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MrScorpio

(73,714 posts) Wed Nov 23, 2016, 02:08 PM Nov 2016

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

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)

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

Reply to MrScorpio (Original post)

Wed Nov 23, 2016, 02:15 PM

Nov 2016

sheshe2

(88,096 posts)

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

Reply to MrScorpio (Original post)

Wed Nov 23, 2016, 02:27 PM

Nov 2016

Now instead of a Thanksgiving they grieve.

progressoid

(50,786 posts)

3. Jesus H.

Reply to MrScorpio (Original post)

Wed Nov 23, 2016, 03:52 PM

Nov 2016

Buckeye_Democrat

(15,065 posts)

4. My God!

Reply to MrScorpio (Original post)

Wed Nov 23, 2016, 04:04 PM

Nov 2016

PatSeg

(49,754 posts)

5. And he just went home and ate dinner

Reply to MrScorpio (Original post)

Wed Nov 23, 2016, 05:07 PM

Nov 2016

like nothing happened. My god.

FailureToCommunicate

(14,348 posts)

6. Existing while Black claims another kid.

Reply to MrScorpio (Original post)

Wed Nov 23, 2016, 05:09 PM

Nov 2016

ShakeWell

(28 posts)

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

Reply to MrScorpio (Original post)

Wed Nov 23, 2016, 05:11 PM

Nov 2016

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.

MrScorpio

(73,714 posts)

8. It's dehumanization, pure and simple.

Reply to ShakeWell (Reply #7)

Wed Nov 23, 2016, 05:25 PM

Nov 2016

And black people have dehumanized in America since day one.

JI7

(90,844 posts)

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