White supremacist gangs? Murdering people in Texas? With guns?!! That sounds like a story right up the MSM’s alley. And indeed it was:
- “Texas manhunt for DA’s killer eyes possible Aryan Brotherhood link”
- “White supremacist group possibly involved in slaying of Texas DA”
- “Suspicion in DA Murder Shifts to Aryan Brotherhood”
- “Texas DA death suggests simmering neo-Nazi war could be boiling over”
- “The White Supremacist Group That May Be Targeting Law Enforcement For Revenge”
Thank goodness for Twitter, where at least a few folks believe an investigation should precede a declaration of guilt.
@msnbc or maybe Mexican drug cartels! Or maybe even Martians! How about going and getting facts…like a news service.
— Dustan Hogue (@hogue_dustan) April 2, 2013
Why wait for an objective investigation when you’ve got the hate-spewing Southern Poverty Law Center on the case?
[VIDEO] Mark Potok provides insight into Aryan Brotherhood of Texas-probed in killing of Texas district attorney/wife http://t.co/m0c3iJlZXI
— Hatewatch (@Hatewatch) April 2, 2013
Too bad the sordid truth had to come out and ruin all that lovely speculation.
https://twitter.com/rsmccain/status/323578362402598913
What? It wasn’t scary white supremacists highlighted in an eight-minute MSNBC segment? http://t.co/VjqgowxK08 #p2 #tcot #McLelland
— Hypno Jive (@hypnonon) April 15, 2013
Unless there's something inherently racist about a guy shooting 3 people over some stolen monitors. With the SPLC, you never know.
— Moe Lane (@Ogiel23) (@moelane) April 14, 2013
No worries, though. The story is now “local crime,” which as we all know, can be properly ignored.
Related:
The Other McCain, “How the Left’s Online Meme Machine Helped Create a Murder Myth in Texas“
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