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‘Targeting Black People to Shoot’: Early-Morning Shooting Spree Leaves 3 Dead, 2 Wounded in Okla.

Targeting Black People to Shoot: Early Morning Shooting Spree Leaves 3 Dead, 2 Wounded in Okla.

A map of Tulsa, Okla. shows the relative position of each of Friday's shootings. (Image source: Tulsa World)

(Update: Police Arrest 2 Suspects in Oklahoma Shootings)

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Police believe the same attacker or attackers are behind a series of early-morning shootings in which three people were killed and two others were critically wounded within a three-mile span of north Tulsa.

Homicide detective Sgt. Dave Walker said investigators don’t have the results of forensic tests yet, but police think the early Friday morning shootings are linked because they happened around the same time in the same general area and all five victims were out walking when they were shot.

Police don’t believe the victims knew one another and are trying to determine the circumstances behind the killings.

All five victims are black, and black community leaders met Friday evening in an effort to calm unrest and promote safety. NAACP Tulsa president, the Rev. Warren Blakney Sr., told the Tulsa World someone appeared to be “targeting black people to shoot.”

“I’m on edge for my people,” Blakney said.

Four shooting victims were found in yards, and the fifth in a street. Police identified those killed as Dannaer Fields, 49, Bobby Clark, 54, and William Allen, 31. Fields was found wounded about 1 a.m. Friday, Clarke was found in a street about an hour later, and Allen was discovered in the yard of a funeral home about 8:30 a.m.

Minutes after Fields was found, police found two men with gunshot wounds in another yard two blocks away. They were taken to hospitals in critical condition but expected to survive, police said. Their names have not been released.

Police Capt. Steve Odom said in his 30 years with the police department, he’d never seen so many shootings happen in such a short time.

Walker said detectives interviewed people Friday afternoon in the neighborhoods where the shootings happened and believe a white man driving a white pickup truck may have been involved.

Tulsa City Councilor Jack Henderson urged people to be cautious but not let “some crazy, deranged person mess up their weekend.”

“There’s no need to become a vigilante,” Henderson said, adding that he has been assured police are working on the case as a “24/7 round-the-clock deal.”

Comments (383)

  • IMCHRISTIAN
    Posted on April 7, 2012 at 1:07pm

    What a horrible tragedy. My thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of those victims..

    I pray to God that the guilty are caught as soon as possible and justice is served.

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    • TH30PH1LUS
      Posted on April 7, 2012 at 1:20pm

      Ephesians 2:14 For he himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility,

      Galatians 3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

      May God bring His justice to bear in this, and may the Church (of every color and background) join together as one.

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    • smokeyridgerunner
      Posted on April 7, 2012 at 1:30pm

      Why?

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    • grandmaof5
      Posted on April 7, 2012 at 2:04pm

      Justice served would be: the shooter resisting and pointing a gun at officers, and they open fire on him/her. Saves the taxpayers money and keeps the jail population down.
      God speed those who died, and prayers for those who were lucky enough to survive. Help their friends and families cope with this terrible tragedy. Amen.

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    • Taquoshi
      Posted on April 7, 2012 at 2:54pm

      My deepest sympathy to the families

      All murders are tragic regardless of the race of the victim.

      May the murderer be caught and justice served. However

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    • Onowicit
      Posted on April 7, 2012 at 9:43pm

      @IMCHRISTIAN

      Agreed!

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  • COFemale
    Posted on April 7, 2012 at 1:03pm

    I don’t care what color of skin the shooter has, he was wrong to do this and should pay accordingly. From first reports these does seem to be a “revenge” shooting as the victims were found at their own homes.

    May God be with the victims and family members.

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    • TheReasonableLib
      Posted on April 7, 2012 at 1:10pm

      God Bless you, sir.

