Where are you Reverend Sharpton?

by James H. Lilley

Lauren Burk and Eve Marie Carson were brutally murdered; their lives swept away in a senseless act of violence, as the doors to their future were just opening. Family and friends will never again see their smiles, hold their hands, or hear them say, "I love you." What they could have given to others or the world itself, has been stolen in a few seconds of barbarity.

Courtney Lockhart has been arrested and charged with murdering Lauren Burk, as well as other crimes, including attempted rape. After his arrest, Lockhart confessed to killing Lauren, and also divulged that he had committed five armed robberies over a span of one week.

Demario James Atwater and Lawrence Alvin Lovett, Jr. have been arrested and charged with the murder of Eve Carson. At the time of Eve's murder, both men were on parole. Lovett and another man, Stephen Lawrence Oates, have also been charged in connection with the robbery and murder of Abhijit Mahato, a doctoral student at Duke University. Oates was also wanted for a string of 18-armed robberies. Needless to say, these "pillars of the community" had prior criminal records.

Silent in all of this, is the voice of Reverend Al Sharpton. The same Al Sharpton who demanded justice for Tawana Brawley and Crystal Gail Mangum, both of whom fabricated stories of rape and degradation. Why haven't we heard from you in the cases of Lauren Burk and Eve Carson, Reverend Sharpton? Why aren't you standing before the cameras and demanding justice for the families of Lauren Burk and Eve Carson? Is it because Lauren and Eve are White, and the men who stand accused of the crimes against them are Black? Yet, if the victims in these cases were Black and those accused were White, you would be in the public eye every day screaming racism. You would be stirring the pot of racial hatred, and once again calling for justice. But, in these cases you will sit back and act as though nothing happened.

You may call me a racist. You may call me a bigot. You may even call me a no good son-of-a-bitch if you so desire. But, when it comes to crimes such as were perpetrated against Lauren Burk and Eve Carson, I believe in total equality. Each and every person, regardless of race, who commits crimes of brutality, with heartless disregard for human life, should be executed as quickly as possible and eliminated forever from society. Now is the ideal time for you to prove that you are a man of integrity and honor, and stand up to ask for parity in justice. Stand by the Burk and Carson families, and support them in their time of sorrow and suffering. It's a perfect opportunity. The only question remaining is, will you accept it?

If you fail to do so, the next time you stand at the public podium, which indeed you will do, and demand to know why there is racism in America, be certain you face a mirror when you ask. There, Reverend Sharpton, you will clearly see one of the reasons looking back.

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Lauren Burk

March 08, 2008 to quote,

Courtney Lockhart, 23, of Smiths Station has been charged with capital murder in death of Auburn freshman Lauren Burk, Auburn police said Saturday. Specifically Lockhart is charged with capital murder during a kidnapping; capital murder during a robbery; and capital murder during an attempted rape, according to a police statement.

Lockhart was arrested in Phenix City Friday after a high-speed chase. According to WRBL News 3, Lockhart admitted to investigators that he committed at least five armed robberies in the area in recent weeks. In addition, Lockhart is wanted in connection with an attempted carjacking and armed robbery in Newnan, Ga., Friday morning, the Newnan Times-Herald reported today. He faces charges of armed robbery, aggravated assault, kidnapping, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, the Times-Herald reported.

Eve Carson

Eve Marie Carson, 22, was a student at the University of North Carolina who was shot and killed on the morning of March 5, 2008, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. She was studying at her parent’s home when the two black thugs entered the home through an unlocked door. The trespassers, Laurence Alvin Lovette, 17, and Demario James Atwater, 22, forced Eve into her car, took her to an ATM, and forced her to withdraw cash. They got $1,400 over the next two days. Forensics indicate Carson raised her arm trying to shield herself from a shotgun blaste to her hand and head. She was then shot four other times by two different guns.

Demario James Atwater, 21, Durham, North Carolina has been charged with her murder along with 17-year-old Laurence Alvin Lovette Jr. Lovette was taken into custody early morning March 13, 2008 and charged with Stephen Lavance Oates Jr., 19, of the first-degree murder of a Duke University graduate student, Abhijit Mahato. He was found dead on Jan. 18 in Durham. Atwater was arrested as he left his Durham home after police received a tip. Both Lovette and Atwater have criminal records and were no surprise on parole at the time.

Carson's body was found at the intersection of Hillcrest Circle and Hillcrest Drive in Chapel Hill at approximately 5 a.m. on March 5, 2008. Police couldn't immediately identify the body, but by 9 a.m. on March 6 the medical examiner identified the body of Miss Carson. (wiki)

The Color of Crime: a report on 1994 crime statistics, the most recent available.

Major Findings

There is more black-on-white than black-on-black violent crime.

Of the approximately 1,700,000 interracial crimes of violence involving blacks and whites, 90 percent are committed by blacks against whites. Blacks are therefore up to 250 times more likely to do criminal violence to whites than the reverse.

Blacks commit violent crimes at four to eight times the white rate. Hispanics commit violent crimes at approximately three times the white rate, and Asians at one half to three quarters the white rate.

Blacks are twice as likely as whites to commit hate crimes.

Hispanics are a hate crime victim category, but not a perpetrator category. Hispanic offenders are classified as whites, which inflates the white offense rate and gives the impression that Hispanics commit no hate crimes. (In Tennessee Hispanics are counted as white.)

In number of hate crimes and crime in general committed by Hispanics have been blamed on whites in the national statistics.

The entire report was denounced as racist, but facts are not racism.

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