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Date Posted: 15:16:05 08/04/02 Sun
Author: anne cook
Subject: Re: Two missing girls' cases show media disparity; Black Milwaukee girl gets little notice, white Utah girl widely covered. (Click)
In reply to: Joy 's message, "Two missing girls' cases show media disparity; Black Milwaukee girl gets little notice, white Utah girl widely covered. (Click)" on 12:18:07 06/20/02 Thu

>Taken from BlackAmericaWeb.com:
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Toledo Ohio, four young girls are dead and local news has barely touched on it. 14 year old Mianna Moore from an East Toledo neighborhood some how ended up at a mans house who her parents claim, had no connection or relationship with her-the house burns down killing Mianna and her four friends-Mr. Garza the owner of the house escaped. Police arrive on the scene-somehow overlooked piles of child pornography that neighbors speculate Garza attempted to save. Neighbors had been in contact with police concerning Garza (a known pedaphile-having been charged with touching a young girl 3 years prior)having young girls over to his house on a nearly daily basis-NOTHING was ever done-(as stated by a blurb in a local paper The Toledo Blade) According to Toledo police chief Navarre, a report was filed againstGarza by a minor earlier this year-it was never investigated. Neighbors with the aid of a reporter from the local news- discovered Garza's photo albums containing children in various positions and stages of undress-the news reporter contacted the police and Garza was charged with pandering obscene material. In a time of abduction hysteria- when the media is marketing peoples pain-it takes a tragady of an upper class white girl for people to pay attention. Even locally this story has gained little to no attention. I wonder- if this would of happened in a different neighborhood to different faces-would Garza be painted a monster and justice urged? However, because of hasty investigation the police are slow to admit (even slower to reconcile) that evidence was overlooked. Do minorities matter in media?
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[> [> Re: Two missing girls' cases show media disparity; Black Milwaukee girl gets little notice, white Utah girl widely covered. (Click) -- stephanie, 06:37:13 03/15/05 Tue

IS THAT SUCH A SHOCK, DON'T NONE OF THESE PEOPLE GIVE HALF A FUCK ABOUT BLACK FOLKS. ONLY TIME THEY GIVE A DAMN IS IF UR A RICH BLACK PERSON LIKE OPRAH OR SOME SHIT. AND EVEN THEN ALL THEY'LL WANT TO KNOW IS HOW THEY CAN GET YOUR MONEY, AND HOW THE HELL DID A BLACK PERSON GET SO RICH. BUT THAT'S OK, US BLACK PEOPLE WILL HAVE OUR DAY. ALL I'M SAYING IS US BLACK PEOPLE STAY COMPLAINING ABOUT THE PROBLEMS HAPPENING AROUND US RIGHT? WELL DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. WHY DID'NT THE NEIGHBORS WHO SAW THIS GUY WITH YOUNG GIRLS IN HIS HOUSE ALL THE TIME CALL THE POLICE OR SOMETHING. DO SOMETHING INSTEAD OF SITTING AROUND SAYING OH THAT'S SO SAD! LET'S MAKE A CHANGE. BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL AND STRONG. SO RESPECT AND LOVE IT!!!! >>Taken from BlackAmericaWeb.com:
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>Toledo Ohio, four young girls are dead and local news
>has barely touched on it. 14 year old Mianna Moore
>from an East Toledo neighborhood some how ended up at
>a mans house who her parents claim, had no connection
>or relationship with her-the house burns down killing
>Mianna and her four friends-Mr. Garza the owner of the
>house escaped. Police arrive on the scene-somehow
>overlooked piles of child pornography that neighbors
>speculate Garza attempted to save. Neighbors had been
>in contact with police concerning Garza (a known
>pedaphile-having been charged with touching a young
>girl 3 years prior)having young girls over to his
>house on a nearly daily basis-NOTHING was ever
>done-(as stated by a blurb in a local paper The Toledo
>Blade) According to Toledo police chief Navarre, a
>report was filed againstGarza by a minor earlier this
>year-it was never investigated. Neighbors with the aid
>of a reporter from the local news- discovered Garza's
>photo albums containing children in various positions
>and stages of undress-the news reporter contacted the
>police and Garza was charged with pandering obscene
>material. In a time of abduction hysteria- when the
>media is marketing peoples pain-it takes a tragady of
>an upper class white girl for people to pay attention.
>Even locally this story has gained little to no
>attention. I wonder- if this would of happened in a
>different neighborhood to different faces-would Garza
>be painted a monster and justice urged? However,
>because of hasty investigation the police are slow to
>admit (even slower to reconcile) that evidence was
>overlooked. Do minorities matter in media?
>>************


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