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They Murdered Her for Saying All Lives Matter
Murdered by the insurgency, her three year old will never know her
It is a season of remembering names. I am adding one to the list. She was shot dead on July 5 in Indianapolis for exercising her First Amendment rights by responding to mostly peaceful rioters proclaiming that black lives matter with “all lives matter”.
Her name is Jessica Doty Walker, and these hate mongers canceled her permanently. The cowards pulled guns on her and her friends, who responded in kind. So the BLMers deescalated, bumped fists, and waited nearby in ambush for them to leave and then fired from cover.
These are the fruits by which we can judge the current violence and the politicians that indulge and enable it. The message is simple. Elect a man rapidly progressing to a vegetative state who will surrender to Xi and the insurrection, or they will continue to escalate the violence. Like Jenny Durkan, the Seattle Mayor, Indianapolis mayor Joe Hogsett is a former US Attorney nominated by Barack Obama.
On June 1, Former President Obama decried the violence that continues to erupt:
First, the waves of protests across the country represent a genuine and legitimate frustration over a decades-long failure to reform police practices and the broader criminal justice system in the United States. The overwhelming majority of participants have been peaceful, courageous, responsible, and inspiring. They deserve our respect and support, not condemnation — something that police in cities like Camden and Flint have commendably understood.
On the other hand, the small minority of folks who’ve resorted to violence in various forms, whether out of genuine anger or mere opportunism, are putting innocent people at risk, compounding the destruction of neighborhoods that are often already short on services and investment and detracting from the larger cause. I saw an elderly black woman being interviewed today in tears because the only grocery store in her neighborhood had been trashed. If history is any guide, that store may take years to come back. So let’s not excuse violence, or rationalize it, or participate in it. If we want our criminal justice system, and American society at large, to operate on a higher ethical code, then we have to model that code ourselves.
Second, I’ve heard some suggest that the recurrent problem of racial bias in our criminal justice system proves that only protests and direct action can bring about change, and that voting and participation in electoral politics is a waste of time. I couldn’t disagree more. The point of protest is to raise public awareness, to put a spotlight on injustice, and to make the powers that be uncomfortable; in fact, throughout American history, it’s often only been in response to protests and civil disobedience that the political system has even paid attention to marginalized communities. But eventually, aspirations have to be translated into specific laws and institutional practices — and in a democracy, that only happens when we elect government officials who are responsive to our demands.
I agree with these words. Would that his political progeny were as dedicated to reform within a framework of civil order as these words demand rather than condoning broad insurrection.
In unrelated news, background checks for gun purchases nationwide were four times more numerous in June 2020 than June 2019.
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Also sad; she literally left behind a 3-year-old child. Instead of staying home.
Here’s my unasked for take. Two groups of armed people were out at night and got into an argument. Later one of them was shot. All of the other factors; color, gender, parent, protester are only relevant in the local legal context.
I’m sorry she’s dead, but she’s not a martyr.
Reddit took down this story.
It had 15k upvotes
has there been a marxist movement that was non violent?
has there been one that tolerates dissent?
What do you make of Reddit taking it down?
