Shame on Matt Drudge for that headline when no one knows yet who committed the horrible crimes in Dallas last night. Shame on him for assuming the shooters were Black people when there are no reports yet as to the race or even genders of the suspects.
But the real walk of shame belongs to former Representative and Deadbeat Dad Joe Walsh, who tweeted threats to the President of the United States along with a stream of racist hate.
This tweet from Walsh, now deleted, could possibly be one of the most despicable tweets I've ever seen.
After many people reported it to the U.S. Secret Service, he deleted the tweet, but that didn't stop him from continuing his despicable rant.
BLM should be categorized as a hate group.
— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) July 8, 2016
4 dead.
Obama stoked the flame.
BLM did this.
Cops are dying.— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) July 8, 2016
4 Dallas Cops assassinated tonight.
Blacks lives matter cheers.
LGBT blames Christians.
Obama defends Islam.— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) July 8, 2016
This one is especially despicable, because again -- there is absolutely no evidence now, or at the time he tweeted this, that the suspects are black.
Obama says Cops are racist so 2 uneducated black thugs shoot 10 Dallas Cops tonight, killing 4.
Wake up silent majority. Stand w our Cops.— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) July 8, 2016
He followed that one up with this one immediately after:
It's time 4 patriotic Americans to stand up & stand against all the Cop haters - from Obama to the thugs on the street.
It's way past time.— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) July 8, 2016
And then, after he was roundly criticized and had his tweets sent to the Secret Service, he tweeted this:
I wasn't calling for violence, against Obama or anyone. Obama's words & BLM's deeds have gotten cops killed. Time for us to defend our cops.
— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) July 8, 2016
To repeat: There is no evidence that the shootings had anything to do with the protest other than providing an opportunity to pick off a lot of police officers at once. There is no evidence that the suspects are Black, because police have not released the names, identifications, or races of the suspects.
But it sure didn't take much for Drudge and Walsh to come to that conclusion. This is the heart of the problem right here -- the presumption of guilt.
