Did You Know You Shared White Supremicist Hate When You Clicked 'Share'?

The latest twisting of facts ‘story’ motoring around social media is the tragic killing of a 5-year old girl in Milwaukee, WI. Laylah Peterson’s story is devastating.  A five year old little girl sitting on grandpa’s lap was killed when a hail of gunshots were fired into the home in November 2014.  Watching this article spread on Facebook made me wonder and then angry once I started looking into it a bit.

The headline of the story being circulated, “Black Males Murder 5-year Old White Girl. No National Outrage”, is from the stellar on-line publication (that’s sarcasm, by the way) of the Council of Conservative Citizens in St. Louis, MO.  You want to learn more about this white supremacist group (WHAT??  You didn’t know that when you shared the article!?!?!?), here is a link to an Atlantic article on the organization.  They might nor be the Klan, but they're damn close.

The piece states:

“Milwaukee police say there is no question the shooters were deliberating trying to kill people inside the house.”

The article goes on to allude to the “fact” that the house was targeted because it was a white family in a black neighborhood, possibly a black gang initiation rite.

Nowhere do the police say that the particular house was targeted. The actual news stories around the time of the murder stated that the police were ‘befuddled’ regarding a motive.

In fact, in a story on Milwaukee’s Channel 12 announcing the news of the arrests of the three alleged perpetrators the complaint says the shooters were after revenge on the family of a man that was acquitted of killing a “brother” of one of the men arrested.

“The complaint states the men intended to shoot at the home of the acquitted man, or the house of the man's girlfriend.  Police said the girlfriend's home was about four blocks from the home where Petersen was shot.”

Actually, all of you out there on social media circulating this trash this week, there was NO RACIAL MOTIVATION to this attack.  None. 

Take a look at the pictures accompanying the story.  The outpouring of support for the family knew no race – only citizens sick to death of the violence in their community.

For crying out loud, people, stop taking shit at face value that you read online.  All it took was for me to google “Laylah Peterson Milwaukee” and read the coverage from REAL news outlets over the past year to find the ACTUAL truth. 

I’m so damn sick of the sound bite mentality and everyone taking every headline nugget designed to play into your prejudices and fears and swallowing it hook, line and sinker. 

“OMG…This is horrible”.  Click ‘share’.

Take five minutes and do some research before you buy into and then spread the hate.  For crissakes you don’t buy into a Nigerian prince wanting to pay you $5,000,000 for just moving some money for him!

Or do you?