KANSAS CITY MOURNS STUDENT VICTIM OF DEADLY BROOKSIDE BLVD SHOOTING!!!



Take a look at quite a bit of detail and care in crafting these stories about the victim of a recent, deadly Kansas City home invasion shooting that also left three others wounded around the Brookside/South Plaza area:

Fox4: UMKC student killed in home invasion, was talented actor, singer

Bottom Line: ONE WEEK: FROM FUN AND MUSIC TO DEATH

KCTV5: Those who knew UMKC student killed in Brookside shooting remember him

These are all important stories that need to be told. At face value, there's nothing wrong with anything contained in these links.

However . . .

NOTICE SO MUCH MAINSTREAM MEDIA FEATURE PROFILE DETAIL GIVEN TO THE WHITE DUDE VICTIM OF A DEADLY KANSAS CITY HOME INVASION SHOOTING THAT'S RARELY OFFERED TO DENIZENS OF THE URBAN CORE!!!

More . . .

FACT: LIKE IT OR NOT THERE ARE INNOCENT PEOPLE KILLED IN THE URBAN CORE AND THEIR STORIES DON'T OFTEN GET THIS KID OF LOVING, HIGH-PROFILE AND EPIC COVERAGE!!!

Correction: I'm assuming this dude is innocent . . . I'm sure he is but there's nothing about the story that should indicate as much . . . Just my observations.

About once or twice every week, I see stories of murder in the urban core and they usually only merit one headline a piece from every local news outlet that does little more than keep track of the carnage.

The disparity difference here is obvious and maybe offers us a clue about the very nature of urban core homicide in and of itself.

Comments

  1. Alright everybody, take the race bait in the headlines.

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  2. You're right, Tony. Minority homicide victims do not get enough media coverage.

    And if I had a son, he would probably look like Aaron.

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  3. One difference that comes to mind, Tony -- the residents of Brookside, Waldo, etc. actually seem to CARE about one another ... and they don't mind talking to the media -- and to the police -- when a crime has been committed in their neighborhood.

    The Waldo rapist? He was caught. The scumbag who pretended he was a cop and raped a woman north of the river? He was caught. The jackholes who killed this kid? They'll be caught.

    Why? Like I said, a lot of people in those neighborhoods seem to care, and they want to do something about it. A lot of people in other neighborhoods care, too, but a large number also just seem to act like they care.

    Speaking of someone who acts like he cares ... reminds me of this douchebag who lives off of Jefferson near the Crossroads. Talks a lot, likes to stir things up, brings up race a lot, doesn't have any answers.

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  4. I would swear that Alonzo Botello wrote this.

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  5. Well Tony, why should black on black murder and violence get special attention when the black community only has a handful of people who will stand up against it

    Instead its...oh lets blame guns and make new laws on guns instead of addressing the problem of fatherless homes in the urban core.

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  6. I'm sure the hypocrisy is not lost on the denizens of the urban core. They understand that their lives are of less value. This is the real racism, not the 'reverse racism' the racists like to talk about so much.

    It shows that you aren't as good people as you would like to believe. If you don't care about the poor & disenfranchised then why should they care about you?

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  7. Hey, Tony. Remember THIS story? You should:

    http://www.tonyskansascity.com/2012/06/overwhelming-kansas-city-outcry-justice.html

    Happened less than a year ago. Urban core. And the woman who was killed was (gasp!) black.

    What was that about a lack of coverage?

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  8. Drudge Report has link on gun violence. Whites are 3 X more likely to die from gun suicide. Blacks are 10 X more likely to be killed by other blacks in gun violence. If the blacks don't have respect for each other why should I care when they kill each other???????????

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  9. 9:05 has the best comment. Thanks to some people who have some sense on this board.

    Bravo 9:05. Well written!

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  10. Tony would now begrudge us the hagiography of the latest victim ground up in the Hip/Hop/Holocaust by way of standard liberal ordnance, white guilt.

    That 'racist' ball, in effect a racist accusation, now back in our court, concomintant with the expectation of our capitulation again to the now 60 year old civil rights narrative that is the cri de coeur of grifters, charlatans and race baiters.

