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kpete

(71,997 posts)
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 10:08 AM Jul 2013

Remember the two black teens who killed the baby?

THU JUL 25, 2013 AT 04:58 AM PDT
Remember the two black teens who killed the baby?
by estamm
You know, the story of the mom and her baby in the stroller in a Atlanta suburb, who were confronted by two African American teens playing hookey who wanted money, then shot the kid? You know, the story that the right wing has been flogging, pointing to this as why Zimmerman was justified in killing another black teen? You know.

Well, turn out that perhaps we don't know all of the story. Or, maybe we know it all too well:

New evidence....

Two key quotes from the story:


In spite of the social media “outrage” and the right-wing media narrative, however, the Baby Santiago case only illustrates just how prevalent racism really is in the United States. Just days after Sherry West told police her 13 month old was shot and killed by two black teens, West’s 21 year old daughter went to police to tell them that she suspected her mother may have killed her infant brother. Ashley Glassey told CBS News in March, that her mother has serious mental health issues. These include a diagnosis of bi-polar with accompanying schizophrenic tendencies.

On July 16th further evidence was released to the public that implicates the parents involvement in the child’s death. Police tests immediately following the shooting revealed gun powder on the hands of both Sherry West and the baby’s father, Louis Santiago. Santiago claimed that he was nowhere near the scene of the shooting. This evidence too, was withheld for months, until the defense attorney in the case demanded that it be released in mid July.



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MORE:
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/07/24/new-evidence-in-georgia-infants-death-points-to-parents-not-two-black-teens/
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/07/25/1226406/-Remember-the-two-black-teens-who-killed-the-baby

