Where's Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, Black Panthers, Spike Lee, MSNBC, Eric Holder & Obama?

Rev. "Big Al" Sharpton, the nation's
race hustler and Pentecostalist (as usual
without an education)

Remember the Trayon Martin case?  The incessant media obsession including MSNBC, CNN, and even the news-chasers at FOX?  Also, where's Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, Black Panthers, Spike Lee, MSNBC, Eric Holder & Obama?  They all piled onto that story, especially the loud and ignorant Rev. "Big Al" Sharpton?  We'll watch for the non-coverage this week.

http://ironicsurrealism.com/2012/07/28/white-man-tied-up-doused-with-gas-then-set-on-fire-by-2-hoodied-black-males-dies-at-burn-center/

Let him start squeaking and wailing
over this story. Fat chance. 

White Man Who Was Doused With Gas & Set On Fire By 2 Hoodied Black Males Dies At Burn Center

On July 28, 2012, in news, by velvethammer

(The Tribune Democrat) –EBENSBURG — West Hills Regional Police continued to search late Friday for two men who robbed a Lower Yoder Township man Thursday night [July 19, 2012], tied him up and set him on fire.
Police are not releasing the name of the victim, who is believed to be in his 40s.

He was taken to the West Penn Burn Center in Pittsburgh with severe burns, West Hills police Chief Andy Havas said.

The man told police that he was working in his garage in the 100 block of Norton Road when two black men with hoods over their heads entered the garage at about 11 p.m. He said one of the suspects hit him in the back of the head with a handgun.

When the man fell to the floor, they tied him up with an electrical cord and took an undisclosed amount of money.
They then doused him with gasoline and set him afire, Havas said.

The man said he freed himself from the electrical cord, retrieved a garden hose and doused himself with water.
…… 

Police are unable to recall a similar crime.
“I can’t recall anything this horrific,” Havas said. [...]

Last night (July, 27, 2012) burn victim 38 year old Vincent Bloom died at the West Penn Burn Center in Pittsburgh, where he was being treated for his injuries.

PITTSBURGH (AP) – Authorities in western Pennsylvania say a man who was robbed and then set on fire in his [auto repair] garage a week ago has died at a Pittsburgh burn center.
The Allegheny County medical examiner’s office says 38-year-old Vincent Bloom was pronounced dead at 7:13 p.m. Friday at West Penn Burn Center. An autopsy is planned in Cambria County. [...]

The AP article above ‘whites out‘ the race of the murderers. Translation: The victim was white.

Unfortunately, due to the critical nature of the victim’s condition, police were unable to conduct a thorough interview.

“We haven’t been able to interview him due to his current condition,” police Sgt. George Musulin III said. “It was a horrific act.”

Officers removed evidence from the scene and took it to the state police crime lab in Greensburg. Musulin would not say what evidence was taken.

Police spoke briefly with Bloom before he was taken to the hospital.
……
The robbers fled in an unknown direction.
“There are so many sketchy details,” Musulin said.

Making the task of apprehending the murderous thugs all the more difficult. If you have any information please contact local authorities immediately. The monsters need to be taken off of the streets ASAP, before they can strike again.

Cambria County Crime Stoppers is offering a reward of up to $2,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the robbers.

Anyone with information on the crime can call the Cambria County non-emergency number at (800) 281-1680 or West Hills police at 255-4145. [...]

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Creflo Dollar 911 Call & Arrest for Battery: "He Punched Me in the Face"

Creflo Dollar 911 Call: 'He Punched Me in the Face'

Megachurch pastor Creflo Dollar's daughter called 911 on him and the tape has now been released.

http://www.cbsatlanta.com/video?autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=7390359

http://peachtreecorners.patch.com/articles/creflo-dollar-911-call-he-punched-me-in-the-face-6afdba11

CBS News has released the 911 call from Creflo Dollar's daughter after the alleged battery incident earlier this month.

In the tape, the daughter of the World Changers pastor says that she does not show any signs of injury, but she does state that her father "choked me and punched me in the face."

She admits that the confrontation stemmed from her wanting to go to a party, and her father being unhappy with her grades.

Dollar, whose megachurch has a satellite church in Peachtree Corners, was arrested on battery charges that evening. In his first sermon after the arrest, he said the truth will come to light.

This article first appeared on Cascade Patch.