    We fools in the hive, brainwashed by the media, inculcated into a metaphorical guilty look over the shoulder even now, while looking into the grave of the newest innocent.

    Last week, some thug in Georgia shot a 13 month old baby's head off in front of his mother.

    Amercans, by media design, are inured to ever more horror in the streets by ever more brazen mindless animals who, coddled from cradle to grave with set asides for the "Protected Class" produce an ever more increasing amount of pain.

    A pantheon of pecuniary panaceas, pushed a la francaise down our throats, Affirmative Action, EBT/SNAP/, Welfare, Quotas et al hit their sell by dates decades ago. The net result of these social engineering initiatives, other than the dramatic reduction of cash, is 3 generations of African Americans taught to hate white people, yet depend ONLY on white people for sustenance.

    Those folks not willfully impercipient in a mindless PC Quest of suicide are less than sanguine with respect to that liberal narrative which now has many waking up every day in an Hieronymus Bosch painting.

    Let us end this trek to Meggido and force the responsibility for the abhorrent, homicidal actions of the Hip/Hop/Holocaust directly where they belong. Squarely on the shoulders of an African American culture, glorified and lionized in the media, that promotes violence, mysogyny, murder and rape.

    This misplaced crucible msy have once belonged on the shoulders of decent hard working Americans, but the coupon expired 30 years ago and the redeemers of same are no longer worthy of consideration.

    End all government programs which support and reinforce a lack of responsibility and create dependence vis a vis ambition.

    Deal with this now, or later at our nation's peril.

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  11. 9:12 made one of the most thoughtful intelligent comments I've ever read on this blog and is finally getting to the socio/psycholigical root causes of violence- self worth. It's not the lack of fathers... I lost my husband 10 years ago and have raised amazing black children who not only see the value of the life of others but have an incredible sense of self worth that is apparent in not only their success but in the way they treat others. No self respect= no respect for anyone else, even life in general. We've lived in the urban core most of our lives and my children go to public school. I don't allow them to associate with riff raff and I know where they are at all times. They value education and community involvement. We are borderline poor. We have gone without a lot including heat and hot water for a couple of years when things were particularly bad but my oldest is a junior at a prestigious college on the east coast and my other 3 are following his path. I expect and will accept nothing less from them. So although it has not been easy, it can be done with a lot of love, dedication and teaching that despite this world thinks and expects little of you, you are destined for great things if you are willing to put in the work and make good decisions.

    Unfortunately, we are on the second, third generation of psychological poverty in the urban core and real self worth is dwindling. Just look at what's on tv, the news, in the music... How would you feel, what would you think of your life if no one ever taught you your value and everything you are exposed to tells you that you are nothing more than the brand you wear, the amount of men/women you attract and that, as Tony pointed out your life is worthless compared to your white counterparts as far as media is concerned?

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  12. 9:12 made one of the most thoughtful intelligent comments I've ever read on this blog and is finally getting to the socio/psycholigical root causes of violence- self worth. It's not the lack of fathers... I lost my husband 10 years ago and have raised amazing black children who not only see the value of the life of others but have an incredible sense of self worth that is apparent in not only their success but in the way they treat others. No self respect= no respect for anyone else, even life in general. We've lived in the urban core most of our lives and my children go to public school. I don't allow them to associate with riff raff and I know where they are at all times. They value education and community involvement. We are borderline poor. We have gone without a lot including heat and hot water for a couple of years when things were particularly bad but my oldest is a junior at a prestigious college on the east coast and my other 3 are following his path. I expect and will accept nothing less from them. So although it has not been easy, it can be done with a lot of love, dedication and teaching that despite this world thinks and expects little of you, you are destined for great things if you are willing to put in the work and make good decisions.

    Unfortunately, we are on the second, third generation of psychological poverty in the urban core and real self worth is dwindling. Just look at what's on tv, the news, in the music... How would you feel, what would you think of your life if no one ever taught you your value and everything you are exposed to tells you that you are nothing more than the brand you wear, the amount of men/women you attract and that, as Tony pointed out your life is worthless compared to your white counterparts as far as media is concerned?