You people…
https://fox59.com/news/crimetracker/indy-mother-becomes-2nd-homicide-along-downtown-canal-in-1-week/
Current sources, many just addressing the week old story today. Citation does not imply endorsement:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8515507/Young-mother-24-shot-dead-fianc-saying-lives-matter.html
https://fox59.com/news/crimetracker/indy-mother-becomes-2nd-homicide-along-downtown-canal-in-1-week/
https://www.dailywire.com/news/young-mother-shot-to-death-after-telling-blm-supporters-all-lives-matter-family-says/
https://www.wthr.com/article/news/crime/family-of-downtown-canal-shooting-victim-seeks-justice/531-ce60ebbd-49b4-4b40-99b5-3f0e7a8e3b40
https://heavy.com/news/2020/07/jessica-doty-whitaker-dead/
https://www.ibtimes.sg/jessica-doty-whitaker-indiana-mother-shot-head-saying-all-lives-matter-by-blm-activists-48378
https://www.wishtv.com/news/crime-watch-8/woman-shot-killed-near-downtown-canal-was-mother-with-great-heart/
https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/crime/item/36357-24-year-old-white-mother-killed-by-blm-thugs-mainstream-media-silent
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/ny-jessica-doty-whitaker-shot-dead-indianapolis-all-lives-matter-20200713-jcm5oyjca5fz5kge4qtlhh7dnu-story.html
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/12110240/jessica-doty-whitaker-all-lives-matter-indiana/
https://www.crimeonline.com/2020/07/13/young-mom-shot-dead-in-front-of-friends-fiance-after-shouting-all-lives-matter-at-group-of-strangers-report/
https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/crime/item/36357-24-year-old-white-mother-killed-by-blm-thugs-mainstream-media-silent
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2020/07/13/woman-allegedly-killed-for-saying-all-lives-matter-n2572348
And now the FaceBook mobs are griefing her memory. From Gateway Pundit an hour ago:
FaceBook is nothing if not dependable.
The death of this young mother is tragic.
I will draw no conclusions about the facts at this point. It looks much more complicated than the OP indicates.
It is very strange behavior, at least to me, for people to be out at a canal at 3:30 am. Two groups, both armed. It may be innocent, but it’s unusual, and makes me wonder whether there was some gang or drug activity involved. I have no way of knowing this.
It does not seem to have anything to do with BLM (may they be delenda est-ed).
Early news reports regarding incidents like this are frequently inaccurate, and even more regularly incomplete.
It was the early morning after July 4.
The canal in Indy is basically the same as the Riverwalk in San Antonio. It’s downtown, lots of concrete, buildings, &c.
The canal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Central_Canal
I’m not surprised. Reddit has been doing this a lot in the age of Trump.
The weather forecast I found said that July 4 in Indianapolis had a high of 92°, and a low of 73°.
Suddenly people being outdoors at 3:30 AM doesn’t seem so strange.
“Unrelated,” heh! Concealed carry card classes are jammed full in Arizona, even as instructors add sessions.
Thanks for the local context. I get “the Riverwalk” from past time spent in that part of Texas.
I think commenters are jumping to conclusions here.
So some of the people with her were armed. So What? They may have thought they needed to protect themselves. The BLM antics have caused that. To be carrying a weapon may have been a very reasonable thing to do.
The simple fact is that the mother was killed. The assailants were black. The victim white. All other facts are hearsay at this point and with the Media so eager to put a pro-BLM spin on everything it is hard to believe anything beyond that.
The Assailants said someone said a racial slur. Of course they would. What does that mean these days? In this environment a simple disagreement can be considered a ‘racial slur”.
The fact is that there was not a justification for murder. The Media and BLM has whipped up racial and political animosity to the point that people are losing their minds and doing things that have no justification except for politics involved.
I won’t go that far. Not all protests have been violent and not all protesters have stayed when the insurrectionists showed up and went to work.
That was true weeks ago. Time and passed and the situation has changed. I knew protestors who purposely went to protests where they knew the National Guard would be there because they knew things would not get out of hand. That was weeks ago. But now I also know of people who were taking advantage and looting. This second group has grown and grown. The protestors have gotten much more violent and are out looking for trouble now. Generally speaking at least according to the LAPD officers I have talked to actual peaceful protesting has been reduced significantly, but what you see now are not people out to peacefully protest.
I’m waiting on the cops for this one. The investigation is still underway. “Russian collusion” has reinforced the realization that journalists are poor collectors and disseminators of information.
I am willing to grant the family the benefit of the doubt pending news from the investigation. Certainly BLM is continuing to treat them like a chew toy. No risk of not proving animus there.
They sell stories and their buyers like ’em bloody.
All of them are tabloids now. Even the broadsheets.
We’re arguing about whether someone may have done something to justify shooting an innocent. Good lord they’re winning even among normal people.