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Remember the two black teens who killed the baby? (Original Post) kpete Jul 2013 OP
Bad news for a certain Fox News Blond. nt onehandle Jul 2013 #1
Telling lies on Fox gets them kudos. They intend to tell lies. Lies are what their audience live rhett o rick Jul 2013 #8
Yep...and when the faux news lie is exposed... tex-wyo-dem Jul 2013 #36
Every female anchor on there? Dash87 Jul 2013 #61
That's disgusting, and there is some precedent for it Xyzse Jul 2013 #2
There is one famous precedent: Charles Stuart, Boston. kestrel91316 Jul 2013 #14
I was thinking of Susan Smith, the one who claimed she got carjacked Xyzse Jul 2013 #15
Her, too. She claimed it was black guys, right? kestrel91316 Jul 2013 #21
Yeah... She had a police sketch and everything Xyzse Jul 2013 #22
Susan Smith, step-daughter to Republican activist and Christian Coalition Leader Beverly Russell Ghost in the Machine Jul 2013 #43
Like I said... Ugh. Disgusting as heck. Xyzse Jul 2013 #45
Jesse Anderson in Milwaukee mockmonkey Jul 2013 #47
Gee, that guy gets around Politicalboi Jul 2013 #87
And Diane Downs. REP Jul 2013 #76
The lady who carved a backwards "B" on her own face before the election and blamed it on a Black guy Erose999 Jul 2013 #57
Yeah, idiotic Xyzse Jul 2013 #58
Except for the fact that the two suspects mothers' told police where geek tragedy Jul 2013 #3
But how did the husband get gun residue on him? Politicalboi Jul 2013 #90
If he put his hands anywhere on the mother in the aftermath of the shooting, geek tragedy Jul 2013 #91
It's easy for people to believe, because the perception is we are all criminals. JRLeft Jul 2013 #4
It didn't happen in an Atlanta suburb. RebelOne Jul 2013 #5
Really! Why believe anything in the story if they Phentex Jul 2013 #11
To the news media NewJeffCT Jul 2013 #26
Any information on the gun exboyfil Jul 2013 #6
So they may have shot their own baby? bravenak Jul 2013 #7
original was all over facebook dembotoz Jul 2013 #9
there are at least two pages devoted to the baby dlwickham Jul 2013 #13
This message was self-deleted by its author raccoon Jul 2013 #10
Where's the outrage NOW, right-wing sheeple? Roy Rolling Jul 2013 #12
No, it does not turn out that mom had a gun. geek tragedy Jul 2013 #16
So? Zoeisright Jul 2013 #35
Just like Trayvon Martin having gunpowder residue on him geek tragedy Jul 2013 #37
Republicans don't much care for babies once they're HERE, only unborn Lex Jul 2013 #17
Remember when DUers who questioned the mom's story got slammed? mainer Jul 2013 #18
there still is no reason to believe she shot herself and the baby. KittyWampus Jul 2013 #42
They still should be slammed Union Scribe Jul 2013 #103
..something familiar about this post OmahaBlueDog Jul 2013 #19
A Special Place in Hell! chuckstevens Jul 2013 #20
+1 PotatoChip Jul 2013 #63
Sorry I did not see this post n/t UglyGreed Jul 2013 #23
If this is true, when will other media outlets report this info? Catherine Vincent Jul 2013 #24
It pays to wait. Igel Jul 2013 #27
The informtion about the parents and the gun residue was reported in March 2013 OmahaBlueDog Jul 2013 #28
It's a horrible story, no matter what. But I don't see how it has anything to do with.... Tommy_Carcetti Jul 2013 #25
It's relevant because a Fox News anchor insisted it was evidence of Obama's bias. byronius Jul 2013 #30
Not for a lot of people. But I could see how it looks similar. Igel Jul 2013 #32
The connection is in how it has been used lolly Jul 2013 #33
Does the name Susan Smith ring a bell? The link to Zimmerman is: "Black men are thugs and murderers" Hekate Jul 2013 #34
In this case, the victim has a bullet in her, and there are corroborating geek tragedy Jul 2013 #39
+1000. tumtum Jul 2013 #46
*IF* it turns out the mother made the story up, then I could see some simularlity. Tommy_Carcetti Jul 2013 #48
It's up to us to change the frame of the narrative. nt Hekate Jul 2013 #93
both "stories" are appeals to racism noiretextatique Jul 2013 #110
There's an episode of 'The Sopranos' that deals with this phenomenon. byronius Jul 2013 #29
There is nothing in this story that implicates the mom or dad. tumtum Jul 2013 #31
why we need a follow up gnews channel. pansypoo53219 Jul 2013 #38
Gun residue on the mother doesn't implicate her. SHE WAS THERE. And it might have rubbed off on KittyWampus Jul 2013 #40
Absolutely astounding to see this posted at DU go west young man Jul 2013 #41
But, but, but, that woman who was shot at close range had gunpowder geek tragedy Jul 2013 #44
+ a brazillion and one... TeeYiYi Jul 2013 #51
wow, really well-said Vattel Jul 2013 #52
Well said. tumtum Jul 2013 #54
... Phentex Jul 2013 #55
There's no race issue here = I don't live the black experience so I'll minimize it the best I can uponit7771 Jul 2013 #56
I guess the younger defendant must be racist. geek tragedy Jul 2013 #64
False confessions have been coerced from more than one person REP Jul 2013 #79
Explain the aunt of the shooter leading police to the murder weapon? tumtum Jul 2013 #82
Quid pro quo REP Jul 2013 #86
Sooo, the aunt was bribed, the kid is lying about his confession, geek tragedy Jul 2013 #92
I'm not convicting anyone and I think the confession may be coerced, not a lie REP Jul 2013 #98
Not everything is about race. go west young man Jul 2013 #70
Plus ignoring the facts to get an emotional response. Rex Jul 2013 #73
So you just decided to ignore the OP and post a lot of Rex Jul 2013 #71
Yeap, cause no one has EVER EVER accused a black guy of wrong doing because of race... uponit7771 Jul 2013 #89
People who blame the mother here =Juror B37. nt geek tragedy Jul 2013 #94
Yep. Totally agreed. Union Scribe Jul 2013 #104
But that's an NRAtalkingPoint™! RW troll! Racist...or something.. Eleanors38 Jul 2013 #95
This case goes to trial in August... TeeYiYi Jul 2013 #49
Fox News will never play the correction!! Disgusting Pisces Jul 2013 #50
And what correction would that be? tumtum Jul 2013 #53
GPR on the mother with no known contact with the shooter?! REALLY?! Don't tell me, you supported uponit7771 Jul 2013 #59
she was shot and her baby was shot. You think she wouldn't have residue on her? KittyWampus Jul 2013 #60
This message was self-deleted by its author uponit7771 Jul 2013 #62
Has the gun been proven to be the murder weapon? mainer Jul 2013 #78
Even better, we have one of the defendants saying they shot the baby. nt geek tragedy Jul 2013 #88
What's GPR? tumtum Jul 2013 #65
They also have one of the kids saying "we totally tried to geek tragedy Jul 2013 #67
I just don't get it sometimes. tumtum Jul 2013 #72
Conspiracy theories have large constituencies in all geek tragedy Jul 2013 #75
Spoken like someone geek tragedy Jul 2013 #66
Wasn't GPR found on Trayvon? Union Scribe Jul 2013 #105
Well that should send the Zimmerman apologists into overdrive. Rex Jul 2013 #68
Erm, the parents didn't do it, the two black kids did do it in this case. geek tragedy Jul 2013 #69
So where did the gun powder residue come from on their hands? Rex Jul 2013 #74
The mom got it the same way that Trayvon Martin got geek tragedy Jul 2013 #77
Wrong the GPR was on both the hands of the parents. Rex Jul 2013 #80
when you and your baby are shot, why wouldn't you have residue on yourself? KittyWampus Jul 2013 #81
Anyone who disagrees with Rex is a racist Zimmerman lover. geek tragedy Jul 2013 #84
Plenty of DUers in the Gungeon get that memo everyday. Eleanors38 Jul 2013 #96
Actually I was talking about replies on Yahoo. Rex Jul 2013 #99
Lovely combination of ignorance and lies you've provided here. geek tragedy Jul 2013 #83
+1000. tumtum Jul 2013 #85
Also Greek kalisto2010 Jul 2013 #100
He saw me post about the racists on yahoo and identified himself as a Rex Jul 2013 #102
Witness for the prosecution: Dominique Lang geek tragedy Jul 2013 #106
Post removed Post removed Jul 2013 #101
What the fuck are you talking about? Union Scribe Jul 2013 #107
Ok really? SQUEE Jul 2013 #108
Greek kalisto2010 Jul 2013 #97
the ever-popular "the black guy did it" excuse noiretextatique Jul 2013 #109
 