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    • maccow
      Posted on April 7, 2012 at 1:12pm

      “And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold.” (Matthew 24:12)

      $1 Million Bounty on Zimmerman = Lawlessness
      Our elected representatives declaring an un-tried man guilty = Lawlessness

      But why are you going to let your heart grow cold due to another’s Lawlessness? When our hearts grow cold, Lawlessness has won the day.

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    • COFemale
      Posted on April 7, 2012 at 1:13pm

      Ah, what part of Female do you not understand?

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    • TheReasonableLib
      Posted on April 7, 2012 at 1:22pm

      Sorry, ma’am. I read that as coffee-male. I assumed you were making a joke with the spelling. I apologize.

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    • AmazingGrace8
      Posted on April 7, 2012 at 1:37pm

      …Bea Arthur? Just kidding….she did have a very low voice. Have a great day! Yes, Bea has passed on but she sure was a funny stand-up-comic. Her favorite friend,“ Rose”, is still doing her comedy at age 80!

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    • Rayblue
      Posted on April 7, 2012 at 2:08pm

      It’s OK cofemale. People think that I’m an optical disc format.

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    • jakartaman
      Posted on April 7, 2012 at 2:13pm

      Totally agree – killing innocence is Murder!
      However, If Mr. Obama and Holder do not do their jobs and prosecute Black Panthers for voter intimidation and en-citing race wars then who knows what will be next!

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    • starman70
      Posted on April 7, 2012 at 2:26pm

      Good post! There may be some questions, however: 1) was the shooter white or black? 2) If white, what motives did he/she have? Was he trying to stir up a race war? Did he do it because he /she hates blacks? Was he a nut case like the one who shot Rep. Giffords? 3) If he was black, was he/she trying to stir up a race war, hoping the incident would be blamed on whites? Was it some kind of gang related incident or initiation? Did the shooter know the victims? 4) Was the shooter an Arab Islamist or Illegal Immigrint with an agenda? Is this person trying to sew seeds of discord?

      Right now, lots of questions and no answers. PRAY for GOD’s guidance for the Tulsa PD and especially pray for the victims and their families.

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    • thespank
      Posted on April 7, 2012 at 3:37pm

      I always thought it was COFEM- ALE. You know, beer?

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    • maccow
      Posted on April 7, 2012 at 4:37pm

      Is Company providing FEMA trailers for Louisiana Emergencies too much of a stretch?

      Report Post » maccow  
    • Max jones
      Posted on April 7, 2012 at 5:33pm

      @cofemale…I‘m married a long time and I still don’t understand much about the female.

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    • Welcome Black Carter
      Posted on April 7, 2012 at 8:16pm

      It’s ok Cofemale, people refer to me as a “White-Black” now.

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    • Onowicit
      Posted on April 7, 2012 at 9:56pm

      @COFemale

      I get confused with Monkeys, I’m actually an ape.

      Sorry, I thought your name was “Cough- AY -Mul -ay”

      Report Post » Onowicit  
  • NHwinter
    Posted on April 7, 2012 at 1:00pm

    When Blacks act as they have in Fla., you just know you are going to get an extremist acting out. The NeoNazis are there now, wow. What did they expect with all the threats they have uttered. I hope it isn’t a white person in a white van driving around killing people. Lets wait and see how this progresses. Happy now Obama!!

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    • maccow
      Posted on April 7, 2012 at 1:06pm

      KABOOM!!
      Our American society is self destructing. It is being ignited first by the race hustlers, but then the law abiding are starting to play their proscribed part by fanning the flames. Add every wing of the media, left and right, throwing fuel on the fire and soon………. KABOOM!!

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  • BJC
    Posted on April 7, 2012 at 1:00pm

    This is an A/P story. Wasn’t the Community Agitator giving them their marching orders just the other day? I don’t trust ANY news put out by the Lame Stream Media.

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    • AxelPhantom
      Posted on April 7, 2012 at 2:00pm

      Prayers for the surviving victims and the families of the deceased.

      As to not believing the story….

