Now Spokane: Is This Going to Be a Trend?

Let me begin this post with an article by Juan Williams, whom I greatly respect as a liberal. I don't entirely agree with this article, but it merits attention. Here he addresses the racial controversies over Trayvon Martin, the Florida school bus beating, and the killing in Duncan, Oklahoma.

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2013/08/22/let-not-play-racial-politics-when-bigger-problem-is-violent-criminal-behavior/

But now comes this sickening news out of Spokane, and the question now should be asked; is this going to be a trend representing some kind of "payback" for the Martin case??

http://www.unrwa.org/etemplate.php?id=1852

Juan is correct that historically, white on black violence was the norm especially in the South during the years of segregation and Jim Crow. Today, the reverse is the case and has been for many years. Ever since the Trayvon Martin shooting became national news, there have been black attacks on whites with statements like, "This is for Trayvon".

Once again, it merits raising the questions, "Where is Al Sharpton?" "Where is Jesse Jackson?" Had this been two white punks murdering a defenseless old black man, the marches would be underway-and rightfully so.

To me, the template was set in the murder of James Byrd in Texas back in the 1990s. The town of Jasper came together as one. The culprits were arrested and prosecuted. Two were given the death penalty, and if I am not mistaken, one has been executed. One was spared the death penalty because he turned state's evidence against the other two. Jesse Jackson was told to go back home by the black leaders of Jasper. They didn't need him and his marches.

Again, this is a time when that man who was supposed to bring us all together should stand up on national television and tell all Americans that this type of activity is wrong and must stop. His attorney general should be standing next to him assuring the public that the full force of the law will be applied either at the state or federal level. As far as I am concerned, I trust the state of Washington to handle this under their own murder statutes, but the nation needs to hear from President Obama and Eric Holder.

I am not hopeful.