rhett o rick

(55,981 posts)
8. Telling lies on Fox gets them kudos. They intend to tell lies. Lies are what their audience live
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 10:24 AM
Jul 2013

for. When their lies are exposed, the left isnt surprised and the right doesnt care, and the exposure is, well... exposure.

tex-wyo-dem

(3,190 posts)
36. Yep...and when the faux news lie is exposed...
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 01:01 PM
Jul 2013

The faux news viewer just shrugs and moves on to the next faux news outrage, which is also a lie...and so it continues, feeding the messed up limited worldview of the faux news viewer.

Xyzse

(8,217 posts)
2. That's disgusting, and there is some precedent for it
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 10:12 AM
Jul 2013

There was this mother that blamed an unknown black assailant for killing her kid, when she was the one who did it.

Ugh.

Ghost in the Machine

(14,912 posts)
43. Susan Smith, step-daughter to Republican activist and Christian Coalition Leader Beverly Russell
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 01:11 PM
Jul 2013

[font size="5"][small]Republican activist and Christian
Coalition leader [a href="http://www.teleplex.net/shj/smith/trial/smithsss.html"]Beverly Russell[/a] admitted to an incestuous relationship with his step
daughter[/a].[/small][/font][/]

Just Google for tons of links...

Peace,

Ghost

mockmonkey

(2,822 posts)
47. Jesse Anderson in Milwaukee
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 01:15 PM
Jul 2013

Two years after Stuart murdered his own wife, Jesse Anderson in 1992 tried the same saying two African-American men attacked him and his wife as they left a Milwaukee Restaurant. She was stabbed 37 times.

He was later killed in prison by another inmate who had also killed Jeffrey Dahmer.



Erose999

(5,624 posts)
57. The lady who carved a backwards "B" on her own face before the election and blamed it on a Black guy
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 01:57 PM
Jul 2013

Remember her?
 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
3. Except for the fact that the two suspects mothers' told police where
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 10:13 AM
Jul 2013

the murder weapon was, and that one of those two darling angels had committed armed robbery with a handgun very shortly before this incident.

Also, the eyewitnesses and the fact that the mother was SHOT. People who get shot at close range do tend to get gunpowder on them.

 

Politicalboi

(15,189 posts)
90. But how did the husband get gun residue on him?
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 02:55 PM
Jul 2013

Did he approach the crime scene and hold his dead baby, or crying wife. I don't know. But it looks to me like the kids are the ones who did this. If the gun matches crimes the kid committed days before, how could the mother of the baby get the gun if she did this? I haven't been following the case.

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
91. If he put his hands anywhere on the mother in the aftermath of the shooting,
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 02:57 PM
Jul 2013

very possible if not likely he'd get some on his hands.

The whole "the mother did it" scenario has never held up to more than a moment's scrutiny.

RebelOne

(30,947 posts)
5. It didn't happen in an Atlanta suburb.
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 10:14 AM
Jul 2013

It happened in Brunswick, GA, quite a distance from Atlanta.

NewJeffCT

(56,828 posts)
26. To the news media
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 12:50 PM
Jul 2013

everything in Georgia is a suburb of Atlanta, everything in NY, CT and NJ is a suburb of NYC, if not in NYC, everything in Colorado is a suburb of Denver, etc.



exboyfil

(17,863 posts)
6. Any information on the gun
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 10:15 AM
Jul 2013

which a family member of the suspect led the police to? Has ballistics come back on whether it is the murder weapon and how did it get into the hands of the suspect who apparently took it away with him.

