AL SEP-18-2004 Huntsville man charged with second killing

[AmyStrange]

http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/mld/ledgerenquirer/news/local/9700097.htm



What is the point of my post, you may ask, since it so clearly seems not to be political, and thus not really DU material in any way, shape, or form?

What is the point of ANY post, but to inform and/ or create discussion. Missing persons deserve as much democratic consideration and justice as any other person.

Personally, I think they deserve it more so, because their voices (unless they are a young white college kid or white clean-cut mostly female rich person - for example, Smart, Sjodin, Levy, Peterson, Hacking etc.) are rarely heard from or written about or acknowledged in any way shape or form.

Do you know how many persons went missing in California at about the same time as Laci Peterson? Two that I know of specifically. One was hispanic (and also pregnant and also found murdered not too long AFTER Laci) and another was a prostitute, but guess which was talked about incessantly by the media?

And finally, missing persons and serial killers are an example of why the budgets of LE (both here in the U.S and abroad) should be raised (and NOT just for homeland security) which is A VERY POLITICAL subject - in my opinion,

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[vajraroshana]

1. I understand your point

While I have great sympathy in the Laci Peterson family tragedy, I hardly think that it warrants daily national scrutiny. I really can't comprehend the reasons why the media focuses on this to the exclusion of other similar tragedies/murders.

This case you mentioned involves real people and families every much deserving of attention and grief. But instead we have the daily drone about some equally unknown person and their murder.

I don't really agree that the budgets should be increased, however. I think that they should be more judiciciously appropriated. That is, away from the "victimless crimes" of the "drug war" and towards violent crime. Certainly some drugs (like meth and crack) do involve a culture of violence but marijuana prohibition, for example, is a waste of the taxpayers' money to fight and that money could be spent better elsewhere.

[AmyStrange]

2. Exactly...

I totally agree about getting rid of the drug war. That alone would help solve a lot of the budgetary problems,

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