Death In Tulsa

After the shooting of Trayvon Martin, I asked the question as to whether this was now open season on Black Males across the United States... There have been several such incidents in the month since Trayvon was killed.  A young , unarmed black man in Georgia was shot and killed by a security guard in much the same fashion and under the same circumstances as Trayvon.  In California, a man called 911 and lied , saying that two "suspicious " looking Black men robbed him and were armed!! He shot and killed one of the men...Who as it turned out was not armed and not the man who had stolen something from him..He said he lied and told police the men were armed...because he figured they would "show up faster if a gun was involved."

This weekend...Starting on of all days...Good Friday....Two idiots in Tulsa Oklahoma shot five Black men..killing three of them...Looks like the Tulsa police have done the right thing and arrested both men!

After a two-day manhunt, police arrested two men early Sunday in connection with a Good Friday shooting spree in Tulsa's predominantly black north side that left three people dead and two others wounded.

Jake England, 19, and Alvin Watts, 32, were held on three counts of first-degree murder and two counts of shooting with intent to kill. Police identified both suspects as white males, although earlier court records identified a Jacob Carl England, born on the same date, as an American Indian.

The Tulsa Police, Along with FBI and U.S. Marshals are examining whether the shootings might be a hate crime, as Jake England, 19, had posted racially charged comments on his Facebook page about the two-year anniversary of his father's death.

Jake England wrote- "Today is two years that my dad has been gone shot by a fuckin nigger. It's hard not to go off between that and Sheran I'm gone in the head.”

Sheran Hart Wilde, his girlfriend, died earlier this year.

Alvin Watts, his roommate, commented beneath his post: “I kno i miss them 2. My last meomeries were great ones of them. Its nt goodbye its c u later.” I see this one got the benefits of a good education.

On his Facebook page, Watts describes himself as single, interested in women and a "very proud daddy." Court records show that he was charged in 2009 for aggravated assault and battery, but those charges were dismissed nearly three years later. In 2006, he pled guilty to domestic violence, a misdemeanor offense, and paid a $649.90 court fine.

Jake England's father, Carl England, 47, was shot and killed during an argument at an apartment complex two years ago; his death led to charges against a 38-year-old black man, KJRH.com reported. The man, Pernell Jefferson, was charged with pointing a gun and is scheduled to be released in 2014, according to the Oklahoma Department of Corrections.

Task force commander Maj. Walter Evans said at a press conference Sunday that the two men were taken into custody just north of the city at 1:47 a.m. He credited the 40 or so tips to the Crime Stoppers hotline that started pouring in Saturday after the police asked members of the community for help cracking the case.
When asked by a reporter whether England's father's death had played a role in the shootings, Evans said he couldn't be sure, "but there is a connection."

The shootings happened around 1 a.m. Friday within a three miles of each other. All five victims were out walking when they were shot. Police have said they don't believe victims knew each other.
More than two dozen officers were called in to investigate the case, along with the FBI, the U.S. Marshals Service and other agencies.

Tipsters told police to look for a white man driving a white Chevrolet pickup with a loud exhaust, which had been spotted near three of the shootings. Tulsa City Councilman Jack Henderson told Reuters that witnesses saw one of the shooters drive through the neighborhood and stop pedestrians for directions. As they walked away, he shot at them.

Other tipsters contacted Crime Stoppers to inform police that Jake England had the truck, and that he planned to burn it. Deputies found a burned truck around 6 p.m. on Saturday and traced it to  Jake England.
The dead were identified as Dannaer Fields, 49, Bobby Clark, 54, and William Allen, 31, according to Reuters. The two wounded men, who were not identified, were expected to survive.

Though all of the victims were black, Tulsa Police Chief Chuck Jordan told Reuters on Saturday it was too early to know whether the shootings were racially motivated. (Amazing they can say that!)

However, KRMG TV reported Saturday that the FBI had announced that the shootings would be investigated under federal hate crime legislation.

A Hate Crime investigation and a civil rights investigation is all well and good...but three people lost their lives here....That was more than losing their civil rights or just being hated...How about....A MURDER investigation?  That would make me happier and feel a lot safer as a Black male too!