 

bravenak

(34,648 posts)
7. So they may have shot their own baby?
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 10:15 AM
Jul 2013

Sound like I could b post partum depression. It had it with 2 daughters and I felt scary. I had a friend come stay for a few months to help me and spent 4 days in a facility. I wasn't trying to kill my baby, just super paranoid that something bad would happen. I'm glad they're investigating the parents still, the story never made sense.

dlwickham

(3,316 posts)
13. there are at least two pages devoted to the baby
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 11:38 AM
Jul 2013

spouting off the same lies about the two black kids and ignoring these new facts

one new story making the rounds is that the mother owed someone money for drugs and they sent the two boys to kill the baby over the debt

Response to kpete (Original post)

Roy Rolling

(6,921 posts)
12. Where's the outrage NOW, right-wing sheeple?
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 11:27 AM
Jul 2013

I'm waiting for the posts from radicals who at the time said, "IF ONLY THE MOTHER HAD A GUN, THE BABY WOULD BE ALIVE TODAY."

It turns out, mom did have a gun . . .

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
16. No, it does not turn out that mom had a gun.
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 11:50 AM
Jul 2013

Mom was shot at close range.

Forensic reports states “This supports the possibility that [Louis Santiago] discharged a firearm, was in close proximity to a firearm upon discharge, or came into contact with an item whose surface bears GSR [gunshot residue].”




 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
37. Just like Trayvon Martin having gunpowder residue on him
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 01:05 PM
Jul 2013

didn't prove he didn't have a gun.

The mother having gunpowder residue on her means absolutely nothing, since she was shot at close range. One would expect her to have gunpowder residue on her.

Lex

(34,108 posts)
17. Republicans don't much care for babies once they're HERE, only unborn
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 11:51 AM
Jul 2013

OR if they can flog the death of a child for racist reasons.




mainer

(12,022 posts)
18. Remember when DUers who questioned the mom's story got slammed?
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 11:53 AM
Jul 2013

I wrote that the parents should be looked at first as suspects, as a matter of normal investigatory protocol, and DUers were disgusted with me. And some of us wondered why the baby had life insurance.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=2571327

Union Scribe

(7,099 posts)
103. They still should be slammed
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 04:04 PM
Jul 2013

because they still sound like vicious jerks going after a crime victim. But DU has been overtaken by an "everything is a conspiracy" mindset.

 

chuckstevens

(1,201 posts)
20. A Special Place in Hell!
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 12:22 PM
Jul 2013

While this is nothing new, it sickens me that people will accuse African Americans of brutal actions in order to cover up there own heinous crimes because on some level they know that a racist America is quick to believe it.There is a special place in hell who behave in this manner.

Catherine Vincent

(34,491 posts)
24. If this is true, when will other media outlets report this info?
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 12:35 PM
Jul 2013

Sorry, I didn't click the link since I'm at work but I'll wait for others instead of this addictinginfo website.

Igel

(35,323 posts)
27. It pays to wait.
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 12:51 PM
Jul 2013

The "new evidence" is ambiguous while some of the old evidence, while it may turn out to be false, isn't ambiguous.

There's always a risk with confirmation bias of being too willing to believe the ambiguous when it supports what you want to believe and discounting to the point of ignoring evidence that conflicts with your belief.

Even if it turns out that the father was recorded on tape at a shooting range 50 miles away and the Elkins' kid's weapon is a positive match to the gun used to kill the baby there will be people who will insist that the black kids must be innocent and it's all a set-up. Even were the kids to boast of the killing on a Youtube video it still wouldn't be enough to convince them.

Similarly, even if it turns out that there's no question that the parents did it--the kid's gun isn't a match, they're on tape doing something miles away and a gas station video camera clearly caught the two parents on tape shooting their own kid, there'll be tried-and-true racists convinced that *that* is a set-up.

OmahaBlueDog

(10,000 posts)
28. The informtion about the parents and the gun residue was reported in March 2013
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 12:51 PM
Jul 2013
You'll remember West says that she was shot in the March 21st incident and Santiago says he was shopping at Walmart when it happened and wasn't there.

But the GBI recently found traces of gunshot residue, or GSR, on both parents.

According to the report, "this supports the possibility that the individual discharged a firearm, was in close proximity to a firearm upon discharge or came into contact with an item whose surface bears GSR.”

In the report investigators noted that the particles found "also may originate from occupational and/or industrial sources."

Neither Sherry nor Louis has ever been considered a suspect in the shooting.



Read more: http://www.wptv.com/dpp/news/national/sherry-west-antonio-west-brunswick-georgia-mom-says-two-kids-shot-and-killed-her-baby-over-money#ixzz2a4pj6f5P

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,185 posts)
25. It's a horrible story, no matter what. But I don't see how it has anything to do with....
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 12:45 PM
Jul 2013

....the George Zimmerman/Trayvon Martin case.

The news story behind the Zimmerman case wasn't that someone of one race killed someone of another race.

