“After a brief altercation, the two groups apparently made arrangements to fight and headed down Dorsett Road. Taliaferro was killed when his car drove past the Parrishes’ vehicle and Ethan Parrish opened fire with a semi-automatic rifle.” 

NICE - DON’T MENTION THAT TALIAFERRO AND HIS BUDDIES ORIGINALLY DIDN’T FOLLOW THEM.  THEY TURNED AROUND AND DECIDED TO GO AFTER THEM WITH BASEBALL BATS AND WAVING WHAT LOOKED LIKE A GLOCK BUT TURNED TO BE AN IMITATION GLOCK BB GUN.  NICE REPORTING.  TYPICAL.

The majority of people in Powhatan have been ready to move on for a long, long time.  A small group has been trying to prevent that from happening and causing unnecessary drama.

It was a tragic loss on both sides,,but will the Afican Amercians stop, NO not till they had there just say..It was self defense..someone pull a gun ( BB R NOT) u defend yourself..I heard Talik wasn’t a saint,, drugs,, all that,,,His dad was involved in the shooting on three bridge, but of course they didn’t publish that,,Was that racist??  Didn’t want to harm the Parrish trail..That guy died also, but you don’t see the county sayin no more about it..So whats up with that??????Answer that County People…Keep certain things public d certain things private isn’t right..I live here i want to hear it ALL.. I’ts my right so put it all so the public can see whats going on..What happened to the dad for his company being shot???Let me know because im wondering myself.JUST IS SERVED

I for one am very tired of hearing all the threats from the Taliaferro side of all this ruckus…..no justice,no peace…means exactly what?  Nobody in this whole incident was innocent, they were all actually boneheaded macho idiots behaving badly…with the usual result of such behavior.  There is nothing racial in this at all…..just a bunch of stupid people doing stupid stuff and besmirching the good name of Powhatan County.  Even the FBI washed their hands of this ridiculous claim to civil rights being violated….for heavens sake, they followed 2 young men and a girl in 2 cars loaded with baseball bats and a bb gun disguised as a real weapon with the intention of beating the crap out of the 3 in the first car. This doesn’t sound so innocent to me.  Tahlique’s family is angry…if I were them I would be too….but don’t pretend he was just an innocent guy attacked by evil people….he was the one in pursuit with all his friends intent on doing harm.  His decisions and actions that day played a part in his own death.  If he had just brushed off the comments from the others and ignored them, he would still be here today.

With headlines like this.

Hundreds gather again to protest ‘legal lynching’
It will not be easy.

I really think it is sad all of this has been made into something racial when it wasnt.Yes it was a terrible event in Powhatans history but lets not make it something it never was. Two families have been destoryed by one senseless act that in all reality was everyone involeds fault no one person was blameless, and for that one boy paid the ultimate price which is heartbreaking but It had nothing to do with the color of his skin. I am not trying to make light of the events but Joey and Ethan were tried this wasnt one persons descision but twelve’s. If it was such a miscarriage of justice how come the FBI didnt take it when they looked into it??? because both side were at fault! Nobody made Taliaferro follow the parrish boys to fight he did that of his own free will. It is very tragic but please people face the facts that the parrish’s DID Not hunt him down in cold blood and he also had a gun, It may have been a bb gun but if someone you are about to fight pulls a gun are you going to walk up to them to make sure its real? I think not. I am not saying the parrish’s were right but niether was Tahliek, do not forget that.

THIS HAS BE A LIFE CHANGING EVENT FOR BOTH SIDES AND I HOPE THAT PEOPLE AS WHOLE RACE CAN ONE DAY LEARN TO LIVE TOGETHER AS ONE. I STILL FEEL THAT JUSTICE WAS NOT DONE IN THIS CASE. BUT THIS CAN BE A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION IF PEOPLE LET IT AND LEARN FROM THIS. MY ANGER THREW ALL OF WAS TO READ ABOUT PEOPLE TRYING TO PLAY DOWN WHAT TOOK PLACE. IF YOU WANT AFRICAN AMERICAN TO FEEL LIKE THE LAWS OF THE LAND IS FOR ALL AMERICANS THEN TREAT US FAIR IN ALL COURT CASE. THE LEGAL SYSTEMS HAS NO PROBLEM WHEN IT COMES TO GIVING US TIME. WHEN IT’S TIME FOR JUSTICE FOR US WE HAVE TO FIGHT FOR IT. TO ADMIT THAT THIS WAS WRONG AND GIVE OUT A SENTENCE THAT FITS THE CRIME IS ALL THIS YOUNG MANS FAMILY WAS AND STILL IS LOOKING FOR.                              MY FINALLY THOUGHTS: I HOPE IN MY LIFETIME WE CAN BECOME ONE RACE THE HUMAN RACE AND LOOK PAST THE COLOR OF ONES SKIN. AN LEARN TO TRUELY LOVE ONE ANOTHER. FOR WE ALL ARE GODS CHILDERN. WILL WE EVER BE ABLE TO DO IS? I WILL DO MY PART WILL YOU ?