Who is Demetrius Blackwell?
On July 2, 2000 he robbed Andre Willingham of his wallet at
gunpoint. When the victim started to follow him in his car he shot up the car
and was arrested and convicted of armed robbery and attempted murder. He spent
a mere eight years incarcerated and was back on the street.
In May 2013, Blackwell tried
to rip the badge off a cop and injured an officer while being arrested.
In November 2014, he
allegedly threw bricks at the windows of a house and a parked car while waving
a gun.
He was involved in numerous
encounters that didn’t end with his arrest, including getting shot in the hand
and stabbed in the groin.
But that is not who he
really is.
He is the skell that
murdered Officer Brian Moore.
He is the guy they are
talking about when they say too many young black men are incarcerated. He is
the guy that they say should not be stopped and frisked. He is the guy who is
the victim of racial profiling when the police stop him because he is adjusting
a weapon in his pants. He is the guy they want to drink with an open container,
smoke weed and urinate in the street.
He is Freddie Grey with a
gun instead of a knife. He is Michael Brown who got the gun away from the cop.
He is Trayvon Martin who picked on someone who didn’t have a gun to defend
himself.
He is the guy who will get
fancy lawyers like Professor Turley to defend him and his commenters to post
comments and theories that will support him and help him beat the rap. He is
the guy that the President and the Attorney General and New York Times will
lionize and tell us that we have to understand the circumstances that forced
him to pull that trigger. He is the progressive poster child that they strive
to protect and cosset as they do everything in their power to delegitimize the
police and what they do to protect the ordinary law abiding citizen.
Officer Brian Moore?
Not even an afterthought. The new Attorney General is rushing as one of her first acts to comfort
the family of Freddie Grey. The family of Officer Brian Moore will not even get
the back of her hand.
Officer Brian Moore will
soon be laying in the cold cruel ground.
The President and the Attorney General might as well just spit on his grave.
46 comments:
I rather doubt Professor Turley will "defend" good ole "Demetrius." He has quirks, but I doubt Mr Blackwell is one of them.
Free speech is one thing, murder is another. It no longer matters to me....guys like Blackwell need to be locked up in perpetuity or just dead. Turley is measured by those he "tolerates" as his commenters...and lately that has been weak at best...he just does not care. A game no more no less.
No matter to me anymore...I now skip past Turley's place because it is just irrelevant due to his commentariat .... and he seems to care not a whit. In short, why bother?
Spending time at Turley's is like jacking off in a train station latrine, for those who are into that crap. Never had any time for that so why waste the time now?
I stayed away too Ari but this last thing was too much for me so I had to vent a little. I plan to cut it out of my blog reading after this.
I just wanted to see if there was even a mention of the murder of Officer Moore after reading weeks upon weeks of cop bashing. Not a chance. So I felt I had to speak up.
I admit it helped me focus on what I wanted to say.
Today he doubled down with another cop bashing piece. So you might be right to put it on ignore.
I'm not really knocking Turley, personally, one way or another...his blog, his topics, no matter how many I disagree with...it is the other select topic changing schmucks I can no longer bear...yet he seems to tolerate them, which, may, as you've said, speak to his real opinions. I no longer care.
I still read it now and then, so I'll look for the thread you just cited. But I'll not comment either way...no one is listening anyway.
Okay, I read the post & thread you cited where a department is refusing to release a video. I noticed immediately that the usual suspects tried, and partially succeeded in taking over the thread and making once again all about them. The post itself was as you described it...another double down on cops.
I was further amused by those who had all this "expertise" on what it is like to "easily" kill a man from a whole wad of people who've never faced that alternative in order to live themselves. Among those here there are at least a half dozen I'd suspect, two I know for certain, who have faced that challenge and rarely, if ever, almost never, even speak of it, even tangentially. These "experts" on Turely's are truly amazing people...never been there, done that, but know all about it.
Let me say it another, simpler way: the guy here who knows the most, IMO, about it all rarely says more than a sentence or two...he doesn't need to.
Turley (or someone on his behalf) deleted a number of comments in which it became apparent that Inga had used her police officer sibling to find my real name and that of my deceased brother.
I accused her of (again) stalking me, and though she protested the accusation, she didn't deny having done so.
Turley deleted that entire exchange, including comments from others asking Inga how she found my real name if I had never used it on Turley's blog, or any other blig for that matter.
He seems to have a strong inclination to protect Inga, for whatever reason. I suspect that reason includes increasing the number of comments his blog can report.
I think you nailed it.
I am not going to help him anymore.
He has another cop bashing post today. Life is too short.
I have no idea why people are still fighting with Ingra. The fight seems to have moved over the years from Althouse to Troopers to Lems and now to JT's.
