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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAbout that story where the mother supposedly killed her baby and framed two black kids
Um, not so much.
http://www.actionnewsjax.com/content/topstories/story/Documents-Suspects-in-babys-murder-intended-to/8-dJYrcGe0e-PoQOPqMu2A.cspx#.Uaa_YhpXUuA.facebook
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.
Also, keep in mind that gunpowder residue would be expected to be found on someone close to a gun when a bullet is fired (as the mother was) and that it can easily get transferred from one person to another. What is getting people going are leaks from the defense.
onehandle
(51,122 posts)... that you got from wingers passing it around on Facebook ...ok....
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)Go ahead and check Google Maps if you don't believe me.
And one of the two perps admitting to the crime is more compelling than this "the victim had gunpowder residue on her" crapola.
So, sorry the facts dont' fit the talking points. These kids aren't Trayvon--they're much worse than George Zimmerman.
onehandle
(51,122 posts)Still an old crap link being passed around by the right.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)Again, just because it undercuts your argument doesn't make it false.
Police found a black hooded sweatshirt and ammunition in Lang's home, and another black hooded sweatshirt in his grandmother's house. Authorities also recovered ammo, cell phones, computer equipment and a red sweatshirt from the homes of his aunts, Takesha and Katrina Elkins.
When DeMarquise was arrested, police found two .22 caliber rounds in his front left pocket.
Igel
(35,320 posts)Many have decided. They just needed something to tell them they were right all along.
It's like belief in God. You pray and ask for things 200 times. You already believed or else you wouldn't be praying. When that 200th request comes true, that's it--your belief is validated, confirmed in spades.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)they happen to read that morning on a random internet site.
kcr
(15,317 posts)geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)Innocent people confess all the time.
KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)in a line-up?
kcr
(15,317 posts)Aunt is mistaken, thinking police will sort it all out. If mother is guilty, of course she's fingers him. IT's entirely possible she's guitly even under those circumstances.
KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)And the aunt helped recover the gun.
And the suspect shot someone previously in a robbery.
kcr
(15,317 posts)If she's the one who did it, she could easily just randomly pick someone and say "Yeah, that's him!" Just because it's someone with a record doesn't mean anything. In fact, it's probably likely given the police will probably pick people with records for the lineup.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)the perps and instead focus on meaningless, irrelevant bullshit like someone who's shot at close range having gunpowder residue on her?
kcr
(15,317 posts)I'm not dismissing anything that points to any other possibilities. I think the mother is suspicious. I dont' think it's a given the suspects are guilty. Sorry.
tumtum
(438 posts)Is she part of the frame up?
kcr
(15,317 posts)Has it been established as the murder weapon?
tumtum
(438 posts)but I do remember reading that the police linked the .22 to the murder and also to an attempted armed robbery of a person 2 weeks earlier.
Liberal_Stalwart71
(20,450 posts)For the youngsters who don't remember the Susan Smith story, she was a white woman who blamed a black man for killing her two children by tying them up in the backseat of her car and pushing the car off the cliff. As a result, several black men were wrongly profiled and arrested because of it. Turns out, she was the perpetrator who knew that people would believe it she blamed the murder of her children on a black guy.
Here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Smith
http://www.nytimes.com/1994/11/06/us/a-woman-s-false-accusation-pains-many-blacks.html
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CDcQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theroot.com%2Fmultimedia%2Frush-judgment&ei=fXPxUdiUOKrE4APPpIDABg&usg=AFQjCNEilCZ6swP54j_Ph0gwRILxMfAUug&sig2=A1IXfGUuT1oBQXNXKHkeKg
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)She's no more guilty than Trayvon Martin was.