ABC News has a report on hearings in Congress that appear to target Muslims. The chair of the committee is a Republican. They mention that similar hearings were held by Democrats, but not until page TWO of the story. There you'll find this tidbit as a cover-your-butt addition to the "journalism."
Independent Democrat Sen. Joe Lieberman, who is himself a defense hawk, chaired a series of 14 hearings on "Violent Islamic Extremism" from his perch as chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee. So Did Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Rep. Jane Harmon, D-Calif., who held six similar hearings.
Next, is another article from ABC News (who I usually find better than the other two networks). It is a report about an alleged gang rape of an 11 year old in Texas. It appears to possibly have racial undertones since the victim is Hispanic and the accused are almost exclusively Black-Americans (I don't like the term African-American). This time I don't have a problem with ABC News, but with the person quoted. Apparently this case is not about the victim.
"Every adult male that had sex with this child should go to prison, I don't care what the color is. But I do not believe black males are the only ones that had contact with this young child," said Quanell X, the leader of Houston's New Black Panther Party. "It appears to me there's only been the selective prosecution of one community, which is African American."
Interestingly, in both cases, it would appear that communities are not policing themselves. Say whatever you want about my comments, but I rarely hear speaking out against injustice in one's own community. I don't mean to pick on these two in particular, they just happened to be in the headlines, but the problem is pretty widespread. Believe me though, if someone from my community does something I'll be the first to say, "let'em hang."
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