#SayHisName Trends After Media Refuse To Report On Alleged Murder Of 5-Year-Old Cannon Hinnant

[Carl Pickens]

This seems like an excuse to paint black people, and more particularly black men, as racist killers.

The comparison of that to a white police officer killing a black suspect, and then framing it as just about media coverage of the two, is camouflage. But hey, that's what Trump and his folks do best. Come up with ways to be racist, but give a false innocent cover story to it, all the while with a silent nod to each other of they know what they really mean. Trump's tweet yesterday about Biden/Harris allowing an "invasion" of suburbia another example of that.

This is f’ed up even for you

 

[lukeneyland]

If you don't have white guilt, then you shouldn't feel defensive about them implying some people don't think black lives matter

That's the thing they don't leave at some people. Many of them seem to imply that most people don't

 

[SpaceCoastVol]

5-year-old Cannon Hinnant Laid to Rest after allegedly being gunned down by neighbor

Family and friends gathered Thursday to lay to rest a little North Carolina boy who always had a smile on his face — as the motive for his senseless murder over the weekend remained a mystery.

“[You] can’t imagine what it’s like to hold your son in your arms with a gunshot wound to the head, and his blood is running down your arms,” Austin Hinnant told WRAL-TV before the funeral for his 5-year-old son Cannon.

https://nypost.com/2020/08/14/5-yea...oy-allegedly-killed-by-neighbor-laid-to-rest/

I thought he was killed. It was only allegedly though.

Thug lives matter

 

[Vol737]

The cure no longer fits the disease in my opinion. Where me and you differ is that I believe in punishing and correcting the behavior of the individual. Where you seem to favor collective type action. This is a little off topic, but it baffles me how the standards for scholarships and admissions at some universities are lower for black students than white or Asian. I had a black highschool classmate who had a slightly lower GPA than me as well as much lower SAT scores. Yet he received a partial scholarship to UT Austin and I'm stuck mucking it out trying to pay my way through a much lesser university. How is that justified?

And could be considered one form of reparations considering it’s not applied equally. I’ve never understood this either.
And now the California legislature is blatantly promoting discriminatory admissions (throw scholarships in as well) by scheduling a vote to repeal an anti-discrimination law for college admissions. Wonder who that will favor?

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

So this is a question for EL, LG, KTK and Clearwater. Is this young boys death a hate crime? If no, why not? Also, would it be perfectly ok for people to riot, loot, destroy public and private property in disgust over this death? Can people paint on streets and take over parts of cities?

 

[Weezer]

Oh Captain Moral Equivalence, please drop the faux outrage and keep up with the argument. We're talking about media coverage of the murder, not the murder itself. The view advanced was that this was not being covered by MSM because of the race of the shooter and the race of the child. That was always a false premise, as AP and US News covered it early on. Now other media outlets, such as CNN, are also reporting on it. Hundreds of kids a year are murdered. Do you think they should all immediately be the lead story on CNN?

At least I have morals. And you're right, hundreds of kids a year are murdered. Children of all races and ethnicities, creeds and religions. So why doesn't the media cover that epidemic as closely as they do alleged racial incidents or police violence? Are our children not worth the coverage? And I hate that people on both sides on this board are politicizing this young boys death, making it more about the politics of MSM rather than about his death, but you continue to downplay his death as "un-newsworthy", which is mind-boggling to me. And there is nothing faux about my outrage. I'm outraged and saddened every time I read of a crime against a child. It's called having a heart and a soul, which as a supposed lawyer, I guess you know nothing about.

To answer your last question, yes, I think the murder of a child, any child, is worthy of being the lead story on CNN. When the most innocent among us are taken away through violence, that is something that deserves to be called out as loudly as possible.

 

[Weezer]

No, they don't. But thanks for admitting that this should be a lead story precisely because of the shooters race.

How many lead stories do we get because of the victim's race? Personally, I don't think race should matter in this story. I don't think it should matter in many stories. But for some, it always matters. They don't care if race was actually a motivating factor, they only care that it allows them to push a narrative. In this case, without knowing an actual motive, the only thing that really matters is an innocent 5 year old child was senselessly murdered.

 

[Weezer]

Intellectually honest people should admit that this story should not be national news. Intellectually honest people should admit that racial motivations should not automatically be assumed. That being said, intellectually honest people should admit that the same standards should apply when a victim is black and the alleged perpetrator is white. It is obvious to anyone with a brain that this is not the standard the mainstream media is using. It is two different rule sets for the same scenario where race is the only variable that changes. It is called hypocrisy, and you're not crazy for taking note of it.

I'll disagree that it shouldn't be national news only because I think the epidemic of children being ripped from life far too young needs to be addressed. Nothing saddens me more than crimes against children.