As for JT. He seems to have certain obsessions like Cop bashing and Hiking. Plus posts about Furiners not respecting the 1st Amendment. His blog, his rules.
I forgot to add - Great post trooper!
I took the liberty of cutting and pasting to the Brian Moore post I did. If you don't want me to do that I will delete.
Trooper ....did you make a post on Turley's today at 12:56 PM? On the "Because I feel like it..." thread.
Reason I ask isn't to question the subject matter, but the nickname and lack of your usual avatar. The "nick" cited is "trooperyork" and no avatar is linked. Normally isn't your "nick" displayed as "Trooper York" with the John Wayne face avatar?
A click on the nick does not lead to your blogger profile, or anyone's actually...it points back to me. None of the other active profile nicks on that thread did that.
In others words, is some one plagiarizing your identity?
Or was it a short cut by you to avoid using your "Dolan" name and different avatar when signed on as "Dolan?"
rcocean reference "Inga" et al ad infinitum.
I'm not fighting with her, just once in a while hoping to get a word in edgewise....on threads where she's one lining it 50+ odd times...usually with a couple "buddies" joining in for more one liners. I suspect my experience with her tactics is as long or longer than most peoples'...back to the "Allie Oop" days at least.
So, yes, you are right...I should know better and usually did ignore her. The "Slants" topic and thread just hacked me off for personal reasons...when "Inga" piled on the LGBT diversions....and insists it is germane, even citing Pogo as the one who brought it up (which he did not in the comment she cited), totally derailing a thread that has some relevance today with the diversity of our ethnicities and races about what terms are proper or not, and by whom?
Won't happen again since I'm no longer anything but an occasional reader of Turley's blog...no more comments. My reasons parallel Trooper York's.
I did post at Turley's today. I don't use my atavar on the log in system per se.
I don't really want to post but I guess I am compelled to because of the subject matter means a lot to me.
I don't get where Nick has spent so much time going after Inga. I think she is toxic and needs to be ignored. Nick says that all the time and then goes into an orgy of posts about Inga that gets deleted.
What's the point of that?
rcocean ... it occurs to me that I will likely again bump in to Allie Oop, Inga, et al., elsewhere. Therefore, thank you for your general question...you may virtually be saving me from myself :-)
Short of changing my nick name, which I have not done in well over a dozen years, or my avatar, I can't avoid anyone selectively except to not comment. Further, I refuse to do so, for continuity if nothing else.
Thanks again for kick in the shins :-)
I will limit my posts at Turley to well reasoned treatises on the police matters. I will not engage in the rest at all.
Maybe I can wean myself off of it altogether.
I hope so anyway.
Trooper ... glad to know you actually made that post, because I agree with it.
Seemed odd only the for the reasons cited. Someone actually did try to plagiarize my identity a while back and Turley deleted it...upon my request due to its racist nature and my continuing legitimate connection to DOD using my regular nickname....had to give up the old military ID when I retired and closed out my CAC card and related connections.
When I sign in anywhere it links to my "Blogger" profile & identity...by my choice, essentially....since I allow linkage of it via Disqus, Gravitar, and others.
I guess if I wanted a cool "sock-puppet" I could use my still valid Army Knowledge On-line (AKO) identity. Not very cool however, since it gives my real name, which almost everyone knows anyway. Shucks.
Trooper ... no need to wean yourself off it...you can speak for me most any day, something important (to me) now that I no longer will do so there. In other words, have at it now and then as you've outlined.
I made a sincere effort last night to reason with Inga. Progress was made, but then overnight she reverted to her old self, with others encouraging the behavior.
It is clear that she lacks the ability to think and reason in a rational manner, so no more of my time will be spent in exchanges with her.
I have this vision that her husbands last words were "thank God".
Once again, there seems to be some different ideas of what "ignoring" Inga (or TOP for that matter) looks like.
Detaching oneself from Inga or TOP, to the point where one is able to decided to engage or not engage without becoming entangled in the drama is different from the type of ignoring some here seem to advocate and practice, which is to get mad or become disgusted enough to silence themselves (and the good they have to share) or walk completely away. This method of "ignoring" actually gives her what she wants most, and that is control over others.
People with characterological disorders (abusive, high-conflict and personality disordered individuals)are all about winning, but that winning is really about taking.
A high-conflict and/or personality disordered individual is often breathtakingly emotionally immature. She seems to get a charge from engaging in never-ending power struggles with her parent-partner-ex. She’ll go round and round and round and round with you often over pointless things. Why does she do this?
Duh, winning.
What does she want?
To “win” at all costs.
What does winning mean?