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  13. 10:12

    R u contrdicting urself?

    U say u taught ur kids well, then U must have taught them there value.

    Tony is fulla poop. Tv has nothing but tributes, stories, movies, black history, on and on and on.

    So dont believe black people dont get good stories.

    If they r bad u dont hear it unless its really bad

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  14. One less guy is celebrating diversity this evening.

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  15. Anon 10:12

    Thanks. I saw a sweatshirt once that said, "Being a black woman is the hardest job in the world."

    I salute you. You are a hero.

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  16. 11:54

    10:12 doesn't do anything that all mothers don't do every day.

    She is indeed exceptional because she is black. Moat black mothers are NOT raising their children, they are dropping them off at the plaza or taking them to Chuck E Cheese for their birthday.

    http://araceagainsttime.blogspot.com/2009/06/attorney-general-holder-whites-not.html

    10:12 is noteworthy because she, is unusual. She is making an effort.

    She is no more heroic than MOST mothers in the world.



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  17. Racial disparity is not fair criticism here. There are many black murders that get deserved attention like the 70-year-old woman who was just murdered in her bed. And there are many white murder victims who don't get much attention because of their involvement with meth, drugs, etc.

    This guy was evidently minding his won business when some thugs decided the party was a possible chance to steal cellphones or whatever.

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  18. 10:12 has a new white guilt catchword. "Psychological Poverty".

    Jesus.

    More guilt, it's all someone else's fault.

    10:12 does a good job with her kids, like millions of other moms, yet, of course, we are all expected (Bt my inference.), as does 11:54 act like the normal day to day efforts of Black mothers are so much more valiant than other mothers.

    Bullshit.

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  19. Here's a recent statement frequently suggested by leftist academics, think tank researchers and policymakers: "People were not just struggling because of their personal deficiencies. There were structural factors at play. People weren't poor because they made bad decisions. They were poor because our society creates poverty."

    Who made that statement and where it was made is not important at all, but its corrosive effects on the minds of black people, particularly black youths, are devastating.

    There's nothing intellectually challenging or unusual about poverty. For most of mankind's existence, his most optimistic scenario was to be able to eke out enough to subsist for another day. Poverty has been mankind's standard fare and remains so for most of mankind. What is unusual and challenging to explain is affluence — namely, how a tiny percentage of people, mostly in the West, for only a tiny part of mankind's existence, managed to escape the fate that befell their fellow men.

    To say that "our society creates poverty" is breathtakingly ignorant. In 1776, the U.S. was among the world's poorest nations. In less than two centuries, we became the world's richest nation by a long shot. Americans who today are deemed poor by Census Bureau definitions have more material goods than middle-class people as recently as 60 years ago.

    Dr. Robert Rector and Rachel Sheffield give us insights in "Understanding Poverty in the United States: Surprising Facts About America's Poor" (9/13/2011). Eighty percent of poor households have air conditioning. Nearly three-fourths have a car or truck, and 31 percent have two or more. Two-thirds have cable or satellite TV. Half have one or more computers. Forty-two percent own their homes. The average poor American has more living space than the typical non-poor person in Sweden, France or the U.K. Ninety-six percent of poor parents stated that their children were never hungry during the year because they couldn't afford food.

    How do these facts square with the statement that "our society creates poverty"? To the contrary, our society has done the best with poverty.

    Maybe the professor who made the statements about poverty — who, by the way, is black — was thinking that it's black people who have been made poor by society. One cannot avoid the fact that average black income today is many multiples of what it was at emancipation, in 1900, in 1940 and in 1960, even though average black income is only 65 percent of white income. There is no comparison between black standard of living today and that in earlier periods. Again, the statement that "our society creates poverty" is just plain nonsense.

    What about the assertion that "people weren't poor because they made bad decisions"?

    The poverty rate among blacks is 36 percent. Most black poverty is found in female-headed households, but the poverty rate among black married couples has been in single digits since 1994 and stands today at 7 percent. Today's black illegitimacy rate is 72 percent, but in the 1940s, it hovered around 14 percent. Less than 50 percent of black students graduate from high school, and most of those who do graduate have a level of academic proficiency far below that of their white counterparts. Black men make up almost 40 percent of the prison population.

