Far from the Good Ole Boy town of Pasadena, Texas, John H. White (a 54 year old Black man) was found guilty this week of second-degree manslaughter and is now facing 5 to 15 years in prison for killing Daniel Cicciaro, 17, in an upscale neighborhood of Suffolk County, New York.
At about 11pm on Aug. 9, 2006 Mr. White was woken by his son Aaron, 19 who told him “some kids are coming here to kill me.” White went to his garage and got a handgun to confront a gang of White kids on his front lawn who he perceived as a lynch mob. As they threatened the Whites’ with filthy racial epitaphs, the father confronted them with the hand gun outside his front door telling them to leave. Daniel Cicciaro charged Mr. White grabbing for the gun which discharged and killed him. White claims it went off accidentally and called 911.
During the trial Blacks sat on one side with members from the Nation of Islam while whites sat on the other side with "burly men with shaved heads and biker clothing" [that is New York Times PC language for "racists".]
The original confrontation was racist, the courtroom was racially divided, the public outcry was racial but no matter to Gregg Sarra (Daniel’s very white godfather) who had the very white balls to say:
“This situation was never about race, and we hope this verdict finally dispels the notion that any racism was involved, the defense wanted to play the race card, and there was nothing there and the jury saw through that.”
Everything about this is racial as it is down here in Pasadena, Texas. Late at night, Mr. White (a black man) confronted a gang of angry drunk men advancing upon him at his front door and ended up shooting one of them in the face, perhaps accidentally, who made contact with him.
Here in Pasadena Joe Horn (a white man) on a sunny afternoon shot two unarmed black men in the back (no accident) who posed no threat to him and were running away across his property. One man is going to jail and the other is sure to walk free. And you know, anyone who can say that these cases are not about race are themselves racists. ADAF.
The John White Case at the NYT