And I’m talking about Walter, among gazillions of others when I say neocon.  And Walter is racist, whether he realizes it or not. 

If you grew up in this country, you’re going to be racist about something.  You just have to work on it and try to be aware of it.

Mr. Subjective says it all.  The media coined the term race card.  Shapiro would never have accused his own defense team of of “playing the race card”.  You are correct, however, that this is when the term was coined.

All of the media is not liberal.  I get so sick of hearing about the liberal media when it’s all owned by corporations that are looking at a bottom line.  That is usually a conservative stance.  However, whatever sells is what is printed.  I read liberal &  conservative papers and hope I can discern the truth somewhere in there.

Every time a neocon reads something he or she doesn’t like, they start whining about the liberal media.  Not!

I honestly believe that if the case were in the reverse the verdict would have been different.  The sentence would have been harsher.  I don’t know that for certain We will never know.

The Woodfin case had a little harsher sentence and he and some in his family say it was an accident and there was a history of violence as well.  He got 14 years.  He said he was not aiming at his uncle and ran on foot.

I remember Tahliek and almost all of these kids, and Ethan. Kids don’t back down from dares and threats.  No one wants to listen to how much of a coward they are and how afraid they are.  It is just how it is.   

Since the shots were through the back of the car, and Tahliek and Courtney hit from behind, I just don’t understand how Ethan’s statement really holds up.  Lawrence was driving so slow they said it was like a crawl.  The gun was hanging out of the window already so why weren’t there shots in the side of the car as soon as he saw the bb gun?  A crying young man on a witness stand (yes, I would be crying too) made more of an impact than the actual evidence where the shots hit the vehicle and the victims and Stephanie who was driving the vehicle.  The bullet entered the left side of his head behind his ear.  Lets be real here, imagine yourself sitting in a car and how that would happen as you pass someone?  According to the medical examiner, the angle showed he was crouching down I think I heard.  I just don’t get it, never will.  I have heard things about Tahliek but not that he beat up a girl, don’t know about that.  What I can tell you from experience and witnessing it is that the racial tensions within a small group of white students and blacks has been there for years and continues into adulthood.  The in your face, mumbling under your breath words said so no one else will hear kinds of things go on.  The dirty looks, and downright hatred on both sides.  I have never walked in anyones shoes but my own, but I do know that Powhatan certainly is not alone in this issue it goes on everywhere.  I just hate that there have been so many lives that are forever changed by this.

I know that if this happened to anyone, they would not be satisfied and if any group or groups came forward to help them they would accept it too.  Having both young and old, black and white to stand up with you means something.  You do what you can to honor the memory of your loved one or friend to help ease some of the pain.  You never forget, you never get over it.  Tahliek will be forever young in everyones hearts.  Hopefully we can honor Tahliek by truly learning something from this tragedy.

I agree Walter. No child deserves to die but they make him out to be a saint.

I have a serious question for Ms. Ryan, one that I fully expect no answer to because of her built-in bias which has seemed to infect the entire staff of the Powhatan Today. Regardless of what has happened or will happened in this case, would you, Ms. Ryan, call for Taliaferro’s memory to be honored if it had been YOUR daughter he had beaten unconscious? If it had been YOUR son that his gang beat up, would you likewise call for his memory to be honored, or would you call it like is and say he was a drug-dealing gang-banger who went looking for trouble and got it? I cannot imagine anyone outside of Taliaferro’s family, gang and the NAACP calling for anything other than to accept the verdict and move on. NO, the incident should not have happened, but a chain of events very few knew about and no one in power who was able to did anything about made this inevitable. Call me names. Ridicule me. Fine, I have a thick skin. I am asking a serious question and would like a serious answer.

It is funny that no one is commenting on the White-on-White murder trial that just concluded, the other White-on-White shooting or the shooting of Taliferro’s father that most certainly was drug related. No one is calling for those victims to be honored. Only this shooting seems to have preoccupied Powhatan County. Can someone please explain why before I am called childish, a fool, an idiot and a racist?

I believe that the phrase “race card” first achieved widespread use regarding legal proceedings when Robert Shapiro, one of O.J. Simpson’s attorneys, used it in connection with that case.  Since then it has become a cliche.

It is also very offensive to have the moniker “race card” every time someone brings up the issue of race.  It makes it sound like it’s a game, and it is not.  It is a serious issue.

This was a senseless tragedy.  I don’t believe justice was served, and I surely don’t know enough about it to place blame.  That is not for me to decide.

However, regarding the race issue, as President Obama said, “Let’s have a discussion, bring it out into the open.”  It is rampant in this country, shockingly so.

Imagine if this were 2 groups of young black men.  The media coverage would be next to nil.  It is untrue that if the victim/murder ethnicity was reversed the media wouldn’t cover it.  It would have been covered as much or more.  The racist part is that it wouldn’t have been covered much at all if all the parties were black.

i agree with this article!

walter-

“anonymous” never said that when white people play the race card its childish, they stated YOU were acting childish by all the comments you have posted; you shouldnt put words into other peoples mouths

i AM a white female and just because all the white people that are standing up for black people means that they have white guilt?

i highly disagree!!

white liberals?.. do you think that is every white person in this world who isnt a racist like you?? and even if you are not racist, it is very hard to believe that by all your comments on here

mr.ring, i am NOT here to argue with you, like i have seen you doing with many other people on this wesbite

you have every right to your opinions, and you will probably post another comment saying something to me too about how YOU THINK i have white guilt and blah blah blah, cuz i really dont! but thats okay, just know not a lot of people feel the same way you do.

have a nice day!!