Just because there was another instance where someone of one race killed someone of another race doesn't make it similar to the Zimmerman case.

The news story behind the Zimmerman case was that someone of one race killed someone of another race after exhibiting behavior consistent of racial profiling, and that his apparent aggressive behavior was shielded by a lax law authored by the NRA.

byronius

(7,395 posts)
30. It's relevant because a Fox News anchor insisted it was evidence of Obama's bias.
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 12:56 PM
Jul 2013

It was logically irrelevant before the debunking, except to Fox; now even more so that it's apparently fabricated.

Igel

(35,323 posts)
32. Not for a lot of people. But I could see how it looks similar.
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 12:59 PM
Jul 2013

GZ/TM. Some view this as a racist justification of a lying white Latino which entails an equally racist attempt to blame a black teenage male for attempted murder or actions that seemed to lead to accusations of attempted murder. In fact, the white Latino was guilty and the black teenage male was innocent.

In any event, it's an attack on the black community and an egregious example of racist bias in the denial of justice, punishing the murderer of a black teenage male.



Baby case: Some could view this as a racist justification of a lying white Latino which entails an equally racist attempt to blame two black teenage males for murder. In fact, the white Latinos are guilty and the black teenage males are innocent.

In any event, it's an attack on the black community and an egregious example of racist bias in the attempted denial of justice, which in this case is declaring two black teenage males innocent of the murder.

lolly

(3,248 posts)
33. The connection is in how it has been used
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 01:00 PM
Jul 2013

It has been used in news media and on social media and blogs to justify Zimmerman's suspicions of a young black man.

See? They are likely to be killers! Baby killers! No wonder Georgie had to shoot him--he was probably a baby killer just like these guys!

Hekate

(90,723 posts)
34. Does the name Susan Smith ring a bell? The link to Zimmerman is: "Black men are thugs and murderers"
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 01:00 PM
Jul 2013

The link to all three cases (and many another) is that when a white "victim" points the finger at a young black man, the white accuser has a better chance of being believed than the black accused, especially in the court of public opinion.

That is what it has to do with the Zimmerman case. Belief. Belief that African-American males are presumed guilty of something, anything, until proven innocent. That is what the President tried to tell us.

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
39. In this case, the victim has a bullet in her, and there are corroborating
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 01:07 PM
Jul 2013

witnesses, including someone else who was shot by the defendant two weeks earlier.

I would really hesitate to avoid making these defendants into Travyon II. Other than skin color, they have nothing in common with him.

 

tumtum

(438 posts)
46. +1000.
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 01:13 PM
Jul 2013

There's nothing new in this story, the police still don't think either Sherry or Louis are suspects, coupled with the fact that a family member of the suspect led police to the gun is pretty damning.

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,185 posts)
48. *IF* it turns out the mother made the story up, then I could see some simularlity.
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 01:16 PM
Jul 2013

My commentary, however, is on the false analogy is what has been offered by conservatives, which is that this case is somehow similar to the Zimmerman case because someone of one race allegedly killed someone of another race, but that the President and liberals don't care about this case because it was a white kid who died and not a black kid.

That's the narrative that the conservatives have offered.

byronius

(7,395 posts)
29. There's an episode of 'The Sopranos' that deals with this phenomenon.
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 12:52 PM
Jul 2013

Various mobsters need an excuse as to why something went wrong; they all claim to have been jumped by 'black guys', although they use different slurs to describe them.

The primitive tribal medulla-oblongata computer leaps to embrace the outsider-attack narrative. It's how we're wired, but most people don't want to look down there.

 

tumtum

(438 posts)
31. There is nothing in this story that implicates the mom or dad.
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 12:59 PM
Jul 2013

The police are still saying that Sherry West is not a suspect, nor did I see anything indicating that the police view Louis as a suspect.
GSR is easily transferred from one person to another, which could have very well happened at the hospital from Sherry to Louis.

The damning evidence is that a family member led police to where the gun was thrown by one of the suspects.
Nothing new here.

 

KittyWampus

(55,894 posts)
40. Gun residue on the mother doesn't implicate her. SHE WAS THERE. And it might have rubbed off on
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 01:09 PM
Jul 2013

father later in the day?

If I recall correctly, the aunt of one of the suspects informed on him and helped recover the murder weapon.

 

go west young man

(4,856 posts)
41. Absolutely astounding to see this posted at DU
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 01:10 PM
Jul 2013

and I'm blown away to read the responses to it. This post without a doubt shows how low DU has sunk and puts us on par with the right wing sites and Facebook posts that are also exploiting the death of this baby. The amazing thing is DU'ers can't seem to see the exploitation themselves and instead are using it as a foil in their civil war on "racism".

