In the news for the past few days there has been coverage of the protests across the country over the acquittal of George Zimmerman. I viscerally feel the outrage of the indignant, and I note President Obama's reaching out to the family of the slain Travyon Martin in their grief.
What I do not understand is why no national attention was paid to the savage unprovoked murders, all in the Seattle/Tacoma area, of James Paroline ("the Traffic Circle Gardener"), Danny Vega, Kris Kime, Michael Travis Hood ("Tuba Man"), Manish Melwani*, the four Lakewood officers*, Dien Huynh**, all except Melwani and the police, beaten to death by young black men. These men all had family and friends who grieved as well over their senseless losses.
Why weren't these lives worth as much as Martin's?
* Melwani's family moved back to India several months after their son was shot and killed in a Ballard convenience-store by a young black man. No media attempted to interview the family before or after, from what I have been able to glean.
** Dinh, a Buddhist monk and scientist, was repeatedly struck in the head with a hammer by his young black assailants just outside his porch.
"...the three teens surrounded Huynh, who was much smaller than the teens, and tried to grab him. He tried to get away, but was caught and was repeatedly struck in the head by Walrond with a wallboard hammer."
http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2002986353_tacomateens11m.html
What I do not understand is why no national attention was paid to the savage unprovoked murders, all in the Seattle/Tacoma area, of James Paroline ("the Traffic Circle Gardener"), Danny Vega, Kris Kime, Michael Travis Hood ("Tuba Man"), Manish Melwani*, the four Lakewood officers*, Dien Huynh**, all except Melwani and the police, beaten to death by young black men. These men all had family and friends who grieved as well over their senseless losses.
Why weren't these lives worth as much as Martin's?
* Melwani's family moved back to India several months after their son was shot and killed in a Ballard convenience-store by a young black man. No media attempted to interview the family before or after, from what I have been able to glean.
** Dinh, a Buddhist monk and scientist, was repeatedly struck in the head with a hammer by his young black assailants just outside his porch.
"...the three teens surrounded Huynh, who was much smaller than the teens, and tried to grab him. He tried to get away, but was caught and was repeatedly struck in the head by Walrond with a wallboard hammer."
http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2002986353_tacomateens11m.html
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