want to be. Yet, CNN has multiple racism stories and editorials daily because it draws clicks and views. Both sides of the debate get heated about these stories.

Systemic racism is completely blown out of proportion. Cops targeting blacks is as well. It’s done because blacks commit more crime. I’m sorry but there is a reason for stereotypes.

I have black neighbors and black family and they are great. But there are a lot of young black men with no present father and no money and that’s an easy path to drugs and crime. The family unit is much more important to solving black incarcerations and cop shootings than defunding the police.

Racism clearly still exists today, but the country has come a long way. In fact opportunity is better than most countries. Oprah, Tiger Woods, Jordan, Obama are all loved by the white community and all extremely wealthy as a result. They worked hard and made it. That wasn’t possible even 50-60 years ago. We have made progress.

And CNN won’t spend 1% of the time on this innocent child as they did on George Floyd. It doesn’t produce the same results, sadly.

gjkktn wrote:

White people finding examples of black on white crime then b**ching about how it doesn't get any attention in the media is becoming equally annoying as black people targetting white on black crime then saying it's because of racism. Not EVERYTHING needs to be about racism

You are sick... This was a hideous act on an innocent child. And all you can do is complain about the politics of it.

gun violence in America is out of control and no one is willing to address it.

at least the social/societal problems are finally being acknowledged.

appleswan wrote:

Sadly, children are killed very frequently by firearms. Which is why it isn't being widely reported. They would need to report on all child killings for consistency and this would mean carrying a story every week.

The numbers are high when you take into account ALL means of death by firearms and ALL ages of children.

"Children" are anyone 17 or under according to crime statistics. The numbers of those in the 13-17 range killed is many times as high as those ages 13 and under. There are a lot of "gang bangers" in ghettos that are technically "children" according to the stats. There is a big difference between a 17-yo gang member or drug dealer being shot by a rival gang and a 5-yo in suburbia being shot in his front yard. One happens daily, one is very rare.

Also, many children are killed in accidents and suicides. Again, a big difference between an anguished teenager who feels he has no reason to live shooting himself and a 5-yo being shot in his front yard. The family that lived in the house I grew up in suffered a tragedy when a very young son shot his older teenage brother by just playing with a gun.

There are lots of children killed by guns but when you take away all the accidents, the suicides, the gang killings in the inner cities, etc., the numbers are not nearly as high. Murder in suburbia of a kindergarten child in extremely rare.

Lol, all of the “THE MEDIA IGNORES THIS” dummies never fail to disappoint.

appleswan wrote:

Sadly, children are killed very frequently by firearms. Which is why it isn't being widely reported. They would need to report on all child killings for consistency and this would mean carrying a story every week.

The fact the shooter is black and the child is white doesn't change this as much as you wish it did. Alt-Right Twitter will have to say the names of all the other children killed which I can't see them doing.

Police killing a person (particularly a child) is a different story because it raises questions on how society is organized.

So this is how the deranged liberal mind is going to treat this? Just want to sweep this under the rug?

Marginalize this disgusting hate crime, this horrific murder of a savage walking up to a 5 yr old riding a bike and executing him. Yeah, it happens every day. No big deal.

You're right on one thing. There is a problem in the way society is organized here. It's called desegregation.

the person who did it will go to prison. when white people kill black children, they just say they were scared and don't get in trouble.

My understanding of the people complaining about the lack of news coverage are that they expecting this to be breaking news much like George Floyd. It's been covered in the media just not as as a headline feature.

They're saying if this was a black kid then it would be a top story but then the same people complain when the news doesn't discuss shootings of black kids in Chicago. Can't have it both ways.

It's not a hate crime unless the motive is because of the victim's race or gender etc. We have no motive according to what's been reported.

It's a horrific murder, you keep telling me kids in South Side are murdered all the time, so yes it does it does happen everyday according to you.

enough is enough wrote:

the beagle wrote:

Lol, all of the “THE MEDIA IGNORES THIS” dummies never fail to disappoint.

No, the media is all over this one you dumb mfer

You didn’t even understand my post. The irony.

enough is enough wrote:

There is a problem in the way society is organized here. It's called desegregation.

We failed you.

Remove the crime & gun stats of top 20 most violent zip codes and this country is as safe as any comparable European country (which is actually astonishing considering how many guns are out there). Conclusion: most everyone complaining about gun violence lives in a zip code devoid of gun violence - it's a non-issue for 95%+ of Americans.

Black on white violence and black on white rape are actual issues and wildly disproportionate. If we want to talk about racism in America it needs to begin with current behaviours, bigotry and culture in black neighborhoods.

Racism against white people by black people is accepted by many in society and that's just pathetic.

krispy kremlin._._._._ wrote:

Remove the crime & gun stats of top 20 most violent zip codes and this country is as safe as any comparable European country (which is actually astonishing considering how many guns are out there). Conclusion: most everyone complaining about gun violence lives in a zip code devoid of gun violence - it's a non-issue for 95%+ of Americans.

Black on white violence and black on white rape are actual issues and wildly disproportionate. If we want to talk about racism in America it needs to begin with current behaviours, bigotry and culture in black neighborhoods.

Racism against white people by black people is accepted by many in society and that's just pathetic.

So the only racism we need to talk about is black on white racism. Got it.

0202020 wrote:

the person who did it will go to prison. when white people kill black children, they just say they were scared and don't get in trouble.

Don't you think there is a difference between being mugged or car jacked, and trying to defend yourself versus someone shooting a five year old who was riding his bike?

The Arberys called and want you as a character witness.

krispy kremlin._._._._ wrote:

Remove the crime & gun stats of top 20 most violent zip codes and this country is as safe as any comparable European country (which is actually astonishing considering how many guns are out there). Conclusion: most everyone complaining about gun violence lives in a zip code devoid of gun violence - it's a non-issue for 95%+ of Americans.

Black on white violence and black on white rape are actual issues and wildly disproportionate. If we want to talk about racism in America it needs to begin with current behaviours, bigotry and culture in black neighborhoods.

Racism against white people by black people is accepted by many in society and that's just pathetic.

For a valid comparison the European countries would also get to remove the crime and gun stats from their 20 most violent area codes.

A bizarre and remarkably weak argument.

yawntown wrote:

What are the odds that the killer is held accountable?

Probably about 100% -> Darius Sessoms, 25, is in jail on no bond, facing a first-degree murder charge.

Compare that to the Tamir Rice case where the guy wasn't keep in jail after murdering a kid. Seriously BLM could be summed up simply as if you murder a black person, you should go to jail. Seems very unreasonable right?

dadsfadsfdasfdsafdas wrote:

yawntown wrote:

What are the odds that the killer is held accountable?

Probably about 100% -> Darius Sessoms, 25, is in jail on no bond, facing a first-degree murder charge.

Compare that to the Tamir Rice case where the guy wasn't keep in jail after murdering a kid. Seriously BLM could be summed up simply as if you murder a black person, you should go to jail. Seems very unreasonable right?

Tamir Rice had a pellet gun and was attempting to hold people up with it. He then pointed it at cops. You idiots act like SWAT teams kicked his classroom door in and opened fire Rambostyle.