So, a guy in Tennessee plotted to blow up the US Capitol. But, he's white, so you haven't heard anything about it.
Demetrius Crocker, a 40-year old farm worker, was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison last week for obtaining what he thought were ingredients to make a bomb, after telling undercover FBI agents that he would use the bomb to attack the Capitol.
As David Neiwert points out, if this Demetrius Crocker were of Middle Eastern descent, we'd probably have seen Attorney General Gonzales or maybe even President Bush himself on television trumpeting the fine work of the FBI in apprehending this would-be mass murderer. Since Crocker is, in fact, a white, ultra-conservative -- there's no need to pay any attention to his story.
UPDATE, 12/8/2006: The agent in charge of the FBI office in Chicago announced today that they've caught a Muslim man who tried to buy grenades from an undercover agent in a plot to blow up a shopping mall. There goes the theory that only because Demetrius Crocker was acting alone did we not hear about it. The Muslim name was enough for this to become a big news story.
Demetrius Crocker, a 40-year old farm worker, was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison last week for obtaining what he thought were ingredients to make a bomb, after telling undercover FBI agents that he would use the bomb to attack the Capitol.
As David Neiwert points out, if this Demetrius Crocker were of Middle Eastern descent, we'd probably have seen Attorney General Gonzales or maybe even President Bush himself on television trumpeting the fine work of the FBI in apprehending this would-be mass murderer. Since Crocker is, in fact, a white, ultra-conservative -- there's no need to pay any attention to his story.
UPDATE, 12/8/2006: The agent in charge of the FBI office in Chicago announced today that they've caught a Muslim man who tried to buy grenades from an undercover agent in a plot to blow up a shopping mall. There goes the theory that only because Demetrius Crocker was acting alone did we not hear about it. The Muslim name was enough for this to become a big news story.
Mr. Crocker, unlike a vast majority of Muslims, was planning on acting alone in his stupid escapade.
When you're alone, you're a dangerous whacko. When you're part of a deadly group, you're a terrorist.
But unlike most ultra-conservative Muslims in the United States (especially members of CAIR), this ultra-conservative white guy was sentenced to 30 years imprisonment.
That's racism if I ever saw it. Reverse racism. You can thank the Left for that one.
Sincerely,
LM