Pennsylvania Judge Throws Out Charge For Harrassing Atheist While Calling The Victim A Doofus

Five factors are on view, to my mind.  (1)  First Amendment issues. (2) Brandenburg Test. (3) Sharia-creep, using Sharia in adjudicating US state and federal cases.  OK legislation barring Sharia-creep may have been invalidated by an appellate court.  (??)  This is a PA state court.  (4) Judicial distemperment? And, (5) Judicial misconduct?  As much as one may abhor indecent, disorderly, dysfunctional, disrespectful and disagreeable religious speech and views, and we assuredly do, the First Amendment allows it.  An interesting record is the 36-minute tape at the end.

http://jonathanturley.org/2012/02/24/pennsylvania-judge-throws-out-charge-for-harassing-atheist-while-calling-the-victim-a-doofus/


There is a surprising story out of Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania that seems the perfect storm of religious tensions. You begin with Ernie Perce, an atheist who marched as a zombie Mohammad in the Mechanicsburg Halloween parade. Then you add Talaag Elbayomy, a Muslim who stepped off a curb and reportedly attacked Perce for insulting the Prophet. Then you have a judge (Judge Mark Martin) who threw out the criminal charges against Elbayomy and ridiculed the victim, Perce. The Judge identifies himself as a Muslim and says that Perce conduct is not what the First Amendment is supposed to protect.

Perce is the American Atheists’ Pennsylvania State Director and marched with other atheists, including one dressed as a creepy Pope. Here is the tape of the incident:



Perce says that Elbayomy grabbed him and tried to take his sign. Elbayomy was at the parade with his wife and children and said that he felt he had to act in the face of the insult. The officer at the scene, Sgt. Brian Curtis, correctly concluded that Perce was engaged in a lawful, first amendment activity. He therefore charged Elbayomy. While it looks like an assault, he was only charged with harassment.


The case, however, then went to District Judge Mark Martin who not only threw out the charge of harassment but ridiculed Perce as a “doofus.” He also proceeds to not only give an account of his own Muslim faith (and say that he was offended personally by Perce’s action) but suggests that Elbayomy was just protecting his “culture.” The judge not only points to his own Koran but his time in Muslim countries as relevant to his deliberations. Putting aside the problem of ruling in a case where you admit you have strong personal feelings, the lecture given on the first amendment is perfectly grotesque from a civil liberties perspective.


Here is part of the hearing transcript:

Well, having had the benefit of having spent over two-and-a-half years in predominantly Muslim countries, I think I know a little bit about the faith of Islam. In fact, I have a copy of the Quran here, and I would challenge you, Sir, to show me where it says in the Quran that Muhammad arose and walked among the dead. I think you misinterpreted a couple of things. So before you start mocking somebody else’s religion, you might want to find out a little more about it. It kind of makes you look like a doofus. …
In many other Muslim-speaking countries, err, excuse me, many Arabic-speaking countries, predominantly Muslim, something like this is definitely against the law there, in their society. In fact, it could be punished by death, and frequently is, in their society.

Here in our society, we have a Constitution that gives us many rights, specifically First Amendment rights. It’s unfortunate that some people use the First Amendment to deliberately provoke others. I don’t think that’s what our forefathers intended. I think our forefathers intended to use the First Amendment so we can speak with our mind, not to piss off other people and cultures – which is what you did.

I don’t think you’re aware, Sir, there’s a big difference between how Americans practice Christianity – I understand you’re an atheist – but see Islam is not just a religion. It’s their culture, their culture, their very essence, their very being. They pray five times a day toward Mecca. To be a good Muslim before you die, you have to make a pilgrimage to Mecca, unless you’re otherwise told you cannot because you’re too ill, too elderly, whatever, but you must make the attempt. Their greeting is ‘Salam alaikum, wa-laikum as-Salam,’ uh, ‘May God be with you.’

Whenever it is very common, their language, when they’re speaking to each other, it’s very common for them to say, uh, Allah willing, this will happen. It’s, they’re so immersed in it. And what you’ve done is, you’ve completely trashed their essence, their being. They find it very, very, very offensive. I’m a Muslim. I find it offensive. I find what’s on the other side of this [sign] very offensive. But you have that right, but you are way outside your bounds of First Amendment rights. …

I’ve spent about seven years living in other countries. When we go to other countries, it’s not uncommon for people to refer to us as ‘ugly Americans.’ This is why we hear it referred to as ‘ugly Americans,’ because we’re so concerned about our own rights, we don’t care about other people’s rights. As long as we get our say, but we don’t care about the other people’s say.

The judge’s distorted view of the first amendment was magnified by Elbayomy’s counsel, R. Mark Thomas who called this lecture “a good dressing down by the judge. The so-called victim was the antagonist and we introduced evidence that clearly showed his attitude toward Muslims. The judge didn’t do anything I wouldn’t have done if I was in that position.”


