CRIME BEAT: “I WAS IN A KILLING MOOD.”
In this episode of Crime Beat we jouney to MoTown, which is no stranger to violence. It is a chilling tale. For those of you not familiar with Crime Beat this is a blog that was inspired by the old crime magazines which once were so common at newsstands. They colorfully but factually related a “crime story” which was meant to instruct, entertain, chill and sometimes create a reader-participation event, as a crime tale had not been solved. Can the readers help? they inquired. Appropriate police contacts were given, should anyone know something not disclosed in the story.
Help!
In so many ways, this one word catches the thoughts of the victims, of the police, and of the surviving family members. To protect each of us, we must stand together. Consider:
Detroit._Eric Marshall, 23, was angry because a prostitute told him she would not have sex with him, regardless of how much money he offered. He drove away but was stopped by officers Jennifer Fatigue and Matthew Bowens.
Marshall got out of his car on Michigan St., and shot both dead. It took the jury only 90 minutes to convict. He was sentenced to life in prison without parole. Unfortunately, there is no death sentence in Michigan.
The Michigan establishment doesn’t want the state to have the same sort of powers commonly wielded by hoodlums. “That’s archaic,” they groan. “Worse, it’s Biblical! It violates the separation of “church and state!” Will we read of the angry, immature Eric Marshall receiving a commutation of his sentence by the governor in 15 years? Time will tell.
It is not uncommon for Negroes to murder a totally innocent person in their rage over an incident with a third party. A term they have used to describe this in a number of cases is: “I was in a killing mood!” [THE TRUTH AT LAST, Issue 454]
The editor of Crime Beat can confirm reading this expression in reports of murders committed by members of this minority, but our view is that, however commonly it may be felt, it is only expressed in relatively few cases. One thing most of us can agree on in regard to this case is that, just because a prostitute tells a would-be customer, “No way, Jose,” does not create a justifiable pretext for muder.
Downnlaced, 2008.