      I was streaming Boortz out of Tulsa yesterday and the local media were breaking in all morning, race was never mentioned only location.

      The odd thing is the police said the weapon was a small calibur (based on the size of the wounds on the victims) perhaps a .22, not the usual choice for gang-bangers but popular amongst beginner/female/adolecent shooters, small game hunters and such.

      My own supposition is that either the shooter was an excellent shot (proper placement) or the shootings were up close and personal.

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    • chips1
      Posted on April 7, 2012 at 10:03pm

      It doesn’t make any difference if the shooter was black or white. It only matters who gets the word out first and Obama’s side said WHITE first. He wins again. Standby. It’s here!!!!

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    • absolutelynot
      Posted on April 7, 2012 at 11:00pm

      a lot of the shootings i believe are intentional to set up for Gun Control

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  • Jorge
    Posted on April 7, 2012 at 12:59pm

    They (liberal left media) normally do not say the color of the suspect if they’re black. If they are white, they will always identify their color.

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  • proliance
    Posted on April 7, 2012 at 12:58pm

    This will bring the racists out in force on The Blaze. Prepare for comments about the President, Sharpton, Jackson and Blacks in general.

    Or we could just wait until we get all the facts.

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    • Mark0331
      Posted on April 7, 2012 at 1:06pm

      Barry, Sharpton, Jesse and the Black community jumped out an spoke before all the facts where out in the Trayvon case…does that make them racist?

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    • db321
      Posted on April 7, 2012 at 1:23pm

      I have the facts – 4 men are now dead and 2 have been wounded – a killer is on the loose. I pray for the family of all that are effected by what everyone should agree is insane and must stop. I don’t give a crap what the victims color of their skin was,what they were wearing, or what the media thinks. We have a shooter on the loose in America and he/she is killing Americans and must be stopped.

      I came to this conclusion one my own without Jessy Jackson, Sharpton, the New Black Party, the Liberal Media and Obama trying to stir it up. Anyone reporting anything other than the facts has an agenda and that agenda is not what America needs right now.

      America is broken – people are hurting – dreams are disappearing – families are breaking up – and we have a media distorting the truth in order to accomplish what? – racial violence. Is that what they want?

      America does not need “Racial Anything” at this time. My prayers are with the families. Very sad.

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    • smokeyridgerunner
      Posted on April 7, 2012 at 1:35pm

      These are the one’s that will get a race war started! you will see.

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    • Mark0331
      Posted on April 7, 2012 at 1:41pm

      @DB321…well stated…Our Nation is in shambles and all of this ‘race baiting’ by elected officials/community leaders with a very public microphone is just adding kerosene to a ‘fire’ burning wildly out of control…History has shown us that the ‘MOB’ can be easily swayed to violence…Bread and Circuses will only placate the ‘MOB’ for so long…People need to look at the facts, the raw facts regarding our Nations troubles…A narative is now in play by the powers that be to distract us all from their failures/corruption, and it is one of hate and violence.

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    • grimmy
      Posted on April 7, 2012 at 1:42pm

      @proliance aka encinom.
      You, like your commie bretheren are as racist as they come,you love to incite, using the race card, then accuse others of racism.Your time is coming little man, sooner or later you will come out of moms basement, and mouth off to the wrong person,just wish i was there to see the results….

      Drago.

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    • 1TrueOne55
      Posted on April 7, 2012 at 2:58pm

      @Mark:
      It sure does in the eyes of JUSTICE LOVING AMERICANS of all races. Remember what the word ASS-U-ME really says is that if you assume things that are not real facts then you make an “ASS out of yoU and ME”. When you keep this in mind the President and his race baiting friends do it every time.

      Hey AL does the name Tawana Brawley mean anything to you? Mr. Pres. does “Acted Stupidly” mean anything to you?

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    • Max jones
      Posted on April 7, 2012 at 5:41pm

      Only a fool tries to reason with the unreasonable.

