Wed Nov 23, 2016, 02:08 PM

MrScorpio (72,878 posts)

KING: Black teen James Means shot and killed by white man who called him another piece of trash

SHAUN KING

James Means.

You will know this name. Tragically, it now belongs in the ever-increasing roll call of unarmed black victims of racial violence.

On this past Monday evening, outside of a Dollar General Store in Charleston, West Virginia, 15-year-old James Means, was shot and killed by William Ronald Pulliam, 62, police said.

Means, like Emmett Till and Jordan Davis and Trayvon Martin before him, did nothing to ever even warrant a confrontation from Pulliam. Witnesses claim that what set Pulliam off was that Means accidentally bumped into him while entering the store.

After Pulliam left the store, the two exchanged words a second time, and Pulliam shot the teen twice in the abdomen, leaving him to die, then proceeded to go home, eat dinner, then go hang out at a friend's house, according to a criminal complaint.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/king-black-teen-james-means-killed-remorseless-white-man-article-1.2884929

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KING: Black teen James Means shot and killed by white man who called him another piece of trash (Original post)	MrScorpio	Nov 2016	OP
Broken hearted for his family... and ugliness that has been brought forward in the US.	bettyellen	Nov 2016	#1
My heart goes out to James Means and his family.	sheshe2	Nov 2016	#2
Jesus H.	progressoid	Nov 2016	#3
My God!	Buckeye_Democrat	Nov 2016	#4
And he just went home and ate dinner	PatSeg	Nov 2016	#5
Existing while Black claims another kid.	FailureToCommunicate	Nov 2016	#6
".. go home, eat dinner, then go hang out at a friend's..."	ShakeWell	Nov 2016	#7
It's dehumanization, pure and simple.	MrScorpio	Nov 2016	#8
the level of rage some white people have towards black people and some other minorities is just	JI7	Nov 2016	#9

Response to MrScorpio (Original post)

Wed Nov 23, 2016, 02:15 PM

bettyellen (47,209 posts)

1. Broken hearted for his family... and ugliness that has been brought forward in the US.

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Wed Nov 23, 2016, 02:27 PM

sheshe2 (69,964 posts)

2. My heart goes out to James Means and his family.

Now instead of a Thanksgiving they grieve.

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Wed Nov 23, 2016, 03:52 PM

progressoid (45,873 posts)

3. Jesus H.

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Wed Nov 23, 2016, 04:04 PM

Buckeye_Democrat (10,508 posts)

4. My God!

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Wed Nov 23, 2016, 05:07 PM

PatSeg (35,980 posts)

5. And he just went home and ate dinner

like nothing happened. My god.

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Wed Nov 23, 2016, 05:09 PM

FailureToCommunicate (11,872 posts)

6. Existing while Black claims another kid.

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Wed Nov 23, 2016, 05:11 PM

ShakeWell (28 posts)

7. ".. go home, eat dinner, then go hang out at a friend's..."

wtf is the matter with people? How does the four lives of Benghazi rain bullshit on HRC for years but then there is this complete disconnect with killing an unarmed American for bumping into a white guy....

But hey, blue lives matter, emails... what the fuck ever. I'm just sad.

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Wed Nov 23, 2016, 05:25 PM

MrScorpio (72,878 posts)

8. It's dehumanization, pure and simple.

And black people have dehumanized in America since day one.

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Thu Nov 24, 2016, 01:09 AM

JI7 (82,709 posts)

9. the level of rage some white people have towards black people and some other minorities is just

crazy.

but it's very real. and for some it's very dangerous.

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