Why isn’t anyone announcing their outrage over the senseless, vicious beating death of 88-year-old Delbert Belton, who was allegedly set upon by two black youths in a parking lot in Spokane, Washington? Why hasn’t anyone spoken out against this attack on an old, white man. Where is President Obama? Where is Al Sharpton?
You want to know where? I’ll tell you where — no where.
Where is the outrage? Where are the marches? Where is the media coverage? Why isn’t the cover of the New York Times blaring the news.
You want to know why?
Because no one has the cajones to declare this a hate crime, when it’s clear to me that you have to hate to kill a nearly 90-year-old veteran. I guess there is no political benefit here for our politicians or Mr. Sharpton. But as far as I’m concerned, if ever there was a hate crime, this is it. Yet I don’t hear a whimper, a cough, a sputter, or even a whisper from any front.
I am mad as hell for Delbert Belton, a man who put his life on the line protecting our freedom in World War II, just so these two teen miscreants who had nothing else better to do could allegedly beat him to death. Delbert Belton was reported to be a pillar of his community who was kind to his fellow citizens, helped out family members, and was in the process of showing off his kindness — by waiting in the parking lot so a female guest didn’t have to be there alone — when he was set upon and murdered.
But no one seems to notice.
The police chief in Spokane said “race was not a factor.” Does it even matter?
He was targeted because he was an old white man, and he may have been targeted if he was an old black man, but the fact is he was targeted, and that should be enough to get everyone’s ire up.
Come on, America. Where are all of you? Isn’t the life of one 88-year-old World War II veteran and an asset to the community worth enough for you to all get off your butts and start a march? Let’s put a baseball cap on, get together, and march for Delbert Belton.
Not for Nuthin™, but Delbert Belton got off his duff and put his life on the line for our freedom. The least we can do is raise our voices high in outrage, especially the opinionated and bellicose Mr. Sharpton and the very politically correct President Obama.
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