12-31-2013, 03:42 PM
If your post above is supposed reflect what you got me to be saying, I don't think you got what I was saying at all, Six.
I'm talking about evidence, and your ignoring that key factor, IMO.
Were the black knock out artists so generous as Barrett in handing over what could translate into a taped hate crime confession to authorities? Any records in evidence of any of them saying, "I'm going to knock out a white person?" Any confessions to an officer by any of the black suspects that they were specifically out to get whitey? Any witnesses coming forward to say that the black suspects talked about or planned knocking out white people specifically. If there are, I haven't seen/heard of them.
If I haven't seen/heard of any such evidence because it doesn't in fact exist, it's apples to oranges to compare their criminal charges with Barrett's criminal charges. Even if people, including prosecutors, think that some of the black suspects probably targeted white people specifically, without the kind of evidence that they have against Barrett specifically targeting a black man, there's no probable cause to charge the black suspects with hate crimes.
I, btw, don't disagree that there are inequities between how crimes are handled based on race; by the courts and the media sometimes. But, thus far in this thread, I've been focused on the Barrett case. If your research uncovers any of that evidence I mentioned against the black suspects who knocked out white people, then I too will want to know why the hell only Barrett, the white man, got charged with a hate crime when the others did not. At present, I don't find the difference in the charges against Barrett as compared to the others surprising, confusing, or discriminatory towards the white suspect - based on known evidence.
Doesn't matter if you don't want to look at it from the legal perspective, Six. I sense that it's more a personal issue for you and I respect that. Just clarifying that what you said you got from me in no way reflects a re-iteration or reworded statement of my thoughts or words on the subject.
I'm talking about evidence, and your ignoring that key factor, IMO.
Were the black knock out artists so generous as Barrett in handing over what could translate into a taped hate crime confession to authorities? Any records in evidence of any of them saying, "I'm going to knock out a white person?" Any confessions to an officer by any of the black suspects that they were specifically out to get whitey? Any witnesses coming forward to say that the black suspects talked about or planned knocking out white people specifically. If there are, I haven't seen/heard of them.
If I haven't seen/heard of any such evidence because it doesn't in fact exist, it's apples to oranges to compare their criminal charges with Barrett's criminal charges. Even if people, including prosecutors, think that some of the black suspects probably targeted white people specifically, without the kind of evidence that they have against Barrett specifically targeting a black man, there's no probable cause to charge the black suspects with hate crimes.
I, btw, don't disagree that there are inequities between how crimes are handled based on race; by the courts and the media sometimes. But, thus far in this thread, I've been focused on the Barrett case. If your research uncovers any of that evidence I mentioned against the black suspects who knocked out white people, then I too will want to know why the hell only Barrett, the white man, got charged with a hate crime when the others did not. At present, I don't find the difference in the charges against Barrett as compared to the others surprising, confusing, or discriminatory towards the white suspect - based on known evidence.
Doesn't matter if you don't want to look at it from the legal perspective, Six. I sense that it's more a personal issue for you and I respect that. Just clarifying that what you said you got from me in no way reflects a re-iteration or reworded statement of my thoughts or words on the subject.