Taking.
The round and round stuff Inga does isn't about being reasonable, or winning an argument, even though it may appear to be so on the surface. It's not even about gaining attention, which those in favor of "ignoring" seem to presume.
...to an abusive high-conflict and/or personality disordered individual, “winning” isn’t about working hard to train for a 6k race and coming in first place or winning at a game of chance like roulette or winning at a game of skill like chess. Winning these kinds of victories doesn’t necessarily cause harm to an opponent, which, I believe, is the crucial factor. The goal of her never-ending power plays seems to be about inflicting pain and exerting control. In order for her to win, you must lose. She does this by:
-Taking something away
-Destroying something or someone you love
-Forcing you to take something
-Turning a positive into a negative
She “wins” by hurting others. It’s not a win unless she can take something from you, even if it holds no real value for her. The value is in taking it, taking it by force and without your consent.
Inga purposefully went after Spinelli's wife with the intent of destruction, posting lies about her and his family on Leslyn's Amazon book review. In doing so, she attempted to "take" something she had no business even touching. I don't see how "ignoring" her will stop or limit that kind of a drive. Even though ND advocates for others to ignore her, he appears to be more committed to exposing her for what she does than to walking away and letting her keep on keepin' on exerting control over another blog.
If I understand his situation correctly, Inga followed him to Turleys, after tainting the TOP pot, where she set up shop going after him while attempting to control the tone and direction of the comments. How he chooses to respond to that type of stalking and taking isn't something I'm going to question. I only hope he's clear that the ignoring he's been advocating for others to do isn't what he's doing, so much as baiting the trap in what appears to be the hope she'll eventually expose her true colors in a way that gets her banned.
As for her appearing to have moments when she's open to reason, whenever Inga has been trapped, exposed, or cornered, she reverts to silly humor and convoluted semi-agreements in attempts to appear reasonable, humorous and good-hearted (aka. fawning behavior). History shows her resorting to that act here at Trooper York's, back in the day when others were wondering why I was so mean to someone who was so nice.
Suffice it to say, I've had a lifetime of practice listening to someone with a charactorological disorder. I understand detachment and walking away to be part of healthy self care. If that's what needs to happen for those whose voices have added value to discussions over at Turley's, I accept that reality and hope they find a place where the good they have to offer can be put forth and received by interested others. Trooper's own stories of late at this blog have been good to read.
People fight with Inga because she's a relentless taker, and will go after anyone who stands up to her or exposes her as a abusive fraud. Those who haven't done so have no idea how far her rage and desire to take from another will go to in order to be fulfill her insatiable need for control.
Dammit, if I had 1/50th of MamaM's knowledge, I'd be happy as hell.
I sort of agree with MamaM but I think even her approach gives someone like Inga too much power.
I don't engage with her and have not for months. I had every intention of dropping Turley like I did TOP. But I was enraged by the continuing police bashing so I had to say my piece. Where it landed like a turd in the punch bowl. Ignored. Fair enough.
I had minimal high regard for Turley as I did not think he was an active malignant fore like TOP.
I was wrong.
Pogo, your ability to apply a "speculative piffle" where needed, is no small thing, but the bottom line is this: Behind the humor, solid argumentation and consistent courage to speak one's mind resides a kindness that is much appreciated. Thank you.
Airdog thanks for the response. Hope you're feeling better these day.
Another day another cop bashing post.
Another day another cop bashing post.
Were I to come to Trooper York's and count the number of posts ridiculing women or portraying them as boobacious bimbos, I'd miss the meat. And meet.
Regardless of what Turley is trying to accomplish with his "cop bashing" posts, there are comments made by others there who offer different perspectives and I appreciate their willingness to do so.
The thing is that I love women. Especially boobacious bimbos!
Turley hates cops.
Love vs. hate.
You make the call.
I know you do!
Turley does not come across as a hater to me either. In fact I've seen nothing he's written that indicates a hatred of cops. Mistrust maybe. Dislike for abuse of power, yes. Hatred, no. That's my call.
I think he is trying to curry favor with his liberal elitist cocktail party friends. He is a pariah because he took the Congresses case against Obama so it is a small price to pay to bash cops in every other post.
He is in fact a pussy. A liberal elitist pussy of the first water.
As opposed to Althouse who is a cunt.
Trooper York - Diplomat.
He looks good in shorts! There's that.
And without today's "cop bashing" post, Pogo's 9:04am comment might not have been so succinctly articulated and placed in a spot where it could be considered by other readers.
I credit Turley with instituting and maintaining a civility policy, such as it is. Turning him into an "other" is a misdirection of energy. Pussy or no, he's created a forum in which voices other than his own are allowed to be expressed to the benefit of others. Which takes him out of the hater category.
