Murder Suspect Reportedly Killed A Black Man With His Truck, Told Police It Was Obama’s Fault
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The video shows Leonard getting in his truck, driving off, and then returning with the chain in his hands once again. At one point, he stomps on a bicycle ridden by one of the two black men, a man named Toussaint Harrison. The two black men reportedly tried to defend themselves by throwing a knife and another, unidentified object at Leonard, injuring his cheek and his midsection. They eventually fled the scene.
That’s when Leonard chased after them in his truck, according to the Sacramento Bee. Evidence at Leonard’s trial “showed that he burned 23 feet of rubber before he smashed his 1997 green Chevy S-10 into Harrison.” As Harrison was bleeding on the pavement, Leonard reportedly exited his truck and kicked Harrison multiple times in his head while wearing steel-toed boots. Harrison died two days later.
The black man who survived the encounter with Leonard, a man named Justin Oliphant, later told detectives that Leonard used a racial slur while he was chasing after them. And, in case there is any doubt why Leonard confronted the two men, Leonard was videotaped while he was sitting in the back of a sheriff’s patrol car shortly after he was arrested, blaming his actions on the fact that the United States has a black president.
“Just because we got Obama for a president,” Leonard says on the video, “these people think they are real special.”
He won't have a nice time in prison .....................
I question why you would use such a biased source?
It left out such important facts like the person he killed started the fight, was high on crank, and had just been involved in stealing food etc.
Sacramento County prosecutor says Arden Way killing was racially motivated The Sacramento Bee
Why would you do that? Think Progress is KNOWN for the spin they put on their pieces. They are TRYING to divide the nation. Is that REALLY what you want?
We are all in this together. WHY do you want to cause strife. When you read that sort of dreck, YOU become part of the problem, not part of the solution.
I am not saying that this guy didn't go over board, that he didn't have hatred in his soul. It is a good thing that this guy is now in the criminal justice system. Sure, let's all point out how people like this exist, and that we should point out that bigotry like this festers. But WHY does it fester? Is it totally unprovoked? Or does this fella have LEGITIMATE grievances?
As a society, let us examine the premise, would the people he attacked get away with behaving the way they do if they had been white? I posit, more than likely, they would not. The police, the institutions of mental health, and other support systems would get their asses off the street and get them cleaned up. What is wrong with the institutional racism that we just give up on people and consider some folks as throw aways? I think I know. If we saved these souls and made them productive members of society, well then, they might, just might, become productive members of society. Productive members of society are givers, not takers, and they can sometimes turn into conservative voters. So why help them?
It's a poliical game, and racism MUST be maintained, We can't have a color blind society, can we? So THAT is the reason a liberal goes to a patently RACIST information source like THINKPROGRESS. That is why conservatives have to use conservative bias media as well, isn't it? Just so we can ignore the truth. . .
King's Dream, Lennon's Dream, the Dream of the common folk, it will never be a reality as long as you let the elites divide the nation. Soon a race war, a class war, a generation war, will all be a reality. If that is your goal. . . . congratulations.