Inside Perspective - Why Sell Hate and Division?
/Why Sell Hate and Division?
The aftermath of Jussie Smollett
By Lt. Patrick J. Ciser (Ret.)
In 1987, almost 20 years after the race riots of 1968, a young African American woman named Tawana Brawley accused four white men of raping her. Her account horrified the nation as we learned that her attackers wrote racial slurs on her body, covered her in feces and put her in a trash bag. I remember thinking, “How will this poor young girl ever get this horrible experience out of her mind?” It took almost a year for the trial and truth to come out that it all was a hoax perpetrated on America by none other than Al Sharpton. So why would anyone, especially an African American, want to return us to the horror of yesteryear? Hate is a taught behavior. Each generation takes us further away from our racist past. Nevertheless, for some, like the Reverend, there is money in promoting racism.
In 2006, Crystal Gail Mangum, a black college student working as a stripper with a criminal record, including stealing a car and trying to run over a police officer, accused four white members of the Duke University Lacrosse Team of raping her at a frat house. An overzealous prosecutor got three of the four indicted and called it a “hate” crime. Mangum, along with another stripper, was hired to perform for a party at the house. Mangum claimed that she was beaten, called racial slurs, and raped to include being penetrated by a broom handle. The prosecutor seemed to ignore all exculpatory evidence in the case in his rush to judgement. The media again, thirsting for a story that they wanted to believe, made this the biggest story in the country. Not totally unexpected, because many of us saw this movie before, the three indicted college students were acquitted of any and all crimes. The story was totally fabricated and ruined the boy’s lives. The prosecutor, Mike Nifong, was terminated from employment and later disbarred.
It seems today that hate crime hoaxes are all the rage, with the biggest headline grabber being the Jussie Smollett story. First Smollett, an African American, mailed himself a hate letter. It is apparently cool now to be a victim, and you can get a lot of traction with the help of today’s gullible and complicit media. When he didn’t get the results that he hoped for, he concocted an extraordinary story with two friends. Most of you I am sure are familiar with the story, but let me give you the gist of it. Jussie called the Chicago police late at night to say that he was the victim of a hate crime. According to him, two white men accosted him on the street in downtown Chicago, beat him up a bit, threw bleach on him and then put a noose around his neck. Moreover, get this; he left the noose around his neck until the police showed up. Oh, and it gets better! They yelled at him that this is MAGA country! He didn’t think the cops were smart enough to pick apart that lame story? First, they are in Rahm Emmanuel’s heavily Democratic city. Second, who in the hell walks around Chicago carrying bleach and a noose on one of the coldest nights of the year? Finally, Jussie held onto his sub sandwich throughout the entire ordeal. Not rushing to judgment, the Chicago Police Department did an in-depth investigation that determined that the entire story was fabricated. Jussie’s two Nigerian friends were paid $3,500 to help him “stage” the attack, and Jussie signed the check. It is likely now that Jussie will do some prison time.
Things are only getting worse since Donald Trump became our president. At a minimum, there have been fourteen hate crime hoaxes perpetrated on the American people, with the liberal media being willing participants. Black churches have been damaged, and one was even burned to the ground in an effort to stir up racial tension and hatred for Trump specifically, and whites generally. It turned out that the organ player burned down his own church.
In closing, there are always going to be hoaxes out there perpetrated by unscrupulous people; this will never change... But why does the media constantly stoke the flames in their rush to judgement? I invite you to search, “hate crime hoaxes” on the internet. I think you will be surprised to find out how many of these “crimes” actually turned out to be hoaxes. Let us remember when investigating ANY crime; facts before you act.
Over what time period? Since Trump was elected?
Things are only getting worse since Donald Trump became our president. At a minimum, there have been fourteen hate crime hoaxes perpetrated on the American people, with the liberal media being willing participants. Black churches have been damaged, and one was even burned to the ground in an effort to stir up racial tension and hatred for Trump specifically, and whites generally. It turned out that the organ player burned down his own church.
In closing, there are always going to be hoaxes out there perpetrated by unscrupulous people; this will never change... But why does the media constantly stoke the flames in their rush to judgement? I invite you to search, “hate crime hoaxes” on the internet. I think you will be surprised to find out how many of these “crimes” actually turned out to be hoaxes. Let us remember when investigating ANY crime; facts before you act.
Over what time period? Since Trump was elected?
