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Today in Toxic White Entitlement:
Racist White Man Allegedly Stabs Black Man to Death, Then Asks Police for a Ride Home
Damon Young
On Sunday, 24-year-old Joden Rocco was charged in the stabbing death of 24-year-old Dulane Cameron Jr. outside of a bar in Pittsburgh. But as details from the incident emerge, a story that initially seemed like just an unusually tragic outcome to a bar fight has been discovered to have serious racial implications.
Rocco (who is white) allegedly attacked Cameron (who was black) and his friend after Rocco was denied entry at the Tequila Cowboy. For context, this is one of many popular bars and restaurants that sit on the North Shore, the stretch of the city where both Heinz Field (home of the Pittsburgh Steelers) and PNC Park (home of the Pittsburgh Pirates) exist. (It’s also where former Steelers’ offensive coordinator Todd Haley got hurt in a bar fight on New Year’s Eve.)
Anyway, after leaving the bar, Rocco seemed to be itching for a fight and encountered Cameron and his friend.
From the Pittsburgh Post Gazette:
https://verysmartbrothas.theroot.com/racist-white-man-allegedly-stabs-black-man-to-death-th-1828495880
Damon Young
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On Sunday, 24-year-old Joden Rocco was charged in the stabbing death of 24-year-old Dulane Cameron Jr. outside of a bar in Pittsburgh. But as details from the incident emerge, a story that initially seemed like just an unusually tragic outcome to a bar fight has been discovered to have serious racial implications.
Rocco (who is white) allegedly attacked Cameron (who was black) and his friend after Rocco was denied entry at the Tequila Cowboy. For context, this is one of many popular bars and restaurants that sit on the North Shore, the stretch of the city where both Heinz Field (home of the Pittsburgh Steelers) and PNC Park (home of the Pittsburgh Pirates) exist. (It’s also where former Steelers’ offensive coordinator Todd Haley got hurt in a bar fight on New Year’s Eve.)
Anyway, after leaving the bar, Rocco seemed to be itching for a fight and encountered Cameron and his friend.
From the Pittsburgh Post Gazette:
According to the criminal complaint, Mr. Rocco was observed in a surveillance video acquired from Tequila Cowboy attempting to enter the restaurant’s Little Red Corvette bar. After being denied entrance, he headed east on North Shore Drive toward PNC Park, where he encountered Mr. Cameron, who was walking with friend, Trei Hendon.
Mr. Rocco was seen bouncing on the balls of his feet and “appearing to be very aggressive,” police said, when he “all of a sudden” began attacking the men, trying to punch them. Mr. Cameron and Mr. Hendon were viewed backing away as a crowd began to gather. Moments later, Rocco, who was shirtless, is observed removing an object from his pants and walking toward the men just out of view.
Mr. Rocco was seen bouncing on the balls of his feet and “appearing to be very aggressive,” police said, when he “all of a sudden” began attacking the men, trying to punch them. Mr. Cameron and Mr. Hendon were viewed backing away as a crowd began to gather. Moments later, Rocco, who was shirtless, is observed removing an object from his pants and walking toward the men just out of view.
https://verysmartbrothas.theroot.com/racist-white-man-allegedly-stabs-black-man-to-death-th-1828495880
