Alamance county, NC, commissioner Tim Sutton under fire for accusing "black community of turning back on violence in neighborhoods" in wake of shooting death of 13 year old Shakanah China.
Tim Sutton, an Alamance county commissioner accused the
black community of turning its back on the violence in neighborhoods, particularly in the wake of the fatal murder of 13 year old
Shakanah China in Durham last week. According to the
Wilmington Journal, Sutton told WBAG radio that blacks "
are afraid to confront" people who engage in crime in their backyard. Say it, they are afraid to "
snitch."
"Do you think for a moment - I'll just be blunt about it - do you think for a moment whites would let people do that without saying you're going to face me or you're not going to be able to do it," The Times News newspaper reports Sutton saying during the "Talkline" show. "We are going to take you or you're going to take us. I don't think we'd let it happen."
When told that color should have nothing to do with the issue, Sutton is quoted as responding,""I think the black community turns their back on stuff. They're afraid to confront the people that are doing it, and it's socioeconomic. If you don't have a man in the house, if you have - you know - divorce rates or no-married rates that are what they are I guess maybe you don't have anybody to confront these people that are doing it." Source: Wilmington Journal
Michael Graves, head of
Concerned Citizens of Alamance County, has taken offence with Sutton's comments and wants an apology. But isn't it a known fact that some blacks don't want to be labeled as snitches and will look the other way when crimes are committed in their backyards? It has always irked me to no end when they knowingly harbor criminals by virtue of their silence. Maybe Sutton shouldn't have thrown in the "divorce rate or no-married rates" comment, but you can't ignore the fact there is a
no-snitch mentality in these crime-ridden neighborhoods.
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