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  20. Kansas City was built on racism. Its not guilt, just a fact.

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  21. Here are my several two-part questions: Is having babies without the benefit of marriage a bad decision, and is doing so likely to affect income? Are dropping out of school and participating in criminal activity bad decisions, and are they likely to have an effect on income? Finally, do people have free will and the capacity to make decisions, or is their behavior a result of instincts over which they have no control?

    As a black person, I'm glad that the message taught to so many of today's black youths wasn't taught back in the 1930s, '40s and '50s, when the civil rights struggle was getting into gear. The admonishment that I frequently heard from black adults was, "Be a credit to your race."

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  22. Blah, blah, blah....All sorts of psycobabble about how blacks are mistreated and misunderstood. Well, there are a lot of us who DO understand them and know full well that NIGGERS will never change and offending them just doesn't bother us at all. Fuck you stupid NIGGERS and your shoot-em-up attitudes. Go ahead, kill each other, who cares?? Pick up the pace even...

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  23. I'm reminded of Chris Rock who said "Black people are always wanting credit for shit they are supposed to do. You're supposed to take care of your kids." The hardest job in the world is to be a black woman? Give me a f-ing break. Make it easier on yourself then. Get on birth control. Stop having kids out-of-wedlock with a baby daddy you KNOW will not have anything to do with kids. Keep a close watch on your kids, especially your male kids, who are so unbelievably violent. Raise them to not be like the 90% worthless black males. Damn, black people. Failure is all around you. Look at what they are doing and DON'T f-ing emulate it.

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  24. Can't help but notice that you, too, are giving this privileged white student an awful lot more attention than you normally would a black victim of a similar crime, Tony. Et tu, Brute?

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  25. Recommended reading: "Erasure" by Percival Everett, who is a black academic.

    The book is about a black middle class academic who writes academic books that don't sell. Out of frustration he writes a parody of a blak novel (the title of the fake novel is "Fuck" by Stagg R. Lee. (And the fake novel is in the book in its entirety.) The book is written under a pseudonym. Of course the book takes off as "authentic," whith a big advance and $3 mil for the movie rights. All the while the black academic is trying to remain anonymous. It's a hilarious trip into the world of how whites see blacks. And what we believe is the normal black life.

    In the meantime probably 90% of all black people live normal dreary lives just like the rest of us.

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  26. "black academic"???? Now there is the most ridiculous phrase ever uttered! NIGGERS and academics in the same sentence? Pahleeeese.

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  27. 9:12; Tony knows Kansas Citians go ape shit when this stuff happens around the Plaza or Brookside. He's just drawing as many views as he can. He doesn't really give a shit about any of it. Oh, occasionally he'll get actually worked up (remember his crazy-ass Mary Sanchez rant last year?) but generally he posts the most with race-baiting, etc. because then he'll get his views, comments, etc.

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  28. Did they owe for drugs?

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  29. 10:42: There are many black people who are both richer and classier than you. How does it feel to know you can be bought and sold by a black person?

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  30. Eliminate rappers and the NBA, there are 3 maybe 4

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  31. 6:12; time to venture out of Gardner....

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  32. Caitlin Buelt3/31/13, 12:52 PM

    I think that Tony is expressing here has more to do with social class than race, even though the former strongly correlates with the latter. It seems that nowadays a person isn't as worthy just because they're a decent person. One has to do exceptionally in school and have either big dreams and be college bound or be a college graduate with some sort of special interest to be worthy and receive the sort of media affection Aaron Markarian has received. I don't know why this is exactly, but I suspect it's because the younger generations of college graduates who run the media no longer have respect for, or place value on, the average-to-below average person. It's as though it's forgotten that we're human first, and that our level of education and vocation/profession is second. The saddest part is, even if a person like Mark is involved in something bad and it's ultimately their fault they ended up in a bad situation, because of their exceptional accomplishments, they are easily forgiven and such negative attributes are simply glossed over.

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