Sunday, September 02, 2007
Unanswered questions ...
According to this morning's Tennessean, "Davidson County's Hispanics are falling victim to murder at a disproportionately high rate, Metro statistics show."
"Of this year's 43 murders, nearly one in four victims was Hispanic, despite the fact that Hispanics compose just over 7 percent of Nashville's population. Last year, Hispanic victims made up 16 percent of murder victims."
What I'd like to know is this: How many of the "nearly one in four" victims were victims of Hispanic-on-Hispanic crime?
The Tennessean, of course, didn't answer this important question. Indeed, the story in this morning's paper made it sound as if Hispanics are being struck down by roving bands of immigrant-hating rednecks.
I'd be willing to bet a dollar to anyone's dime that most, if not all, of the 43 Hispanics killed in Davidson County this year were murdered by fellow Hispanics.
The fact that the Tennessean can't honestly report - won't report is more like it - who've been killing Hispanics with the same fervor that it's using to report that Hispanics are being killed lets us all know where the paper's biases lie.
For anyone who thinks I'm just blowing smoke, consider this:
Page 2B in this morning's Tennessean has this to say about a stabbing which took place early yesterday morning:
"Two people were stabbed and three assaulted during a fight at a Nashville nightclub early Saturday. ...
"The incident, which [Metro Police Capt. Karl] Roller said could be gang-related, took place about 1 a.m. at 1164 Murfreesboro Road."
There're no "clubs" at 1164 Murfreesboro Road. A Mexican restaurant - La Fuente Mexican Restaurant, which's been in business since at least 1996 - sits, if you will, at that address. Violence is done to five people at a been-in-b'ness-for-a-decade restaurant and the Tennessean reports that said violence took place in "a club." What gives?
Furthermore, the neighborhood in which La Fuente does business has a very large - some would say "overwhelming" - Hispanic population. Yet, the Tennessean does not identify the ethnicity of the victims or the perpetrator(s). Again, what gives?
I have some pretty good answers to the questions posed above. Who has a dime they wanna put on the table to hear the answers?
"Of this year's 43 murders, nearly one in four victims was Hispanic, despite the fact that Hispanics compose just over 7 percent of Nashville's population. Last year, Hispanic victims made up 16 percent of murder victims."
What I'd like to know is this: How many of the "nearly one in four" victims were victims of Hispanic-on-Hispanic crime?
The Tennessean, of course, didn't answer this important question. Indeed, the story in this morning's paper made it sound as if Hispanics are being struck down by roving bands of immigrant-hating rednecks.
I'd be willing to bet a dollar to anyone's dime that most, if not all, of the 43 Hispanics killed in Davidson County this year were murdered by fellow Hispanics.
The fact that the Tennessean can't honestly report - won't report is more like it - who've been killing Hispanics with the same fervor that it's using to report that Hispanics are being killed lets us all know where the paper's biases lie.
For anyone who thinks I'm just blowing smoke, consider this:
Page 2B in this morning's Tennessean has this to say about a stabbing which took place early yesterday morning:
"Two people were stabbed and three assaulted during a fight at a Nashville nightclub early Saturday. ...
"The incident, which [Metro Police Capt. Karl] Roller said could be gang-related, took place about 1 a.m. at 1164 Murfreesboro Road."
There're no "clubs" at 1164 Murfreesboro Road. A Mexican restaurant - La Fuente Mexican Restaurant, which's been in business since at least 1996 - sits, if you will, at that address. Violence is done to five people at a been-in-b'ness-for-a-decade restaurant and the Tennessean reports that said violence took place in "a club." What gives?
Furthermore, the neighborhood in which La Fuente does business has a very large - some would say "overwhelming" - Hispanic population. Yet, the Tennessean does not identify the ethnicity of the victims or the perpetrator(s). Again, what gives?
I have some pretty good answers to the questions posed above. Who has a dime they wanna put on the table to hear the answers?
# posted by Joltin' Django @ Sunday, September 02, 2007 