RC you have no idea how much I edit what I think about that situation.
If I said what I really thought I would make the worst of Sixty Grit look like Rebbecca of Sunnybrook farm.
Well, Trooper let it all hang out one of these days. If it will do you good.
MamaM ... pardon me for my rare disagreement with you. But, Turley, either by design or ambivalence, permits 2 or 3 "staccato" commenters to hijack otherwise worthy threads. They, not coincidently, are also those who hurl the pejoratives most frequently. So, no, he does not pose a forum where everyone can be heard...just the nosiest loud mouths. When I dropped out I wrote to him saying it was not because of his topics, which I appreciate, but because of his commenters....too many of whom he choses not to censor even when they distract from his topical posts. I am not easily deterred, but I am easily bored to death...as I was there.
Truth is, Aridog, you were heard at Turley's forum, by one at least, and most likely quite a few more, some of whom have responded to you with respect and genuine interest, particularly so to some of the personal stories shared.
So yes, it's still a forum where everyone who's civil (according to JT's definition) can present their views and be heard, regardless of how much noise and toxicity is also present.
At this stage in my life, commenting there isn't something I choose to do. If leaving is the best thing for you to do, please don't go believing you weren't heard.
The voice of someone who speaks with integrity from an authentic place has a quiet power that cannot be undermined or overestimated. Those who do have no idea whose lives they touch, or how much they effect others with their presence.
MamaM said ...
So yes, it's still a forum where everyone who's civil (according to JT's definition) can present their views and be heard, regardless of how much noise and toxicity is also present.
Thank you for your compliments. Yes, I do believe when I've said something worthwhile that I was heard. I appreciated the good faith commenters, whether or not I agreed, and in a couple instances when I absolutely did not agree, but could engage with good faith none the less.
Frankly, one of the favorite diversion topics lately seems to be RFRA and LGBT issues...which reminds me of Althouse's site, a site I no longer even read, and never comment on period. The perpetrator in chief for diversion on Turely's blog is a transplant from Althouse. Enough said on that subject.
The problem for me arose when I finally had no further tolerance for the volume and repetitiveness of the "noise" as you put it. In that category Professor Turley, or whoever moderates for him, has done a poor job of filtering for "noise" when 2 or 3 "regulars" derail topic after topic...which, to me, is "uncivil" ... and are seldom if ever deleted or filtered out.
I could care less what names some may call me, but the persistent and intentional diversion of topics just wore me out...or my scroll wheel, whichever.
I'd like to think I touched a nerve in a life here and there positively. Some others certainly have impacted me positively. It's a bit hard to tell when others also just drop off a thread due to the "noise" and what conversation there was ceases within the din.
MamaM ... I should add one more remark: I really appreciate the freedom or speech permitted on this site, Trooper York's abode. Since he controls those who may comment or even read, it is a relief to not need to use the silly acronym "TOP" so as not to "allude" and encourage the TOP-Toad to spew his bile.
Full disclosure: Trooper and I didn't have a good start, mostly opposition. However, down the road he was man enough to give me a break because I embarrassed myself at first defending Althouse, then, subsequently to the July 2013 AA meltdown, I became infuriated at the A-Toad for his attack on one harmless person, who several of us tried to help, for no reason other than pure spite and bile, on Lem's blog.
On the subject of the young man devastated by the A-Toad, has anyone heard anything recently from Evan Izer....aka Paladian? We once were in regular contact and but he has cut all of it off now, and has no email, nor website I can reach, nor a phone. I don't need to reconnect but I'd like to know if he's still around and fighting his own demons back. I'd be very relieved to know all is well, or improving, with him today.
Yes, it should be obvious that I carry a visceral grudge over how using just social media the A-Toad harmed a harmless and talented young man.
For the record, Evan (Paladian) wrote to me this morning. He sounds like he's improved his lot in life quite a bit, though with some tribulations along the way. Not sure if he happened to see my comment above or he just decided to re-connect, either way it is a relief to me.
Aridog, that's good to know. I feared he was gone for good, as in dead, and to know he's alive and has re-connected with you is good news. Send him my regards, and tell him I still think about his photo/picture rendition of the Door and Light, appreciating his artistry and ability to articulate vision.
MamaM ... your fears mirrored mine, based on his last message to me which was very sad and dour. Turns out Bagoh20 was right all along (in a email to me)...he's a smart young man and will handle whatever he needs to, however slowly. His artistry is superb and he was kind enough to paint me a new "William" (the blue Hippo on his list at one time...the original had been sold) in a larger version and he named it "William II." It hangs in our living room as I speak.
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