Cop kills unarmed Black Man at Hamilton Park Shopping Center
This should’ve been the headline in all the local media today, however, Baltimore’s media is the fourth branch of this city’s government. They wouldn’t dare present the facts as they actually happened.
Here are the facts - an unarmed Black Man was shot at least 4 times by a police officer at the Hamilton Shopping Center around lunch time yesterday.
Local media attempt to soften the reality so that the masses are not riled to revolt. WJZ News’ headline is “Man Killed in Police-Involved Shooting.” Notice that their headline is written in the passive…”Man Killed” separates the action from the murderous actor. “Police-Involved” leaves the door open to the thought that the police were there, but weren’t the ones doing the shooting. (Only the Baltimore Examiner gives this story the appropriate headline.)
Notice similar literary avoidances of the facts in this Baltimore Sun version of the story. (Pay attention to how they follow their headline with a pro-police byline)
Don’t miss the ‘code words’ they use to help the reader to justify murder by this cop. Code words = “drugs” / “officer feared for his safety” / “suspected drugs taken from the man”. The media uses these code phrases to signal to its base readers that they believe that this man deserved to be killed. His murder isn’t anything we should be worried about. He wasn’t deserving of the due process of law. The cop was justified in playing judge, jury, and executioner.
I elaborate on this technique in my post entitled: “Media and Police partner in production of Murderous Propaganda.”
The problem for the police department is that this murder happened around lunch time. There were a lot of witnesses. People were in the Murry’s grocery and the Dollar General Store looking through the glass when the 25 year old Black man was accosted by the cop and then shot 4 times.
IF YOU WERE ONE OF THE ONES THAT WERE THERE AND SAW WHAT REALLY HAPPENED, PLEASE CONTACT ME. (YOU CAN REMAIN ANONYMOUS)
The cops have declared war on the Black Man. The question now becomes what will we do?
As you contemplate the answer to that question, enjoy this revolutionary message by Brother KRS. As it is his custom, he speaks truth in this classic: “Sound of da Police“. Don’t miss the lyrics.
February 5th, 2008 at 9:06 pm
[...] Cops Kill Unarmed Black Man [...]
February 9th, 2008 at 11:24 pm
The young man Edward L. Hunt is my family member! He was born a twin in Lynchburg, Va. in April 1980. Attended E.C.Glass High School and participated in sports there. Raised in Church as most all youth in the South with a GOD fearing family. Had a passion for singing, wrote poetry, and LOVED family. Had not found his nitch in life but never will because he chose not to keep beening harassed by the Police. The gun is the last option for and officer of the law! Not the ONLY option which seems to be the case for alot of Baltimore Police. JUSTICE is what the family wants and deserves! You have not seen or heard any of us from Va. his HOME on T.V. or radio airing our PAIN. THE TRUTH IS WHAT WE WANT! THE TRUTH!!!
February 13th, 2008 at 8:58 am
Thank you Ondrej for your post. I appreciate you painting the picture of who Edward was. Mainstream media up here hasn’t done a good job of painting Edward as a human being…I can’t even remember a name being released to the public. I will be in touch soon.
May 8th, 2008 at 10:19 am
[...] being brutalized by individuals with badges and guns who seem to operate above the rule of law - including right here in Baltimore. The cops who engage in these types of vicious acts are often described as rogue cops or “bad [...]
May 20th, 2008 at 4:43 am
police are what keep people honest, and the ones who can’t keep their noses clean, will have things happen like what you read above.
You can bad mouth cops all you want, but that’s about all you can do, and remember cops arn’t above the law, we are the law.
May 20th, 2008 at 7:38 am
@ Police Officer,
What a coward you are. To crawl up in here and say that with out identity is a whorish thing to do. If, as you say you are the law then give your name and badge number and proceed to justify how one of your own shot a unarmed man in the back. You won’t because that would go against your cowardly nature. Anyone with a gun AND the backing of the so-called law can be brave.
July 4th, 2008 at 1:53 am
I suggest mr police officer and anyone reading this to do a google search on “unarmed black man shot by police”. Only a sociopath could justify the police shootings and torture and murders of unarmed black citizens. I suspect it is exactly what Dr. Bobby Wright calls a “sociopathic racial personality”.
Dr. Wright defined a psychopath as “an individual who is constantly in conflict with other persons or groups. He is unable to experience guilt, he is completely selfish and callous, and he has a total disregard for the rights of others.”
Dr. Wright says Black leaders are reluctant to measure psychopathic traits of the White race in their dealings with Blacks when there is a threat involved.
Of course, this is more than a threat; this is an undeclared but undeniable war.
Police departments from the west coast to the midwest to the east coast have declared war on black men (and women and the elderly and even children).
If we want to understand what is happening, read Dr. Frances Cress Welsing. You can see her videos on http://www.youtube.com or do a search on her name for some of her interviews.
Once we understand what motivates the white man and the white system to kill black men we will understand why it is happening the way it is happening.
Do not believe this is simple racism or bad cops. This is DNA-deep in the white psyche.
Yes, we are at war. What is surprising and distressing to me is how few black people understand (or accept) that this is a fact.
September 14th, 2008 at 2:28 pm
being a white person with sincere love for all people i believe this to be a broad generalization saying “This is DNA-deep in the white psyche.” that probably was the most racist thing i ever heard