Reginald Denny, George Zimmerman, and Trayvon Martin

Free North Carolina had this post up today that got Gun Shy thinking:

Don’t end up like Reginald Denny

For the readers who don’t know who Reginald Denny is, click here.

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On April 29, 1992, at 5:39 PM, Denny loaded his red, 18-wheel truck with 27 tons of sand and began driving to a plant in Inglewood where he said the sand was due. He left the Santa Monica Freeway and took a familiar shortcut across Florence Avenue to get to his destination. His truck had no radio, so he was unaware he was driving into a riot. At 6:46 p.m., after entering the intersection at Normandie, rioters threw rocks at his windows and he heard people shouting for him to stop. Overhead, a news helicopter with reporter Bob Tur aboard captured the events that followed. Denny stopped in the middle of the street. Antoine Miller opened the truck door, giving others the chance to pull Denny out. Another man, Henry Keith Watson, then held Denny's head down with his foot. Denny was kicked in the abdomen by an unidentifed man. Two other unidentified men who had led a liquor store break-in earlier that day hurled a five-pound piece of medical equipment at Denny's head and hit him three times with a claw hammer. Damian Williams then threw a slab of concrete at Denny's head and knocked him unconscious. Williams then did a victory dance over Denny. He then flashed gang signs at news helicopters, which were televising the events live, and pointed and laughed at Denny. Anthony Brown then spat on Denny and left with Williams. Several bystanders took pictures of Denny but did not attempt to help him. LAPD officers, despite the fact that they were in the vicinity as the attack took place, did not provide help to Denny. After the beating, various men threw beer bottles at the unconscious Denny. Gary Williams approached Denny and rifled through his pockets. Lance Parker stopped near Denny and attempted to shoot the fuel tank of Denny's truck but missed. Bobby Green (a truck driver), Titus Murphy and Terri Barnett (boyfriend and girlfriend), and Lei Yuille (a dietitian), who had been watching the events on TV, came to Denny's aid. Denny eventually regained consciousness and dragged himself back into the cab, driving away from the scene slowly and erratically;.[8] Green, himself a truck driver, boarded Denny's truck and took over at the wheel, driving him to the hospital. At the time that Green took over, Denny was on the brink of losing consciousness again, and suffered a seizure shortly thereafter. Throughout the incident, LAPD squad cars were parked around the corner; they were however ordered to stay back from the riot in fear of officer safety. Paramedics who attended to Denny said he came very close to death. His skull was fractured in 91 places and pushed into the brain. His left eye was so badly dislocated that it would have fallen into his sinus cavity had the surgeons not replaced the crushed bone with a piece of plastic. A permanent crater remains in his head despite efforts to correct it. Denny had to undergo years of rehabilitative therapy and his speech and ability to walk were permanently damaged.

You can watch the video here.

It appears that Reginald Denny’s only crime was that he was white.

There was a recent incident that occurred in Sanford a few days ago, where a 50 year old white man was dragged from his vehicle and beaten with a hammer to near death by two black youths, which reminds me of the Reginal Denny incident.

Cops: Man beaten with hammer, 2 arrested

There are many people locally, who believe that if George Zimmerman is acquitted, that Sanford, as well as many other cities in the U.S. will burn. They recently took a poll of black Americans to get their opinion in regards to whether Zimmerman is guilty or not, and the majority believes that he is. Their opinion is based on what the news reported, most of which has now been found to be incorrect by the medias own admission. The media initially portrayed Zimmerman, and have continued to portray him as a 240-250 pound man, and Trayvon as a small 130-140 pound youth. They did this by using old pictures of the two. It turned out that Zimmerman was 5'9 170 pounds, and Trayvon was 6'2 and 150-160 pounds. NBC altered the 911 call to make Zimmerman appear to be racist, and have now apologized. CNN reported that Zimmerman used the racist slur coon, and now they have back peddled, and their 'experts' have decided that the word was 'cold'. ABC reported that Zimmerman had no marks on his head indicating that he had been beaten, more specifically having his head banged on the sidewalk which could constitute attempted murder, and now their forensic experts have determined that there are in fact multiple marks. The testimony taken by police from Zimmerman after the incident, is exactly the same as what the two witnesses gave police (the witnesses are black) that Zimmerman was on the ground being beaten by Trayvon, but all the black community believes is what the media has told them earlier, without actually knowing the facts of the case. Then you have the inciters such as Sharpton, Jackson, Bobby Rush, New Black Panthers, and lets not forget the ‘divider in chief’ who has biased this case so badly not only to America but the world, that if George Zimmerman is indicted, he could not get a fair trail anywhere on the planet.

Gun Shy believes in justice. If George Zimmerman is guilty, let him serve the time for the crime. If he is not, then let him go free. What I am sick and tired of, is the media creating the news instead of reporting it, and race hustlers creating division and hatred with knee jerk responses before all the facts of the case are known. Gun Shy believes that the media and the inciters should be held accountable for any and all tragedies that occur due to their false reporting/representations.