MAY 29, 2019
The Lie That Will Not Die and the Truth about Black Mass Shooters
By
Colin Flaherty
The lie that will not die: Most mass shooters are white.
Just Google "white mass shooters," and you will find hundreds and hundreds of stories from The Grio, Root, Salon, CNN, PBS, and Newsweek, right up to the Washington Post, with headlines likes this, from Vice: "Why are so many mass shootings committed by young white men?"
All accompanied with fairy tales like this from the Washington Post: "a consistent pattern: Young, white men with demonstrable backgrounds of mental instability or
violence against women taking the lives of as many people as possible."
At least one legacy media outfit figured out, however painful it was to report (and bury in the middle of the jump), that three quarters of mass shooters are black.
That was the New York Times.
You read that right: mass shootings are a black thing. And we find them almost every day. Often more than one. In Philadelphia alone, they report one every eleven days.
Let's take a look at the headlines (with links) from a nine-day period ending Memorial Day, May 27. One at a time, most recent day first, until we reach the 26th mass shooting from a black person.
Starting in Trenton, New Jersey.
1. "
1 killed, 5 wounded as gunfire erupts in Trenton again days after 10 were hurt in shooting outside city bar."
2. As the previous headline indicates, don't confuse that mass shooting with "
Police Confirm Nine Injuries in Trenton Shooting Incident" from Friday, the 25th of May.
3. Police: "
Multiple people shot, including boy, in Southeast DC." Multiple equals five.
4/5. "
Six people, including teenagers shot in two separate incidents in Brooklyn." A twofer: three each.
6. "
Police: 1 dead, 2 injured after shooting in downtown St. Louis."
7. "
Three people shot in South Merced neighborhood."
Let's check out the headlines and links from May 26. Spoiler alert: not a white person in sight.
8. "
1 Dead, 3 Wounded After Shootout at Fort Lauderdale Parking Garage." Not to worry — his mom says he was acting in self-defense.
9. "
2 dead, 3 wounded after gunfire erupts in Little Italy." Not too many Italians left in Little Italy.
10. "
5 people shot, 3 arrested at Brunswick." This is not even the worst one in Virginia last weekend. So hold on.
11. "
Four shot, one dead in Stockton." Some locals call Stockton the New Chicago.
12.
Transgender woman, 2 men killed in Detroit shooting. Not the first recent murder of a transgender. Not polite to notice that those killers are black as well.
13.
Quadruple shooting in SE Baltimore Saturday night. This happened the same night 100 black people rampaged through Baltimore's tourist Mecca, the Inner Harbor. They were assaulting, stealing, attacking police in what none dare call a good old-fashioned race riot. Again.