The Roanoke Shootings - Disregarded Racism

By now, everyone has probably heard about the disgruntled asshole (Vester Flanagan) who murdered the Roanoke news reporter and cameraman on live TV. Initially, as expected, the story was widely covered by almost every media outlet in the country. But as details emerged about the shooting possibly being racially motivated, the media slowly backed away from their coverage.

Hmmm....

So, let me see if I've got this right. If a racist white guy shoots up a black church, we're told that it's due to "systematic racism" and then there's an immediate push to ban the Confederate Flag and any future showing of The Dukes of Hazard. And if a some white cops are suspected in the death a black drug dealer, there's an instant gathering of "protesters" who are given "room to destroy" the city.. But when a racist black man guns down two white news reporters on live TV, there's no outrage over the demographics.

So, what got Flanagan so outraged that he felt the need to gun down 24-year old, Alison Parker and her 27-year-old cameraman? Apparently, the young reporter commonly used the words "swinging" and "field". I understand that these are commonly used words by news reporters as they might "swing by a location" or "go out to the field". But somehow, Flanagan found these terms to be racist. So, he went to his superiors to report it. In the end, common sense prevailed and it was brushed off as nonsense. This didn't sit well with Flanagan and his rage continued to brew until the time of the shootings.

From what I've read, Flanagan liked to accuse people of racism whenever things didn't go his way and he had a history of filing discrimination complaints. This moron even called 7-11 racist because they had watermelon flavored Slurpees.*

In a manifesto that he faxed to ABC News shortly after the shooting, Flanagan mentioned that the recent Charleston church shooting was one of the factors that sent him over the top. So, it kinda sounds like this guy wasn't feeling a whole lot of love for white folks.

So, as we sift through all of the bullshit, it looks like Flanagan's violent outburst was ultimately carried out in retaliation for the June 17 racist attack in Charleston. So, in effect, wouldn't that make Flanagan's targeting of two innocent white people just as racist? Apparently, there's a lot of people who don't see it that way. Or they're just too afraid to talk about it.

Almost everyone, black and white, was outraged and sickened by Dylan Roof's actions in the Charleston church murders. Most people wold agree that he is a racist piece of sh*t. But when it comes to Vester Flanagan, his racial influences are largely ignored. Even President Obama, who usually seizes the opportunity to fan the flames in these situations, blamed guns this time around. I guess blaming the guy who actually pulled the trigger would be too insensitive? By the way, has the term "hate crime" even been mentioned during the course of this event?

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* http://nypost.com/2015/08/28/reporters-everyday-comments-deemed-racist-by-on-air-killer/