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    • Max jones
      Posted on April 7, 2012 at 6:02pm

      Just like it happens every time…his majesty speaks and gears start turning and who gets hurt in the end….the very people who hearken to his foul voice. And this, also, is turned around to his advantage. The most dangerous thing to do right now, is come out in favor of the administration, progressivism, or deviant sexuality….they’ll kill you just to make you a martyr for the cause. They need bloodshed to to do what they started. There is no line they will not cross.

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    • macpappy
      Posted on April 7, 2012 at 10:30pm

      Because one can see racism in the President, Holder, Jackson, Sharpton, Waters, Johnson, and yes just about every black person one might see on TV, does not mean that the person is racisist.
      It is these folks that are stoking the flames of racism thinking it will help them in the quest for money and power.
      To bad that it will back fire on them.

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  • All American American
    Posted on April 7, 2012 at 12:57pm

    It was a white guy in a white box truck just like the DC sniper, right?

    *eyeroll*

    False Flag Ops.

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  • joelack55
    Posted on April 7, 2012 at 12:57pm

    a white guy, driving a white pick up , with white hair ,and a white dog , with a white gun……..but nobody has seen him . Im waiting on Barry to speak out .

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    • CatB
      Posted on April 7, 2012 at 1:17pm

      Any second now .. .. Obummer Obummer Obummer (Bueller Bueller Bueller)

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    • hatchetjob
      Posted on April 7, 2012 at 2:39pm

      With sparkling white teeth.

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  • possom
    Posted on April 7, 2012 at 12:55pm

    Odd‘s are the shooter’s name is tyrone!

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  • forthepeople
    Posted on April 7, 2012 at 12:54pm

    What do they expect , threatening violence , taking everything , giving nothing of there worth . This is miniscule compared to what is coming unless they get there act / people together . They do not realize the giant that is awaking for this race war will make slavery but a foot note in history !

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  • Mark0331
    Posted on April 7, 2012 at 12:52pm

    @MILDOT…I remember it clearly…I’ll go one step further…remember when nearly every night of the year Blacks shoot, maim and butcher each other like animals, yet the media remains strangely silent until a ‘white man’ shoots a black? Then the Black Community ‘Leaders’ state how ‘They are on edge for my people…’….like I said, grab the popcorn, this is the next ’round’…stay vigilant.

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  • crazyoz
    Posted on April 7, 2012 at 12:49pm

    “White men driving a pick up truck” Quick call Jessie and Al. they can get to the bottom of this racial crime. Lets stop a minute. The anti Christian obama administration in three years has set back all the positive progress made in 30 years in race relations. Arn’t you proud Obamaa?

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  • BreeZee
    Posted on April 7, 2012 at 12:45pm

    Yep, don’t get vigilante! the POTUS, CBC, BPP, AL and Jesse will be there to stir things up before “ALL THE FACTS IN THE CASE ARE KNOWN” Even if it was a wht shooter or blk or hispanic, lets try something new this time like, WAITING FOR ALL THE FACTS BEFORE SOMEONE ELSE IS UNJUSTLY TRIED IN THE MEDIA. Give the authorities time to build a case either way on the facts and not emotion or race….

    ** If you vote for BHO, you are to blame**

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  • Mil-Dot
    Posted on April 7, 2012 at 12:44pm

    Does everybody remember the D.C. sniper case years ago? Remember when they were on the news saying they were looking for a white guy in a white van? Remember how they were pointing shotguns and assault rifles at white guys trying to make a living who happened upon the police road blocks? Remember how when they finally caught them they were two BLACK guys? I do.

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    • SoupSammich
      Posted on April 7, 2012 at 8:11pm

      Yes, I remember not being able to work in that area for quite a while. The libs ran in packs from the metro to their little cars and hid behind their little cars while fueling. Yep, the profile was ex military kracker. Black dude named Muhamad wasn’t even close to the profile. F ers.

