It is easier to see why the African American community would be upset with Jake England and Alvin Watts. No matter what their motivation, if they did it, it is inexcusable. This Oklahoma pair is suspected in a shooting rampage that left three people dead and terrorized Tulsa's African-American community. Bond has been set at more than $9.16 million each.
Jake England, 19, and Alvin Watts, 32, are being held on suspicion of three counts of first-degree murder, two counts of shooting with the intent to kill and one count of possession of a firearm in the commission of a felony. The judge scheduled their next appearance for April 16.
All five victims were black. Police and the FBI cautioned that it was too early to tell if the shootings were racially motivated. However, Facebook postings attributed to England, point to a desire to avenge the death of his father. (Carl England was shot in the chest during a scuffle with a man who was trying to break into his daughter's apartment.) The post appeared to blame England's father's death on a black man. The Facebook post was made on the second anniversary of England's father's shooting death.
Those close to England claim that he has not been in his right mind since his father's death and the suicide of his fiance in January. Before the race card is completely played, England is described as a Cherokee Indian. The man charged with shooting Carl England is serving a six-year sentence on a weapons charge.
Police identified those killed as Dannaer Fields, 49, Bobby Clark, 54, and William Allen, 31. Two other men were wounded but are now released from the hospital. The shootings have stirred up wounds from Trayvon Martin's death. LINK. But before all Caucasians are blamed for racially motivated shootings, consider that Zimmerman was Hispanic and England of Native American decent.
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Quit trying to interject reason. The media would rather incite rage.
No place for logic here
I guess the question should be, if England's father was killed by a white male...would he have went on a shooting spree in a white neighborhood?
If not, this is racially motivated.
If so, he just wanted to kill anyone to satisfy his anger and eventually would have killed someone, somewhere at sometime.
I'm sure the violent deaths of those close to him had some effect on his emotions, I also wonder if these two were drunk when they went out shooting people.
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(Jake England, 19, and his roommate, Alvin Watts, 33, each were charged with three counts of first-degree murder, two counts of shooting with intent to kill and five counts of malicious harassment, prosecutors said. The harassment counts allege the victims were targeted because of their race.)
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http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/murder-hate-crime-charges-tulsa-shooting-spree-16132575#.T4hwydl9Z_Y
Documents filed with the charges said anonymous callers to a police department hotline before the men were arrested claimed England was a racist who hated black men and that he "has mentioned he will die in a shoot out with the police if he has to." England's family and friends have said the death of his father and his girlfriend's January suicide sent him into a downward spiral.
England's father, Carl, was fatally shot in 2010 by a black man who had threatened Carl England's daughter. After tracking down Pernell Jefferson, the men fought and Carl England was fatally shot. Jefferson was not charged with homicide because an investigation determined he acted in self-defense.
Pretty stupid tp hate and kill
Killing and bigotry are not cool.
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