I know about two of them 😂
Of course not. She wasn’t an unarmed black man killed by the police . . .
No, we’re arguing about whether we know the entire story or not.
We can lament and condemn the murder, but we can also wonder at how these people got into the situation in the first place.
Frankly, considering the NYPD “bleach in shakes from ShakeShack” hoax, we should be a little skeptical of anyone, including the deceased’s mother, claiming that the deceased said “All Lives Matter” at a hostile group at 330AM.
The fiance said that the victim said that, and he was there. Or at least he says he was there.
And, yeah, we need to be skeptical.
What we know is that a woman was shot and killed. What we have in addition is the story told by a group that was there at the time. This group includes an individual who fired a weapon at … who? The individual who fired first? Apparently he didn’t know which one had fired. The other group? That is an inappropriate and illegal use of a weapon. The air or into the canal? That is foolish and another crime. The police are looking for members of the other group and likely any other witnesses they can find.
I don’t know what happened. I do know that there is at least one person who has no business carrying a weapon.
WHOM, for cryin’ out loud.
And the fiance who returned fire said that he didn’t see anybody. Depending on what that means, he doesn’t know where the shots came from, nor whether someone from the group that they had encountered was involved, nor who fired first to begin with.
I thought about that. But hit “Comment” anyway.
So, firing a gun was pointless. Bad idea. Discharging a firearm for no reason is going to be against the law. Charge him for that and take away his toy.
They go on about how white America wants a civil war. They have constructed a narrative in which anyone thinking about how to protect their families in the event of any social disruption (I live in California where we are instructed to have at least 72 hours worth of food, water and emergency shelter on hand. The Big One is coming, fire season is starting, we’ve been warned to prepare for prolonged power outages and that was before BLM decided that George Floyd’s death was the time to kick off the violent phase of the Total Transformation of America) wants civil war. But no. They want civil war, and SJWs always project.
I am unaware of any early release journalism that carried a high level of certainty short of “plane flies into tall building”, and early reports on that one were that it was a small plane. That caveat is carried into every one of these discussions. Demanding post law enforcement accuracy from early reports is as ridiculous as claiming such accuracy.
I grew up in DC. Some people carried and most people didn’t and legal had little to do with it when there was a serious safety consideration. Some of those that carried became lawyers and doctors and other respectable careers, others pursued less reputable activities. And some are heroes. Defaming victims for carrying firearms is vile and reprehensible on its face, and an attack on the Second Amendment. Or is the fiancés hispanic name the problem? Do we need to update the Bill of Rights to exclude “certain people”? Defaming victims for enjoying a night out is vile and reprehensible, and an attack on the citizen’s right to assemble. Reading something sinister to a night out is enabling behavior to the benefit of the criminal class. The other violence of note in this locale was a fourteen year old shot dead while trying to rob people earlier in the week. If it’s dangerous, I prefer the criminals suffering the consequences.
How dare these young, healthy people break quarantine with a long night out? Seriously, Miss Grundy? Back into our cages? I don’t bloody well think so. How dare mom leave her child with a sitter for the night? Seriously? Do you know how much stress is involved in raising a small child??? If mom doesn’t get the occasional night out the whole family suffers. I won a contest once at my son’s preschool, a weekend for me and my wife at a ritzy downtown hotel. I suppose the preschool administration had no appreciation of parents’ needs and mental health issues.
I don’t know any more than I have presented. The possibilities are endless. I am granting the benefit of the doubt to the victim and her family pending other evidence. That used to be an American value, and a virtue. I appreciate that, especially those in or around law enforcement pick apart every story for possible weaknesses, but that is an exercise that informs an investigation and investigations inform the facts before the facts are publicly presented. For now, they are the only witnesses beyond some surveillance footage.
For now, there is the irony that BLM is demeaning an hispanic man as a vile racist who deserved what he got. Cuz they just got done telling me that minorities can’t be racists. And there are things you simply don’t say or do to the victim of a horrible tragedy.