Post by elementary on Jul 11, 2011 12:49:16 GMT -5
I don't usually post on L,tU&E, but...
I write several monthly columns for my Club's newsletter - one is based on my club's history, another about websites connected to our hobby, an opinion one, and finally one that highlights little known news stories that may have been missed.
Today I ran across this article while trolling the internet.
It involves a pharmacist who killed a robber and is now convicted of murder and received a life sentence:
news.yahoo.com/okla-man-gets-life-sentence-teen-thiefs-death-154711301.html
One of the robbers was armed - and both were african-american. The boy who was killed was unarmed. The pharmacist is white. The death was seen as racially motivated and the NAACP evidently was the trigger to charge the man with murder.
On further research, I found a website that describes the man (a handicapped vet), the robbers (armed - robbing a pharmacy), and the event. The site has also been posting altercations between supporters of the robber and the store where the shooting took place.
jeromeersland.org/
Petitions have been signed to ask for a pardon and a facebook site has been set up to show support:
www.facebook.com/FreeJeromeErsland
A rival site was set up in response:
www.facebook.com/jeromeerslandisguilty
Finally, I found a video of the event here:
The problem - I was all huffed up and angry as I read that the first shot was while the boy was standing (justified), and then I read the last five bullets were taken while he was on the ground unconscious (ah, there's the rub...)
The sites and story unfolded as I went through each website - and it shows how information is shared or not shared depending on your point of view on the subject.
- damn kid shouldn't have been in that store doing what he was doing in the first place...
Just a f*ed up story for a Monday...
I write several monthly columns for my Club's newsletter - one is based on my club's history, another about websites connected to our hobby, an opinion one, and finally one that highlights little known news stories that may have been missed.
Today I ran across this article while trolling the internet.
It involves a pharmacist who killed a robber and is now convicted of murder and received a life sentence:
news.yahoo.com/okla-man-gets-life-sentence-teen-thiefs-death-154711301.html
One of the robbers was armed - and both were african-american. The boy who was killed was unarmed. The pharmacist is white. The death was seen as racially motivated and the NAACP evidently was the trigger to charge the man with murder.
On further research, I found a website that describes the man (a handicapped vet), the robbers (armed - robbing a pharmacy), and the event. The site has also been posting altercations between supporters of the robber and the store where the shooting took place.
jeromeersland.org/
Petitions have been signed to ask for a pardon and a facebook site has been set up to show support:
www.facebook.com/FreeJeromeErsland
A rival site was set up in response:
www.facebook.com/jeromeerslandisguilty
Finally, I found a video of the event here:
The problem - I was all huffed up and angry as I read that the first shot was while the boy was standing (justified), and then I read the last five bullets were taken while he was on the ground unconscious (ah, there's the rub...)
The sites and story unfolded as I went through each website - and it shows how information is shared or not shared depending on your point of view on the subject.
- damn kid shouldn't have been in that store doing what he was doing in the first place...
Just a f*ed up story for a Monday...