Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa
Does The Colorado Mass Murder Qualify as A Hate Crime Against White Americans?
A 21-year-old male suspect in the murder of
ten Americans in Colorado has been identified as
Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa. He is currently being treated at hospital for injuries, and is scheduled to appear in court on
Thursday, March 25th, 2021.
The victims ranged from age
20 to 65. Some of them were shopping at the store; some worked there. One was a police officer who arrived to help.
The issue is what constitutes a "hate crime"
Among the dead are the following:
Rikki Olds, Denny Stong - 20, Neven Stanisic - 23, Tralona Bartkowiak - 49, Suzanne Fountain - 59, Teri Leiker - 51, Kevin Mahoney - 61, Lynn Murray - 62, Jody Waters - 65.
Veteran
Boulder Colorado Police Officer and father of seven
Eric Talley is also among the dead.
There is no denying the tragedy inherent in this case of mass murder. It is with this in mind that a topic closely related to these unfortunate cases must be addressed.
The issue is what constitutes a
"hate crime." It is well apparent that the hate crime label applies to the majority of cases of "white on non-white" mass murder in
Canada and the
United States.
Canadian media applied the label when covering the murder of
six Muslim men at a mosque in
Quebec, Canada. Upon knowledge of a case of mass murder by a caucasian man at
Christchurch, New Zealand, the hate crime branding was applied in full force.
Mainstream media were also quick to associate the
Christchurch episode with the
Quebec mosque incident. Indeed, the general vibe was that these crimes are indicative of world-wide inclination toward
"Islamophobia"-- a hatred of people of the
Muslim faith.
Media reports reveal the "usual suspects"-- the man has no affiliation with Islamic terror organizations. He functioned as a "lone wolf." He is mentally ill
Yet, when the tables are turned, an odd circumstance bubbles to the surface. While crimes such as
Christchurch and
Quebec are positioned by media as part of an inter-connected global trend, the same is
never applied when the perpetrators are of
Middle Eastern origin.
While ample evidence suggested the
Danforth killer in Ontario had an
ISIS terror connection, media
refused to entertain the concept. Nor was the act of a
Syrian refugee who killed two white
Canadian schools girls labelled a hate crime.
The very same dynamics applied to another
Syrian refugee to Canada--the man accused of murdering
13-year old Vancouver school girl
Marissa Shen. Not a single suggestion came from media regarding a racially-oriented motivation for the accused.
Turning back to accused mass murder
Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa in Colorado, media reports reveal the "usual suspects"-- the man has
no affiliation with
Islamic terror organizations. He functioned as a "lone wolf." He is mentally ill. He has social personality disorder. As far as establishment media are concerned, in
no manner is this incident a hate crime based upon racism against
ten white Americans.
Why the double standard?
Why the double standard? Are mainstream media in
2021 in the news business, or in the community preservation business? The same dynamic exists in the
USA as it does in
Canada.
Why is it that
North American media--ostensibly controlled by
North American media companies, play favouritism toward an identifiable community in this manner?
No one asks the question-- therefore the issue is never addressed. If
CAP didn't know better(we don't), we might believe a pre-conceived agenda of community
protectionism has been instilled within the media industry. The situation could be somewhat easy to fathom if, for example
Al-Jazeera News were the leading player in
North American media. They are not.
What we have here is a bona-fide "mystery." There must be someone in the world that has an answer for why this dynamic has penetrated media within western society.
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Brad Salzberg, CAP Founder—establish 2016