Comments on: Can the Williams Shooting Teach Us About Race? http://denversportszone.com/2007/01/15/can-the-williams-shooting-teach-us-about-race Sat, 13 Mar 2010 22:49:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Gabe Stein http://denversportszone.com/2007/01/15/can-the-williams-shooting-teach-us-about-race/comment-page-1#comment-1913 Gabe Stein Sat, 27 Jan 2007 16:28:49 +0000 http://denversportszone.com/index.php/2007/01/15/can-the-williams-shooting-teach-us-about-race#comment-1913 Except that he was in Denver for a football game a few hours ago - it would have been difficult to fly to see his kids after the game, the following media blitz, the clean-up. And they were supposed to check out the next day. So if you were stuck in Denver without family and were 23, what would you do? Sit at home watching TV, or go party with some teammates and friends? Except that he was in Denver for a football game a few hours ago - it would have been difficult to fly to see his kids after the game, the following media blitz, the clean-up. And they were supposed to check out the next day.

So if you were stuck in Denver without family and were 23, what would you do? Sit at home watching TV, or go party with some teammates and friends?

]]> By: Fraquar http://denversportszone.com/2007/01/15/can-the-williams-shooting-teach-us-about-race/comment-page-1#comment-1911 Fraquar Sat, 27 Jan 2007 11:59:19 +0000 http://denversportszone.com/index.php/2007/01/15/can-the-williams-shooting-teach-us-about-race#comment-1911 Ummm - this guy had two kids (i.e family) at home in Fort Worth waiting on him. He chose going to a party for Kenyon Martin over returning home to his family - a party being held at a public nightclub no less - flaunting excesses in a stretch Hummer. Bad choices. Too bad the light bulb didn't go off in his head and say "just go home to your family". That decision he made to go to that party instead of returning to his family would eventually cost him his life - and race has nothing to do with that decision. Is it sad, sure. There are two kids now without a father. Ummm - this guy had two kids (i.e family) at home in Fort Worth waiting on him. He chose going to a party for Kenyon Martin over returning home to his family - a party being held at a public nightclub no less - flaunting excesses in a stretch Hummer.

Bad choices. Too bad the light bulb didn’t go off in his head and say “just go home to your family”.

That decision he made to go to that party instead of returning to his family would eventually cost him his life - and race has nothing to do with that decision.

Is it sad, sure. There are two kids now without a father.

]]> By: Sam Handler http://denversportszone.com/2007/01/15/can-the-williams-shooting-teach-us-about-race/comment-page-1#comment-1875 Sam Handler Tue, 23 Jan 2007 23:13:21 +0000 http://denversportszone.com/index.php/2007/01/15/can-the-williams-shooting-teach-us-about-race#comment-1875 "The real issue is entwined in the fact that had Darrent Williams been just another black 24 year-old shot outside a night club, the coverage of his death would have lasted twenty seconds on the nine o’clock news and two short articles in the newspaper - one when the murder was reported, and one when the police announced they couldn’t find any suspects. If a white person had been killed at 2am on New Year’s Eve in the first homicide of 2007, it would have made the front page." I don't necessarily know if I'd agree with that... I'm not saying the media isn't racist(see Katrina coverage), but you may have taken that too far. Random dudes of all races get killed without too much press all the time. Cops of all races get much more press than citizens when they are killed. I can't say i've watched the news in a very, very long time, but I remember pretty much all murders, unless there's some sort of exploitable angle, get cursory coverage. “The real issue is entwined in the fact that had Darrent Williams been just another black 24 year-old shot outside a night club, the coverage of his death would have lasted twenty seconds on the nine o’clock news and two short articles in the newspaper - one when the murder was reported, and one when the police announced they couldn’t find any suspects. If a white person had been killed at 2am on New Year’s Eve in the first homicide of 2007, it would have made the front page.”

I don’t necessarily know if I’d agree with that… I’m not saying the media isn’t racist(see Katrina coverage), but you may have taken that too far. Random dudes of all races get killed without too much press all the time. Cops of all races get much more press than citizens when they are killed. I can’t say i’ve watched the news in a very, very long time, but I remember pretty much all murders, unless there’s some sort of exploitable angle, get cursory coverage.

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