Gregory Kane is a Black conservative who writes opinion articles for the Baltimore Sun.
I like Greg Kane because, over time, you will find he is consistent and principled. From a current article in The Sun he writes:
The investigation into the alleged rape is continuing. No one has been charged. Not one Duke player has had to cool his heels in Durham's city jail while awaiting a bail hearing. That's a better deal than three young men got in an incident at Mount Hebron High School in Howard County two years ago.
A review of that case may prove instructive. Three Mount Hebron boys, ages 18, 16 and 15 at the time, were charged with rape. A girl said one of them held her wrists, another watched at a restroom door and the third forced himself on her sexually. The three were charged as adults and denied bail.
The girl's story soon unraveled. She later admitted the sex was consensual. The girl was white. The three boys she accused were black. That's a complete flip-flop of the situation in Durham.
But he follows up with this gem:
A more appropriate one might be why a lacrosse team of 46 white players and one black one ended up with two black strippers dancing at a party. I don't know much about Durham, having only driven through there twice on trips to Atlanta. But I'm sure there are white strippers in the town.
These guys chose two black women. But before black folks start talking about how, at the very least, Duke lacrosse players obviously don't hold black women in very high esteem, we'd better ask ourselves where they got that notion. Could it have been from those black rap artists who feature black "exotic dancers" in their videos doing the same thing those two black women in Durham were probably doing at the lacrosse team's party?
Respect for black women should start at home. Before we get angry at Duke lacrosse players who may only be guilty of excessive boozing and ogling, we should call into account Jay-Z and Ludacris and 50 Cent and fill-in-name-of-black-male-rapper-here for how black women are portrayed in their videos.
Now, that's lovely!!!!
No one comes away unscathed from the wrath of his computer keys.
Lately, Kane has been writing about the over aggressive, and probably illegal, tactics being used by the Baltimore City Police Department. Here is an example:
I've said it at least twice before. It merits saying again: Baltimore's police department has a cup that overfloweth with arrogance. Cops don't sign and return warrants because they feel they're not accountable to anyone but the commissioner and the department's unofficial micro-manager, O'Malley.
...I have a copy of Howard's statement of charges from the District Court for the night he was arrested. The arresting officer was Jemini Jones. Isn't he the Southwest District officer now accused of raping a suspect? Well, as I live and breathe.
It's no surprise that at least one Circuit Court judge is wondering why many Baltimoreans don't trust cops. When will our mayor and police commissioner - or, more appropriately, police commissioner number one and police commissioner number two - start wondering?
Lovely.
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