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If Markeith Loyd Were White, Would Republicans Push So Hard For Death?

March 22, 2017 - 11:15am

Gov. Rick Scott wasted no time in replacing Aramis Ayala as the prosecutor in the Markeith Loyd murder case after she announced that she would seek life without the chance of parole instead of the death penalty.

Florida Rep. Bob Cortes wasted no time in announcing he wanted Aramis Ayala removed from her duly elected position of state attorney because of her announcement.

Various Republicans around the state have been making similar statements regarding Markeith Loyd and the desire for him to die.

The crimes he is accused of very well may warrant the death penalty.

I asked myself, though, would they be so quick to want to put Loyd to death if his skin lacked a certain level of melanin.

Something tells me the answer is no.

There would be the "let's wait for all the facts" or "innocent until proven guilty" lines.

Especially since the victims are black.

Don't get me wrong, it matters that Debra Clayton was a police officer, and the big push for the death penalty is because of that fact. 

To a certain degree.

Poor Sade Dixon and her unborn child, whose lives matter just as much, seem to be an afterthought to these rabid people who don't even seem to know Debra Clayton's name.
All they seem to be able to yell is "Cop killer!"

Imagine if Debra Clayton hadn't been a police officer.

Chances are high that we wouldn't even know she had been killed. 

Sad, isn't it?

Rick Scott wouldn't give a rat's crack what her killer was charged with or what penalty was on the table.

Neither would Bob Cortes.

They would let Aramis Ayala do her job without interference.

They should do so now. This political grandstanding is sickening. 

Wouldn't it be something if Rick Scott took an interest in the fact that a man was boiled alive down in Miami-Dade, and yet no charges were filed?

Kathy Fernandez Rundle is a state attorney who should be removed if ever I saw one. Where is the outrage there? 

No one is questioning her discretion, and it has been questionable for quite some time.

This attempt to bully Aramis Ayala WILL backfire.

Either in the courts, at the polls, or both.

Keep poking the bear. I know this country has gotten away with it for a very long time. 

You guys know what "it" is.

We are at a point where criminal justice reform is desperately needed, especially for the black community.

Anyone who says that the death penalty hasn't been used disproportionately against people of color isn't being honest.

Anyone who says harsher sentences for the same offenses haven't been given to people of color isn't being honest.

Let's be honest for a second. Barring any outside factors, Markeith Loyd is going to outlive most of you calling for his death, even if he DOES get the death penalty.


Think about that.

Leslie Wimes, a Sunshine State News columnist, is founder and president of Women on the Move and the Democratic African American Women Caucus, www.daawc.com. Follow Leslie on Twitter: @womenonthemove1.
 

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How sick to squeeze your RACE-CARD in-front of America, one more time. You along with ALL the other Revenge-Racists, have exhausted your excuses for the High-Crime that comes out of Black Neighborhoods. As you well-know, but choose to ignore, Police do NOT give a Damn who did the shooting when it is one-of-their-own, but for you to make this a "Race" issue, when you know that is not the case only shows, you had NO material for an legitimate article, so you tried "read" from the Al Sharpton Racism "Book", to keep yourself in the News. Disgusting, especially if you think this is going to better Race-Relations!! Leave your deep-evil Chip-on-the shoulder-at-home next time..

Leslie is a complete race-baiting Jackass. I'm black and I can't stand her. This animal took a mother away from her children, and yes, she was pregnant. By all accounts, he'd had been abusing this young woman. He killed a MUCH BELOVED police officer who tried to restore trust between communities of color and "COPS." If anyone deserves to be put to death by "firing squad" it's this guy. How many more women would he need to kill Leslie? Would they be doing the same thing if he was WHITE, HYFR. Google Ted Bundy. or Greg Thomas (who is on death row for murdering my best friend) he's also white. Sometimes it's not about the color, it's about CRIME. Markeith gave up his rights the moment he took the life of Ms. Dixon and Mrs. Clayton. Kill him and let's make it QUICK.

Don't you just love it when these libtards use the race card when it has NO PLACE in the discussion at hand? This guy killed THREE people in execution fashion, including a peace officer. I have no idea about the color of the police officer that was MURDERED and it makes no difference to me whether the killer is white, black, brown or purple. The guy allegedly committed several heinous murders and there are laws on the books to assure that justice is served. PERIOD. Kudos to Gov. Scott for taking action.

I agree. This animal makes me want to bring back the electric chair. If black lives matter, why is it to "Leslie" these three lives don't??? If they need someone to administer the lethal injection to cop killing, women and baby murdering thugs, I volunteer.

could we put "race" to bed as the motivating factor in the removal Ayala! I am sick and tired of the race card being drawn especially in the last 8 yrs! ( thx obama)! these crimes were so heinous that the warrent justice to the victims and their families! sorry no mercy!

Race Card in the past eight years? Are you actually seriously or just suffering from advanced dementia? Leslie is a useless tool, but racism is real. When imbecilic morons like "you" and "Leslie" offer it up at a wholesale discount, it waters down the lasting legacy of bondage, racism, and slavery. Slavery lasted longer than the Holocaust and impacted more lives, yet we give reparations to Israel and would never think of telling our Jewish brethren to "get over it." Nor should we. How does one get over 6 million dastardly murders Colleena? Please enlighten me. Let me offer you some reading materials (if you can actually read): https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/feb/06/ava-duvernay-legacy-slavery-selma-oscars-13th-trump-era-america-racist-past-award http://www.research.ucsb.edu/cbs/xsite/lectures/legacy/overview.html https://www.brookings.edu/articles/an-american-tragedy-the-legacy-of-slavery-lingers-in-our-cities-ghettos/ Again Leslie is a symptom. If we want to defeat racism, fascism, and communism, we must cure the disease (thanks, Colleena) for reminding me how much work is left to be done in the "deep, deep, South. The first multi-race President did not invent or contribute to racism in America. He simply committed the crime of being a man with Black skin, occupying the White House, that slaves built. Please....pick up my MIC --I just dropped it.

What is even a bigger shame is to play the race card at the expense of this terrible tragedy. There was interest in the death penalty although all of the parties were black. How come you didn't mention that? I don't hear you screaming that the overwhelming majority of violence (by far) in the black community is committed between black people. This is a travesty, yet without somehow having someone of a different race to blame, it is avoided. Until politics, crime, your racial thinking starts being about people and not people of different races, nothing will change. You are part of the problem instead of being part of the solution.

Oh, the Caucacity of it all!! Hahaha! Spoken like a true non-person of color!!

If you believe that you are a victim, you are... Be a lion boy!

Leslie Wimes does care that the death penalty might stop a person from committing a capital crime. LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE COULD BE OVER TURNED DOWN THE ROAD, WHEN SOMEONE SAYS THAT WAS TO CRUEL AN THAT PERSON GETS OFF

When white people have no excuse for their racism, they say " but black on black crime"! Tell the truth Leslie Wimes, and shame these devils!!!

Leslie Wimes is making a very weak case using the much discredited race card. It is the same kind of argument that Black Lives Matter uses to blame police for doing their job. Markeith Lloyd is a vicious murderer and needs justice. Gang killers in Chicago have been allow to run amok because of this kind of faulty reasoning by Wimes. Her type of far left thinking causes direct harm to the communities she says she supports.

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