I fail to see the relevance of the victim’s attitude toward Muslims or religion generally. He had a protected right to walk in the parade and not be assaulted for his views. While the judge laments that “[i]t’s unfortunate that some people use the First Amendment to deliberately provoke others,” that is precisely what the Framers had in mind if Thomas Paine is any measure.


Notably, reports indicate that Elbayomy called police because he thought it was a crime to be disrespectful to Muhammed. The judge appears to reference this by noting that in some countries you can be put to death for such an offense. Those countries are called oppressive countries. This is a free country where it is not a crime to insult someone’s religion — despite a counter-trend in some Western countries.


I also do not see how the judge believes that he has the authority to tell a religious critic that “before you start mocking somebody else’s religion, you might want to find out a little more about it.” Let alone call a person a “doofus” because he opposes religion.


To make matters worse, the judge is reportedly threatening Perce with contempt for posting the audio of the hearing.
The reference to the cultural motivations for assaulting Perce seems to raise a type of cultural defense. I have spent years discussing this issue with state and federal judges on the proper role of culture in criminal and civil cases. This is not a case where I would view that defense as properly raised.


There are certainly constitutional (and yes cultural) norms that must be accepted when joining this Republic. One is a commitment to free speech. If culture could trump free speech, the country would become the amalgamation of all extrinsic cultures — protecting no one by protecting everyone’s impulses. Those countries referenced by the court took a different path — a path away from civil liberties and toward religious orthodoxy. It is a poor example to raise except as an example of what we are not. The fact that this man may have formed his views in such an oppressive environment does not excuse his forcing others to adhere to his religious sentiments.


Martin’s comments also heighten concerns over the growing trend toward criminalizing anti-religious speech in the use of such standards as the Brandenburg test, a position supported by the Obama Administration.


There are legitimate uses of the culture defense. However, when it comes to free speech, that is not just our controlling constitutional right but the touchstone of our culture.


I can understand the judge’s claims of conflicting testimony on the crime –though it seems to be that the officer’s testimony and the tape would resolve those doubts. However, I view this as an extremely troubling case that raises serious questions of judicial temperament, if not misconduct.



Source: ABC

Penn Judge: Muslim Assaults American, Assault Justified on Sharia-Grounds and Case Dismissed

Assault, a felony

http://news.yahoo.com/penn-judge-muslims-allowed-attack-people-insulting-mohammad-210000330.html


Penn Judge: Muslims Allowed to Attack People for Insulting Mohammad


COMMENTARY | Jonathon Turley, a law professor at George Washington University, reports on a disturbing case in which a state judge in Pennsylvania threw out an assault case involving a Muslim attacking an atheist for insulting the Prophet Muhammad.

Judge Mark Martin, an Iraq war veteran and a convert to Islam, threw the case out in what appears to be an invocation of Sharia law.

The incident occurred at the Mechanicsburg, Pa., Halloween parade where Ernie Perce, an atheist activist, marched as a zombie Muhammad. Talaag Elbayomy, a Muslim, attacked Perce, and he was arrested by police.

Judge Martin threw the case out on the grounds that Elbayomy was obligated to attack Perce because of his culture and religion. Judge Martin stated that the First Amendment of the Constitution does not permit people to provoke other people. He also called Perce, the plaintiff in the case, a "doofus." In effect, Perce was the perpetrator of the assault, in Judge Martin's view, and Elbayomy the innocent. The Sharia law that the Muslim attacker followed trumped the First Amendment.

Words almost fail.

The Washington Post recently reported on an appeals court decision to maintain an injunction to stop the implementation of an amendment to the Oklahoma state constitution that bans the use of Sharia law in state courts.


The excuse the court gave was that there was no documented case of Sharia law being invoked in an American court. Judge Martin would seem to have provided that example, which should provide fodder for the argument as the case goes through the federal courts.

The text of the First Amendment could not be clearer. "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof-" It does not say "unless somebody, especially a Muslim, is angered." Indeed Judge Martin specifically decided to respect the establishment of a religion, in this case Islam.

That Judge Martin should be removed from the bench and severely sanctioned goes almost without saying. He clearly had no business hearing the case in the first place, since he seems to carry an emotional bias. He also needs to retake a constitutional law course. Otherwise, a real can of worms has been opened up, permitting violence against people exercising free speech.

It should be noted that another atheist, dressed as a Zombie Pope, was marching beside the Zombie Muhammad. No outraged Catholics attacked him.