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    • MartyTr
      Posted on April 7, 2012 at 10:23pm

      He was a muslim. How soon they forget.

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    • Parnell3rd
      Posted on April 7, 2012 at 11:52pm

      Yep! It was two Muslim Brothers in a 4 door!

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  • Fireover
    Posted on April 7, 2012 at 12:43pm

    Hope this is not revenge over the elderly white couple killing in Tulsa that the media would not report.

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    • crazyoz
      Posted on April 7, 2012 at 12:51pm

      We can’t report that. It’s not white on black.

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    • TomFerrari
      Posted on April 7, 2012 at 12:53pm

      I’m on edge for my people, too. The difference is, my people are law abiding Americans of every race and creed.
      Looks like obama can claim “mission accomplished.”
      He has driven that wedge firmly between Americans, for his own self-serving motives and for his power lust.
      Shame on you, Mr. President. Shame on you. You had a unique place in American history, and could have been the great uniter, bringing America into a post-racial era.
      INSTEAD, you squandered it on your own political agenda.

      SHAME ON YOU.

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    • forthepeople
      Posted on April 7, 2012 at 1:57pm

      They ain’t seem nothing yet !

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    • Bill Rowland
      Posted on April 7, 2012 at 2:09pm

      Ferrari – He not ony squandered it but he has set race relations back 30years with his own racism. His vowing to muslims, meeting with the Muslim Brotherhood when they have avowed their intent to eliminate all non muslims.
      Sweet Old Barack and his Tsars want a race war. Anything to give them an excuse to sieze control under Martial Law.
      If this crime was perpetrated by a white man, it needs to b tried not just as a murder bvut as a hate crime with the death penalty in play. Anybody who would do this to innocent people deserves to set in super max from the end of his trial to his execution.

      OMG 2012

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    • Max jones
      Posted on April 7, 2012 at 5:46pm

      tomferrarri…..unfortunately he didn’t screw it up….this is what they needed to keep the throne….they are making sure that obama does not need to run on his record.

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    • TomFerrari
      Posted on April 7, 2012 at 10:07pm

      @bill Rowland…
      I was thinking 40 years, myself, but your point is valid, to be certain.

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  • AncientKnight
    Posted on April 7, 2012 at 12:43pm

    And what if these blacks were trying to kill and got killed themselves.We don’t know all the facts,just like the Florida case.Blacks are comitting more violent crimes against whites than ever before.Some white folks just don’t believe it until it happens to them or someone they know it killed by blacks.

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    • momsense
      Posted on April 7, 2012 at 7:47pm

      With the consent and support they’re getting from the Obama administration you have to expect that.

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  • talven
    Posted on April 7, 2012 at 12:42pm

    Lets not wait for the facts on this one either.

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    • aragona
      Posted on April 7, 2012 at 12:52pm

      I agree. In any given time period, in any city, multiple whites are murdered. I’ve never read an article that concluded that someone was looking for white people to shoot.

      I‘m not saying this isn’t the case but MSM – how about waiting until there are some facts here. NAACP? Not biased at all.

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  • mojo004
    Posted on April 7, 2012 at 12:41pm

    Well BSNBC and CNN and abc and cbs and nbc should all be quite proud right now!! They now have a possible race war that they all wanted since they doctored the audio and video to make the news more exciting to boost their crap ratings. The media is solely responsible for all deaths involved in this mess and hopefully our president will show a little backbone and hold their feet to the fire. Wait, I forgot, you never hassle your main campaign assistants in the middle of the big race!!

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    • wdittgasn
      Posted on April 7, 2012 at 5:47pm

      The main stream media is to blame for a lot of the evil in this country, not just the coming race war. But many things

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  • momrules
    Posted on April 7, 2012 at 12:39pm

    Well this time the media had no problem saying the race of the MAYBE perpetrator of this crime.

