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MAJ James Woods
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It's been discussed recently as yesterday. A tragedy and the prosecution at the minimum better bring murder charges and no plea deal; life without parole or death penalty.
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SSG Ronald Bloodworth
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The horror at the murder of this young officer is understandable. The senseless murder of any young American should be treated with the same horror. Sadly, for reasons unfathimable to me, such a reaction seems to be brought to the surface mostly when the murderer is white and the victim isn't. Now we have an article calling this murder a "lynching" as almost none contributing facts are known by the vast majority of people using that term and blaming the president and his administration as the sole cause.
I wonder if the reaction of horror and accusations of racism would be so boldly proclaimed if the murderer had not been white and the victim had not been black, and Hillary Clinton was president.... on second thought, I don't wonder at all what the reaction would have been. In fact, I'm pretty sure this particular murder would not even be a story outside the UMD campus or the local area if the circumstances were opposite of what they are.
For instance, this was NOT a lynching. A lynching is a "mob" action, generally racial, in response to some real or imagined offense by one or more of a particular race against one of another race, usually sexual in nature.
Without ALL of the pertinent facts being brought to light, it is impossible, as well impractical and premature to know the real reason for the murderer commmiting the act.
It should also be pointed out that racism exists in every single corner of society the world over, and among members of every race, not only among white Americans. To blame this murder on the election of one man, President Trump, and pretend nothing of this nature ever occurred prior to 8 Nov. 2016, or in any country except the United States is is beyond irresponsible. It is a purely agenda driven and dangerous to our society as a whole.
Fomenting hatred and discord among a population with political, or other motives has a distinct possibility of igniting a firestorm that can, and usually does, grow beyond control with unimaginable consequences. In addition to that, it has the effect of minimizing legitimate grievances and exacerbating existing problems.
The individual who murdered 2Lt. Collins has quite obviously been arrested and formally charged with his murder and his fate is now in the hands of the justice system. Would it not be advisable to allow the process to run its course rather than to fix all blame on the president or anyone else but the murderer himself?
Now it's reported that certain "minority" groups at UMD are demanding the abolition of "hate speech" on the campus and that "safe spaces" be established, as if violating the 1st Ammendment right of all others they disagree with is the solution to this and every other crime. The simple fact is that some of the groups making such a demand have marxist, anti-American, and racist ties themselves and seek only to amass power and control over others for themselves.
It is also a simple fact that, while racism does, and has always existed, those who subscribe to that ridiculous point of view are in such a minority that they would be totally irrelevant but for the fact that they are given so much recognition at every opportunity possible by so many individuals and groups with their own selfish agendas.
I, for one, am of the belief that people would be well advised to "cool their jets" and lwtball facts regarding this murder to be gathered and made known before they casting such vicious hatred and accusations toward the president, his administration, or any other race of people.
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