Take a good look at the man in this photo...Would you look at him and think he is a triple murderer? No you probably wouldn't....
But I digress...Let me tell you about him...
His name is Eric Williams and he is on trial for murder in the state of Texas....
Here is why he is so important...He killed the Prosecutor of Kaufman County in Texas and his wife and also killed the assistant prosecutor...
Yes..This man pictured above...
Not only did he ruthlessly kill Michael "Mike"
McClelland, 63, the the Prosecutor of Kaufmann County and his wife
Cynthia, 65, but also the assistant prosecutor, Mark Hasse. Hasse was
ruthlessly gunned in the street in January, 2013, while walking home. The
McClellands were callously shot down like dogs in their home in March of the
same year.
All three, were viciously butchered by this large, ugly brute who calls
himself Eric Williams. It goes without saying he was a felon who had a
prior record of burglary and theft. Yet somehow he had amassed a
veritable arsenal of weapons as prosecutors during the penalty
phase of his triall revealed:
On
Tuesday afternoon, prosecutors assembled the arsenal of weapons found in
Williams’ storage unit in the courtroom. The guns were displayed on three
wooden racks in the middle of the courtroom, 42 handguns in the middle and 22
long guns flanking each side.
In front of the racks were boxes of ammunition — thousands of rounds were
recovered — and a crossbow. Bullets were loose in bags, as well as still
packaged in boxes.
Yes...the man pictured above is the face of the killer of these three upstanding
citizens, a true animal (if I may say so) with no sense of morality and little
if any respect for human life.
He got a trial. He lived to get a trial is more important. He wasn't shot by the police when they went to
arrest him. Sure he didn't steal "cigars" (allegedly) or sell
loose cigarettes in public. Williams wasn't caught carrying a toy air
rifle around Walmart (John Crawford) or playing with a BB gun in a park (Tamir
Rice) or dressing up like his favorite Anime character (Darrien Hunt). He
only stole county equipment and hoarded enough guns to arm a small militia.
Unlike the young men and boys listed above, no one had to gin up evidence
of his wicked character, or post facto justifications for
why he should be killed by officers of the state. I'll bet I'm the only
person to label him a "thug" or a "brute" or an
"animal."
That's because the use of those terms have been
reserved for young African American males of late. These terms, such
as thug, are acceptable code words for a certain racial slur that
starts with the letter N. They are used to reinforce racial stereotypes
among whites regarding African Americans - that we are criminals, a brutish,
dangerous, amoral, drug infested people who represent a threat to civil
society.
So while Eric Williams is one sick, evil SOB, he does have the color of
his skin going for him. You won't hear of any Fox News host or right wing
radio jocks calling him a thug. They probably won't mention this guy at all, and if
they do, there won't be any discussion of white on white crime...Like they have when the victim is Black and killed by a white gun toting citizen or policemen. They sure
as hell won't touch the subject of his gun collection, which we know is every white
American's God given right under the second amendment.
White people with strong political agenda can walk around the street and
in stores carrying their semiautomatic "long guns" and nothing
happens to them. The Black Panthers tried that...If you're old enough...You know what happened to them...Fred Hampton anybody???
A drunken, angry white man stand outs in the street pointing
a loaded rifle at passersby, and law enforcement treats him with respect
and spend as much time as they need to "de-escalate the situation."
Black boys play in an empty park with a fake gun, or carry a fake samurai
sword and get shot shortly after police arrive on the scene.
And let's not forget the masses of white men who took their guns to Cliven
Bundy's Ranch in Nevada to protect the rights of a common criminal. They
threatened and intimidated local law enforcement, Federal officials and the
people of Clark County, but not one of Bundy's numerous supporters who
endangered the lives of everyone withing the range of their high powered rifles
was arrested or charged with a crime, much less fired upon by law enforcement -
with the possible exception for Jerad
and Amanda Miller who were kicked out of the Bundy compound and then went on
a shooting spree in Las Vegas, killing two police officers and an armed
civilian at a local Walmart before killing themselves.
So, people, who are the real thugs? The armed white people who
shoot to kill, such as Mr. Eric Williams, pictured above or the unarmed black men and boys
killed by police and left to die? Michael Brown, Eric Garner, John
Crawford, Darrien Hunt, Tamir Rice and so many more have been labeled
"thugs," their reputations smeared in the National news media.
In the case of 12 year-old Tamir Rice, his parents' past history and
their alleged bad parenting were blamed for his death by cop. Protestors in
Ferguson and elsewhere these past few months have been described as looters,
rioters, criminals, et cetera, who deserved the massive
militarized police response to what were primarily peaceful protests.
Words matter. They define how we interpret events, and how we judge
the character and actions of individuals. They reinforce existing bias,
prejudice and stereotypes. They justify violence against innocent people
when those people are labeled with words that have negative and sinister
connotations. Native Americans in were constantly called savages in the
19th century. European Jews in the 20th century were labeled cockroaches
and vermin. African Americans, especially males, in the 21st Century are
now called "thugs." Words that dehumanize their subjects.
Words that lead to fear and loathing. Words that make it easier to
kill and/or tolerate, and in some quarters of our society celebrate, the deaths
of those so named.
Words like "Thug" for instance....So I ask you..Who are the real thugs?
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