The entire narrative has been wrong from the get go and even the location of the crime is inaccurate in both the right and left leaning narratives being put forth. There is no proof that the woman had her baby killed. The person that said that she had her baby killed is her disgruntled daughter. The police have found no evidence to support this. However, they did find the murder weapon and it was used previously by the same shooter to shoot another person in a robbery attempt.

This case and the Martin/Zimmerman case have nothing in common aside from the level of horrible violence sad human beings choose to inflict on others. There is no race issue here. It is sad and pathetic to see so many people at DU using this case to make a comparison and equally sad to see so many people so misinformed. If this is DU then we are truly fucked. RIP to little Antonio. It's one tragic thing to die so young with your whole life in front of you and another to be used after you are dead. How incredibly sad.

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
44. But, but, but, that woman who was shot at close range had gunpowder
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 01:12 PM
Jul 2013

residue on her.

How often does that happen, except, always?

 

tumtum

(438 posts)
54. Well said.
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 01:50 PM
Jul 2013

I joined this place to discuss democratic ideals and strategies, instead I find junk like this?

uponit7771

(90,347 posts)
56. There's no race issue here = I don't live the black experience so I'll minimize it the best I can
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 01:56 PM
Jul 2013

cause you know, blaming a black guy for doing harm to a kid has never ever happened before

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
64. I guess the younger defendant must be racist.
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 02:16 PM
Jul 2013
http://www.actionnewsjax.com/content/topstories/story/Documents-Suspects-in-babys-murder-intended-to/8-dJYrcGe0e-PoQOPqMu2A.cspx#.Uaa_YhpXUuA.facebook


Lang told detectives that DeMarquise asked him if he knew any Mexicans. Lang said he believed DeMarquise intended to rob someone.

A few minutes later, Lang said DeMarquise showed a revolver with a brown wooden handle that he had hidden in his waistband.

According to the affidavit, the two walked along Ellis Street when DeMarquise said, "There goes a lady."

The lady happened to be Sherry West, who was pushing her son in a baby stroller, just a few yards from their home.

The two boys walked up to West when DeMarquise ordered the woman to give up her purse. West said no, and according to Lang, that's when DeMarquise pulled out the revolver, aimed it at West, and hit her with it. The two then struggled when the gun went off twice, according to Lang. The second shot hit West in her leg.

Lang told detectives DeMarquise then said toWest, "Give me your purse or I am going to shoot your baby."

DeMarquise, according to Lang's interview with detectives, aimed the revolver at the stroller and pulled the trigger.

The baby, 13-month-old Antonio Santiago, was shot and killed

REP

(21,691 posts)
79. False confessions have been coerced from more than one person
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 02:33 PM
Jul 2013

See: Michael Crowe, West Memohis Three, Kevin Fox, et alia.

 

tumtum

(438 posts)
82. Explain the aunt of the shooter leading police to the murder weapon?
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 02:38 PM
Jul 2013

Explain how that same gun was used to shoot another robbery victim 2 weeks earlier?

Sometimes it's exactly as it seems, and in this case, it seems to be exactly what's being reported.

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
92. Sooo, the aunt was bribed, the kid is lying about his confession,
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 03:07 PM
Jul 2013

the fact that the other kid shot someone during an armed robbery two weeks earlier is completely irrelevant, the shooter was found with .22 bullets on him, the mother was herself shot twice, means nothing to you.

But, you're ready to convict the mother because she has gunpowder residue on her, despite the fact that the presence of GSR only means she was around the gun when it went off?

Please don't complain about juror B37 ever.

 

go west young man

(4,856 posts)
70. Not everything is about race.
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 02:22 PM
Jul 2013

Although many here seem to think so. Ignorance and evil don't differentiate when it comes to color. Random crimes take place the world over regardless of how one looks. My post isn't about racism actually. It's about exploitation of an innocent babies death on both sides.

The narrative that is being put forth is inaccurate and unfounded. You have no idea what color my skin may be. I think an intelligent person of any skin color would subscribe to my thinking.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
73. Plus ignoring the facts to get an emotional response.
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 02:24 PM
Jul 2013

The projection was interesting to say the least. Ya you got it right on the money. Some here cannot STAND it when you point out racism, I guess it disturbs their tiny little world and their beautiful minds.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
71. So you just decided to ignore the OP and post a lot of
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 02:23 PM
Jul 2013

emotional hoopla in hopes of distraction? My, how totally unoriginal. If THIS is what DU has become then I agree with you it is a sad and pathetic day for SOME.

uponit7771

(90,347 posts)
89. Yeap, cause no one has EVER EVER accused a black guy of wrong doing because of race...
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 02:54 PM
Jul 2013

...so .. you know, these guys have to let us know what's up /sarcasm

Union Scribe

(7,099 posts)
104. Yep. Totally agreed.
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 04:08 PM
Jul 2013

People going out of their way to concoct a story to fit what the scenario they wish had happened and blaming the victim to do so. B37 to a T.