But I agree, there are two different sets of standards. Anyone being intellectually honest knows that if the races were reversed in this case, it would be THE lead story.

 

[Weezer]

I wouldn't care. He killed a kid. Black, white it doesn't matter. If you do stuff to kids they will get you in jail, as they should.

It's been awhile since you've said something I can actually agree with. But this, this I can agree with.

 

[37L1]

I'll disagree that it shouldn't be national news only because I think the epidemic of children being ripped from life far too young needs to be addressed. Nothing saddens me more than crimes against children.

But I agree, there are two different sets of standards. Anyone being intellectually honest knows that if the races were reversed in this case, it would be THE lead story.

That leaves luther out.

 

[Weezer]

Racist white people are truly oppressed

I want to know who in America is truly oppressed?

 

[0nelilreb]

It's been awhile since you've said something I can actually agree with. But this, this I can agree with.

Meh .. I haven’t said much of anything in this thread because I find if appalling for a grown man to hurt the innocent , young or old . If that was my child it would be a foot race to see which one of us got to go to jail . It’s harsh to hear , but my only goal in life would be to make it so he couldn’t have an open casket .

 

[0nelilreb]

I want to know who in America is truly oppressed?

A kidnapped or stolen child maybe . Like that girl that was stolen for years and raised in a shed behind the house .

 

[Weezer]

A kidnapped or stolen child maybe . Like that girl that was stolen for years and raised in a shed behind the house .

Certainly, but I mostly meant group of people. Anyone claiming any racial, ethnic, or religious group is being oppressed in this country does not understand what oppression truly is.

 

[Credo]

I want to know who in America is truly oppressed?

Crickets

 

[Sandman 423]

I think you are being willfully blind by pretending there is no problem with regard to race.

Since written history, show me one society that has not been this way. If this country was 76% of African decent we would have the same problems only in reverse. It's not because people of African decent are racist. It is because people that rise to power take advantage of the poor and all throughout history those people are the minorities. Again, show me one society where this isn't true.

Now the elephant in the room, How do you fix it? I don't know.
Even in Brazil, a miscegenation society, almost 59% believe race makes a difference at work, and 68.3% in questions related to police justice.

 

[jp1]

Evidently the kid's father had the shooter over for dinner a day or two before. Doesn't immediately scream racism, does it? Evidently the father and the shooter have extensive criminal histories. If I had to put money on anything, I'd guess it's a dispute about drugs.

It flew right over your head and you don't even have a clue.

 

[ajvol01]

I want to know who in America is truly oppressed?

This

 

[allvol123]

Black lives matter doesn't mean others experiencing injustice don't matter. How do you not understand this by now

Then they should rename themselves to show that skin color isnt their priority.

 

[allvol123]

Good lord you truly are daft. Who gives a **** about the media. It’s the justice system piece. My lord. Pull your head out of your ass.

Actually let’s focus on that for a moment. You are concerned about media coverage. They are concerned about justice. Let that sink in.

To not understand the power of media in this day and age would make you an imbecile of epic proportion. If the shoe fits.

 

[C-south]

I'll disagree that it shouldn't be national news only because I think the epidemic of children being ripped from life far too young needs to be addressed. Nothing saddens me more than crimes against children.

But I agree, there are two different sets of standards. Anyone being intellectually honest knows that if the races were reversed in this case, it would be THE lead story.

A true act of racial violence happens and it’s just another typical crime by you know who. You don’t hear of white people going around and shooting black babies in the face, black kids in the head, or robbing and assaulting black people. There will be no looting or rioting due to this true act of racial violence. It all stems from lawless black criminals having a bad interaction with law enforcement and having a “reason” to wreak havoc.

 

[NashVol11]

Then they should rename themselves to show that skin color isnt their priority.

OK. On the off chance that they don't rename the entire movement according to your whims, it's still very possible for you to stop playing dumb and adding "only" in front of its name.

 

[Sandman 423]

OK. On the off chance that they don't rename the entire movement according to your whims, it's still very possible for you to stop playing dumb and adding "only" in front of its name.

I'm curious, Other than Bill Deblasio (VOTES) and the people that sell yellow paint, who has benefited from the BLM mural in front of Trump tower? Has it brought people closer? Has it opened up a much needed dialog? Has it had a positive impact? I'm no leader of men, but wouldn't it say more to help people instead of making expensive "statements".of we care. .

 

[C-south]

I'm curious, Other than Bill Deblasio (VOTES) and the people that sell yellow paint, who has benefited from the BLM mural in front of Trump tower? Has it brought people closer? Has it opened up a much needed dialog? Has it had a positive impact? I'm no leader of men, but wouldn't it say more to help people instead of making expensive "statements".of we care. .

It has done nothing but open up a floodgate of victimhood and sense of entitlement.