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Channeling my best Paul Harvey voice....

Apr 20, 2015, 11:06 AM

And now...the rest of the story.....that you will never hear about again.

First, the Judge speaking to the prosecutor in the case. He is referring to a victims impact statement that was part of the record in this youtube video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIOh4QYmS2c

Here is the text of the various "victims impact statements" presented, one in particular which is cited by the judge in the video above.

VICTIM IMPACT STATEMENT

(Jordan Gray, mother)

Has the crime had a psychological impact on you?

My husband works nights and there are many nights I still can't sleep. Even with a security system I don't feel safe in my own home. I'm nervous about when random people walk down the street and constantly have our doors locked.

Has this crime effected the lifestyle of you or your family?

Due to the impact it has had on my 5-year-old daughter we have to consider the area in which we go. While my daughter and I used to play outside, we are hesitant to do so now by ourselves.

If you have any additional information, please feel free to attach it to this form. (i.e, recommended sentence).

This incident has had the most impact on my daughter. She is in constant fear of black men. When we are running errands, if we come across a black male, she holds me tight and begs me to leave. If (she) is playing in a room and I walk into another, she freaks out. It has affected her friendships at school and our relationship with African American friends.

(Tommy Gray, father)

Has the crime had a psychological impact on you?

For months after this crime I couldn't sleep. I would relive this incident every night before bed. I would constantly see their faces every time I closed my eyes.

Has this crime effected the lifestyle of you or your family?

Since the crime occurred my daughter is terrified of black males. Where ever we go, we are constantly reminded of her fears. She brings up the crime and can't be left alone in our own home because she is afraid someone will bust in the door."

Has this crime resulted in any damages or loss of property?

My wife's cell phone and vacation fund of about $1000.

If you have any additional information, please feel free to attach it to this form. (i.e, recommended sentence).

I don't have a recommended sentence but I feel like probation is not enough. This crime will effect my daughter for the rest of her life and Mr. Wallace deserves to serve time. If holding a little girl at gunpoint gets you probation, then our system is flawed.

And here is the USA Today link with more information:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/04/10/judge-slams-victims-for-tots-black-men-fear/25604929/

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feeling that white people were generally racist because she'd experienced violent racism at the hands of one white "individual." Or, I wonder if he'd say it was wrong to generalize about white racism based on experiencing racism coming from a few white "individuals." I'd say it's wrong to generalize in both cases, but it's hard to blame a little girl for having a visceral reaction.

This reminds me of the case of a writer who used to work the National Review a few years ago who ruined his career because of comments he made on the subject of generalization about race. He was already on a bit of thin ice because of his writing about statistics on race (like IQ and crime), and he often seemed a little too eager to chalk up racial inequality to genetics. But the piece that got him fired and basically pushed him into obscurity was a response to a piece by a black writer about having to "have the talk" with their child about expecting white racism. The gist was that they wanted their kid to be prepared for white people not to treat them equally, and the implication was that white people were generally racist. The response from the National Review writer (not in National Review, but a different blog) was to say that maybe white people needed to have "the talk" with their own kids about black people's disproportionate involvement in violent crimes.

Of course, as is often the case, the white writer's off-base response to the black writer's racial generalizations caused far more of a stir than the original piece. Maybe that's as it should be, given our country's racial history. But it obscured the fact that we tend to condone certain racial generalizations while condemning others as racist, and we often ignore the degree to which our biology may contribute to what can become racist generalization. It's hard to blame a kid, or even an adult, for thinking that certain groups of people are racist or certain groups of people are likely to be violent criminals, when they've experienced racism or violent crime from members of those groups. Unfortunately, all the abstract reason in the world that says that an individual member of a race can't really be representative of everyone of that race- or that there's no reason to believe skin color has anything to do with behavior- may not be enough to change the impression left by somebody's experience. So what might be needed is more socialization- experiences with people that suggest there's no reason to be afraid.

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Channeling my best Paul Harvey voice....

what a guy....he should be home-invaded***

Send him to Wisconsin and make him donate to Republicans

The ruling and the judge suck

An article that demonstrated he doesn't know what's wrong...

I never mentioned race in anything I wrote

You know what you intended.

Every time I try to TD catahoula, it gives him a TU

Cause I'm just that #### good.

Wow. I'm at a complete loss for words

True, I am. And I'll stand by it.

The judge says if it were a white male that did it would the

Or just terrified of male strangers, which may be the case

Agree...

I wonder what he'd think about a black little girl...

Please to elaborate on how our biology may contribute to

That's what the article was about, wasn't it?

That's more psychology than biology, but I hear ya.***

xenophobia is a natural reflex.***

Re: xenophobia is a natural reflex.***

Are you....

It is a base animal reflex. Up until modern times,

Seems like it still is.

Re: It is a base animal reflex. Up until modern times,

So let's say you're almost in a wreck

Re: So let's say you're almost in a wreck

not sure if you realize it

The man is incompetent, morally blind, and ignorant.***

prisons are full of black men it's about time we give them

Home invader?

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