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    • CatB
      Posted on April 7, 2012 at 1:01pm

      Yes .. and unlike the MSM I will reserve judgement until the perp is caught .. then we may find out it was a — white/hispanic, white/asian, white/black etc. … heck it could be a white/native american …

      UGH!

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    • Watchyer6
      Posted on April 7, 2012 at 1:42pm

      Was he a “white hispanic?”

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  • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
    Posted on April 7, 2012 at 12:36pm

    If they want to find the suspect, look to the other extremist groups in the area for one possibility; another is we are looking at another mass murderer such as the “Son Of Sam” killings and others who are psychotics bent on killing sprees.

    Look for Kaiser Obama to use these killings for his own agenda; he will stop at nothing to enflame and tear the nation apart before the elections.

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    • GeorgieJo
      Posted on April 7, 2012 at 1:08pm

      SNOW-
      Sadly I agree with you. Obummer will use anything to promote his agenda and I fear many senseless killings in the future. The race wars have begun across USA.
      Obummer is the great divider.

      OMG 2012

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    • silentwatcher
      Posted on April 8, 2012 at 12:05am

      the killings of black children in Atlanta in the 80′s was eventually discovered to have been committed by a black man. Oh, but they’re already jumping to conclusions that it was a white man.

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  • TheReasonableLib
    Posted on April 7, 2012 at 12:35pm

    Reactions to this will be interesting. And why still no Blaze article on this:
    http://www.mediaite.com/online/armed-neo-nazis-patrolling-town-where-trayvon-martin-was-shot-in-case-of-race-riot/

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  • wakeus_com
    Posted on April 7, 2012 at 12:34pm

    Terrible. This story is no better than the race baiting crap Jackson and Shartupon pulled during the Trayvon Martin incident.

    Can we wait until there are more facts out until we trumpet that some crazy white guy is targeting blacks?

    Idiotic and pathetic. Shame!

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    • bbhouston
      Posted on April 7, 2012 at 2:18pm

      You’re exactly correct. Who saw the white man in a white truck? Another story with a bunch of speculative inuendo. The DC sniper was originally profiled as and angry white man driving a white truck or van…..and we know how that turned out.

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  • SpeckledPup
    Posted on April 7, 2012 at 12:31pm

    on Drudge report: tens of thousands of people online have seen a mob of obama’s “sons” on video — laughing and beating and robbing a white tourist in Baltimore Mar 17….. long before any “trayvon” BS.

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    • SoupSammich
      Posted on April 7, 2012 at 8:13pm

      Saw that little piece the msm won’t touch. Doesn’t fit their narratives.

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    • ibcc2u
      Posted on April 8, 2012 at 1:51am

      Well perhaps there should be a ‘white tiger organisation’ since there is a ‘black panther organisation’. Then the tigers can have ‘peace rallies’ like the ‘black panthers’ and since whites are the majority we can see how many people show up? Oh, wait a minute…this type of organisation (white tigers organisation) would be considered a racist organisation. How is this so?? Truth is you would then see whites are not the majority. Why? Because they don’t stand together! They would rather sit and watch and point fingers. Even though it is said whites are majority only a handful would show up! That is because whites don’t see themselves as the majority! They see right and wrong which doesn’t consist of color or racist organisations! We all (‘we’ meaning Americans) want to stand together. This will never happen as long as our government allows organisations like ‘The Black Panthers’ in our country. Divided we stand, united we fall!

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  • Mark0331
    Posted on April 7, 2012 at 12:31pm

    ..a white man in a white pickup truck….if thats true, then he’s crazy and needs to be put away,..but if its a false narrative being put out there, and the media jumps on it like in the Fla. case, this is going to spiral out of control…Al, Jesse and Barry are licking their chops at this case, already fueling up and heading out there to see if they can ‘stir the pot’….grab the popcorn, this is the next ’round’

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  • jungle J
    Posted on April 7, 2012 at 12:31pm

    a progressive operative trying to stir it up….

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