TeeYiYi

(8,028 posts)
49. This case goes to trial in August...
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 01:30 PM
Jul 2013

... I believe August 19th.

I shouldn't be surprised that all this crap about the mother is surfacing again, prior to the trial. Such bullshit.

If you want to be informed on the details of this case, read the the story at the following link: http://www.actionnewsjax.com/content/topstories/story/Documents-Suspects-in-babys-murder-intended-to/8-dJYrcGe0e-PoQOPqMu2A.cspx#.Uaa_YhpXUuA.facebook

They've got all the evidence they need to get a conviction on that asshole and his partner that murdered an innocent baby in a stroller and the complicit family members who tried to hide the evidence.

TYY

uponit7771

(90,347 posts)
59. GPR on the mother with no known contact with the shooter?! REALLY?! Don't tell me, you supported
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 02:06 PM
Jul 2013

...Zimmerman didn't you?

regards

 

KittyWampus

(55,894 posts)
60. she was shot and her baby was shot. You think she wouldn't have residue on her?
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 02:07 PM
Jul 2013

did you read this thread.

The suspect's own aunt turned him in and helped recover the murder weapon.

The mother id'd the suspect in a line-up.

Response to KittyWampus (Reply #60)

 

tumtum

(438 posts)
65. What's GPR?
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 02:16 PM
Jul 2013

Do you mean GSR?
She was shot at close range, of course there would be GSR on her, that's a given.
The police still don't consider her or Louis suspects, they have the suspects in custody, they have the gun used by the suspect, they have eyewitness statements, what more do you want?

From what little I know of the Zim case, because I hardly followed it, it seems to me that he got away with it.

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
67. They also have one of the kids saying "we totally tried to
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 02:17 PM
Jul 2013

rob that woman and then we shot her baby."

 

tumtum

(438 posts)
72. I just don't get it sometimes.
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 02:23 PM
Jul 2013

Sometimes it's exactly what it seems to be, but some people just won't accept the damning evidence and have to throw out those conspiracy theories.

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
75. Conspiracy theories have large constituencies in all
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 02:26 PM
Jul 2013

partisan, ethnic, racial, religious groups.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
68. Well that should send the Zimmerman apologists into overdrive.
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 02:20 PM
Jul 2013

They did use that event as support for their racist murdering brother in arms. No doubt they will conveniently ignore the fact that the parents did it and still blame it on those two black kids. Racists don't care for no stinking facts! Just ask the Zimmerman apologists.

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
69. Erm, the parents didn't do it, the two black kids did do it in this case.
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 02:22 PM
Jul 2013

One of them confessed to police.

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
77. The mom got it the same way that Trayvon Martin got
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 02:30 PM
Jul 2013

gunpowder residue on him.

http://www.actionnewsjax.com/content/topstories/story/Documents-Suspects-in-babys-murder-intended-to/8-dJYrcGe0e-PoQOPqMu2A.cspx

Land told detectives that DeMarquise asked him if he knew any Mexicans. Lang said he believed DeMarquise intended to rob someone.

A few minutes later, Lang said DeMarquise showed a revolver with a brown wooden handle that he had hidden in his waistband.

According to the affidavit, the two walked along Ellis Street when DeMarquise said, "There goes a lady."

The lady happened to be Sherry West, who was pushing her son in a baby stroller, just a few yards from their home.

The two boys walked up to West when DeMarquise ordered the woman to give up her purse. West said no, and according to Lang, that's when DeMarquise pulled out the revolver, aimed it at West, and hit her with it. The two then struggled when the gun went off twice, according to Lang. The second shot hit West in her leg.

Lang told detectives DeMarquise then said toWest, "Give me your purse or I am going to shoot your baby."

DeMarquise, according to Lang's interview with detectives, aimed the revolver at the stroller and pulled the trigger.

The baby, 13-month-old Antonio Santiago, was shot and killed



GSR only shows that you're either been near a gun that went off, or have been in physical contact with someone who was near a gun that went off.

The father? Probably from physical contact with the mother. The stuff is easily transferred from one surface to another.

P.S. news reports only indicate that there was only GSR on the parents--doesn't specify where.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
80. Wrong the GPR was on both the hands of the parents.
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 02:34 PM
Jul 2013

Pretty incriminating stuff really, but you are free to assume whatever you want. The Zimmerman enablers sure do love them some racism.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
99. Actually I was talking about replies on Yahoo.
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 03:58 PM
Jul 2013

You replied to me, without provocation. Funny, so you are a Zimmerman apologist? How pathetic.

