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The Megan Williams Topic: October 26, 2007

Filed under: Uncategorized — mzkelz860 @ 3:16 pm

First of all, I do not know how informed people are about the topic, but about a month ago, a women named Megan Williams was raped and tortured for approximately 6 days. When she was found, it took over a week before people outside of the case heard of the crime, and when I learned of what happened it was two weeks after the fact. I don’t understand how the media did not cover it, and I asked many people if they had heard students, professors, and random people had no idea, so now I wonder has the case been covered?

Williams is a 20 year old black women and was kidnapped by six Caucasians (3 women, 3 men) in West Virginia. The ages of the people involved were 20-48. Williams was sexually abused, kicked, punched, force to eat rat and dog feces, stabbed in the left leg, and choked with a phone cord.

The six people all had previously been convicted of crimes previously. The six individuals have been accuse of 108 different crimes combined and one had already had been charged with first-degree murder. Although she [Frankie Brewster] pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter.criminals.jpgThe Criminals Involved (look crazy)

Many people believe that the crime was not covered in the media because of race. I agree the crime was performed because of racism, but I am not positive if the reasons it was not covered because of her race. I wonder if the crime was well covered because the government felt responsible for the issue. Obviously, each individual involved showed criminal behavior. They average 17 crimes per individual. And at the same time I bring the question “Would a lower class Caucasian citizen be well covered if it happened to them?” I feel as though if a child of a middle-high class black citizen would have been well covered. I don’t know if social class is involved. I am not aborting the idea that her race affected the coverage, but I am wondering if other aspects would also be an effect.

megan-williams.jpgMegan (who i hold a lot of respect for) and her Mother

Its just some different questions I am asking.

But on a totally differently side, I would like to add… I took a math test today, and I feel as though I got every question right and there was extra credit so I’m feeling a grade higher than 100 :)

Well, thank you for reading.

Stay Safe and One Love,

Kellee

 

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