CNN Brings National Attention To The Rocky Mount Murders!

Since 2005,five black women with similar backgrounds have been found murdered & abandoned in remote locations near Rocky Mount,NC.A lot of people feel like there was not enough local or national attention being paid to their deaths because of their economic,social,& ethnic background.All of the women were poor,black & they may have been sex workers.Many feel that for those reasons their story was not receiving the national attention that it deserved.

Here's more on that from The Rocky Mount Telegram:

"Pepita Hargrove wept last week when funeral officials pulled a cover from the decomposing remains of her sister, Jarniece Hargrove.

It’s hard, she said, to shake the image of her sister struggling against a strange man, before ultimately being strangled to death and dumped in the woods.

“My sister was so loving,” Pepita said after authorities told her family Jarniece was dead. “She was into some stuff — she always struggled with drugs — but she had a very loving heart.”

In some parts of Rocky Mount, Latonia Taylor said, the string of murders is all anyone talks about. In other parts, nobody seems to care, she said.

“Everyone in my neighborhood is scared, and we want justice,” said Taylor, who knew three of the victims. “But most of my friends who live across town didn’t even know anything about it until I told them. I mean, women are dying.”

Rocky Mount Councilman and local NAACP President Andre Knight said he wonders if the murders would garner more local and national attention if the victims came from different backgrounds. Either way, he’s challenging federal investigators to launch a probe into the case.

A group of East Rocky Mount residents, many of whom knew the victims, has launched a campaign to raise awareness about the murders and create a team to canvass the areas where women have been found.

Willette Battle stood under the hot afternoon sun Friday on Fairview Road holding a sign that read: “Their lifestyles shouldn’t mean they get a death sentence.” Battle, who knew three of the victims and at least one of the missing women, worked to flag down motorists, hoping to sell plates of food to raise money and awareness.

“Nobody is paying attention, it seems like,” Battle said. “These women were fun to be around and they loved to laugh. They lived tough lives, but they were all beautiful. Nobody cares about that, seems like.”

If the women had different names or were of a different race from a different part of town, Battle said, the outcry would be national, and it would be relentless.

“That’s not the case, but we’re working to change that,” Battle said.

Regardless of media or community attention, Pepita Hargrove said she prays authorities catch whoever might be responsible for the killings and, more than anything, hopes her sister and the other victims will be remembered as more than drug-addicted prostitutes.

“These girls are all someone’s sister or someone’s daughter or someone’s mother,” Pepita said. “It doesn’t seem like anybody cares about that. My sister was a good person.

“I want justice to be brought to whoever’s doing this.” (END OF EXCERPT)Read the entire story here.

Now,someone in the national media has finally brought this story to the forefront.Hopefully,CNN's reports on the Rocky Mount killings will help catch the serial killer who is still out there looking for more victims.

Why is it that CNN is the only one that finds this story to be newsworthy? Is it because this black serial killer has only claimed the lives of black prostitutes?

Anyone with information about this case is asked to contact the Rocky Mount Police Department at 252-972-1411.

Eunice Kennedy Shriver: A Strong Advocate For The Mentally Impaired!

Eunice Kennedy Shriver has left the world at the age of 88.And I am sure there is a special place in heaven for a woman who has done so much to help improve the lives of the mentally disabled.

She founded the Special Olympics & helped to establish numerous health-care facilities.Her work on behalf of those suffering from mental retardation led to her receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1984.As you can see,her life was filled with showing compassion for her fellow human beings.She was truly an admirable woman.

Here's the statement that the Shriver family released after her death:

"It's hard for us to believe: the amazing Eunice Kennedy Shriver went home to God this morning at 2 a.m. She was the light of our lives, a mother, wife, grandmother, sister and aunt who taught us by example and with passion what it means to live a faith-driven life of love and service to others. For each of us, she often seemed to stop time itself - to run another Special Olympics games, to visit us in our homes, to attend to her own mother, her sisters and brothers, and to sail, tell stories, and laugh and serve her friends. How did she do it all?

Inspired by her love of God, her devotion to her family, and her relentless belief in the dignity and worth of every human life, she worked without ceasing - searching, pushing, demanding, hoping for change. She was a living prayer, a living advocate, a living center of power. She set out to change the world and to change us, and she did that and more. She founded the movement that became Special Olympics, the largest movement for acceptance and inclusion for people with intellectual disabilities in the history of the world. Her work transformed the lives of hundreds of millions of people across the globe, and they in turn are her living legacy.

We have always been honored to share our mother with people of good will the world over who believe, as she did, that there is no limit to the human spirit. At this time of loss, we feel overwhelmed by the gifts of prayer and support poured out to us from so many who loved her. We are together in our belief that she is now in heaven, rejoicing with her family, enjoying the fruits of her faith, and still urging us onward to the challenges ahead. Her love will inspire us to faith and service always.

She was forever devoted to the Blessed Mother. May she be welcomed now by Mary to the joy and love of life everlasting, in the certain truth that her love and spirit will live forever."

May she rest in peace.

Glenn Beck Needs To Lose More Than Just Advertisers!

Glenn Beck is the ultimate far right propagandist who has made an art out of presenting paranoia as actual information that people can use.He called President Obama a racist because he is quite knowledgeable in that area,being that Beck actually is a bigot!

That's why I'm glad that Glenn Beck has lost some advertisers because of his insane rhetoric.Kudos to them!It's just too bad that he hasn't lost his show yet.But since he is over at Fox News,they won't pull his show until the ratings sink.

Here's more on this story from Reuters:

"Some of the nation's biggest advertisers are distancing themselves from Fox News host Glenn Beck after he called President Obama a racist during a July 28 broadcast.

Geico has pulled its ads from Fox News Channel's "The Glenn Beck Program." Lawyers.com, which is owned by LexisNexis, also has vowed not to advertise during the program, according to Color of Change, an African-American online political organization that has been urging advertisers to stop supporting the show.

Additionally, Procter & Gamble, Progressive Insurance and SC Johnson all said their ad placements during the broadcast were made in error and that they would correct the mistake.

The controversy stems from Beck's comment that President Obama is a "racist" with "a deep-seated hatred for white people."

Geico spent more than a half-billion dollars on ads last year, according to the Nielsen Co. It spent more than a quarter-billion dollars in the first half of 2009.

A Fox representative noted that Geico is dropping its ads from the show but was quick to note that it was shifting dollars to other programs. "The advertisers referenced have all moved their spots from Beck to other programs on the network, so there has been no revenue lost," the rep said.

Beck's show pulled in an average of slightly more than 2 million viewers for each of its 19 telecasts in July, according to Nielsen."(END OF EXCERPT)Read the rest here.