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
83. Lovely combination of ignorance and lies you've provided here.
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 02:39 PM
Jul 2013

1) The mother was shot at close range. Twice. Once while struggling with a defendant for the gun. That's completely consistent with getting gunpowder residue on her, as any sentient being would understand.

But, don't take my word for it.

Gunshot residue particles can be removed easily from the surfaces they land on. Regular activities, such as putting hands in pockets, rubbing hands together, or handling items, can wipe them away.4 The washing of hands can remove most, if not all, particles. Rates of loss vary widely with the activity of the subject. Depending on conditions and activity, particles may be removed from a shooter’s hands within 4 to 5 hours after a shooting event.5 They also can transfer from a surface or person to another individual; the amount depends on the number of GSR particles on the contaminated surface (e.g., a person’s clothing or hands) and likely will be a small percentage of the total number of particles present. Tests show that people standing within 3 feet to the side of a shooter may have GSR on their hands, whereas those standing 10 or more feet in the same direction typically will not.6 This can vary with the type of gun and ammunition, number of shots fired, and the environment of the shooting. Gunshot primer residue also can travel downrange with each firing of a weapon.7 Long guns, like rifles and shotguns, tend to leave less GSR on shooters than handguns.8

...

In a GSR case, the submitting agency, attorneys, judge, and jury all want to know if the suspect fired a gun. Unfortunately, the presence or absence of GSR on a person’s hands cannot answer that question. Rather, as the accepted practice, all positive gunshot residue reports include a qualifier, such as “The presence of primer residue on a person’s hand is consistent with that person having discharged a firearm, having been in the vicinity of a firearm when it was discharged, or having handled an item with primer residue on it.” Conversely, negative GSR reports often contain a qualifying statement, such as “The absence of gunshot residue on a person’s hands does not eliminate that individual from having discharged a firearm.”


http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/law-enforcement-bulletin/may_2011/The%20Current%20Status%20of%20GSR%20Examinations



2) ONE OF THE DEFENDANTS SAID THEY SHOT HER AND THE BABY.

3) I have been consistently anti-Zimmerman and pro-justice for Trayvon, so take your ugly bald-faced lie about me being a racist Zimmerman apologist and shove it.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=2695656
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023119385#post60

Also, learn to deal in facts instead of shit you make up in your head.

kalisto2010

(64 posts)
100. Also Greek
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 03:59 PM
Jul 2013

From that I read there was no one who witnessed the murder. Can you please link the source of the corroborating witnesses?

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
102. He saw me post about the racists on yahoo and identified himself as a
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 04:01 PM
Jul 2013

Zimmerman apologist! How pathetic is that!? What an ego that one has.

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
106. Witness for the prosecution: Dominique Lang
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 04:13 PM
Jul 2013
A few minutes later, Lang said DeMarquise showed a revolver with a brown wooden handle that he had hidden in his waistband.

According to the affidavit, the two walked along Ellis Street when DeMarquise said, "There goes a lady."

The lady happened to be Sherry West, who was pushing her son in a baby stroller, just a few yards from their home.

The two boys walked up to West when DeMarquise ordered the woman to give up her purse. West said no, and according to Lang, that's when DeMarquise pulled out the revolver, aimed it at West, and hit her with it. The two then struggled when the gun went off twice, according to Lang. The second shot hit West in her leg.

Lang told detectives DeMarquise then said toWest, "Give me your purse or I am going to shoot your baby."

DeMarquise, according to Lang's interview with detectives, aimed the revolver at the stroller and pulled the trigger.


http://www.actionnewsjax.com/content/topstories/story/Documents-Suspects-in-babys-murder-intended-to/8-dJYrcGe0e-PoQOPqMu2A.cspx

then there's that PASTOR that Elkins shot and robbed with a .22 pistol two weeks earlier.

http://www.actionnewsjax.com/content/topstories/story/Pastor-says-he-was-shot-by-alleged-baby-killer/A7P-CIs2xUaphlEv9VByRA.cspx

Response to geek tragedy (Reply #83)

Union Scribe

(7,099 posts)
107. What the fuck are you talking about?
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 04:15 PM
Jul 2013

GT has been vocally anti-Zimmerman. You're talking out of your ass and owe GT a major apology for calling him/her a racist. That's fucked up.

SQUEE

(1,315 posts)
108. Ok really?
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 04:33 PM
Jul 2013

To blame Geek Tragedy, of all people, of being a Zimmerman apologist.. next you'll have Hoyt painted as an NRA talking head.


kalisto2010

(64 posts)
97. Greek
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 03:57 PM
Jul 2013

Can you please link the source that indicated the teens admitted to the killing. Thank you in advance.

noiretextatique

(27,275 posts)
109. the ever-popular "the black guy did it" excuse
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 04:59 PM
Jul 2013

i wonder how many black teenagers have been interrogated by the police?

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