The First Guilty Verdict In The Knoxville 5 Trial

As many of you will remember, last year I posted about the horrific deaths of Channon Christian and Chris Newsom at the hands of a bunch of savage animals. If you are not aware of this terrible case, take a few minutes to acquaint yourself with it.

Yesterday, the first of the five savages that tortured and murdered this beautiful couple went to trial:

The only one of the five suspects not charged with murder, Eric DeWayne Boyd is guilty of being an accessory, according to the jury.

The jury has spoken, convicting Eric Boyd of two counts.

After five hours of deliberation, they found Boyd guilty of being an accessory after the fact, and concealing a felon, agreeing with the prosecution that he helped hide murder suspect Lemaricus Davidson from police, while failing to report his crimes.

This battle is over, but the victim’s families know the war will be long.

The victims’ families celebrate the word they’ve been waiting to hear for more than a year: Guilty.

Eric Boyd’s conviction today is the first, but family members pray it won’t be the last.

Channon Christian’s father Gary Christian says, “One down, four to go, baby. We got more to go on this one too. Eric boyd’s gonna hear from us.”

What Eric Boyd heard from the jury today will likely mean 15 years in federal prison, after sentencing August 12th.

Next year may bring four more trials, death penalty cases against the four accused murderers.

Even on this day, Chris Newsom’s mother is thinking about that.

Mary Newsom says, “They really, really tortured them beyond a normal killing, so whatever the others get, that’s what they deserve.”

Knoxville Police Sgt. Tim Snodderly says, “This is just a small part of what we’ve got going on. This is just a first step, and we’re extremely happy with the verdict we got today. We’ve got a long way to go but this is a little bit of justice for the family.”

That's a good start indeed.

Mitchieville will follow this case right until the end.

Thanks to Michelle Malkin for posting this

Trial Dates Set in The Murders of Channon Christian And Christopher Newsom

The trial date was set for the Knoxville 5 yesterday in the vicious carjacking-murders of Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom:

Baumgartner set a May 12, 2008, trial date after defense attorney Kim Parton said that the state has not yet turned over the bulk of the evidence she expects they will use.

The state also has not revealed whether it will seek the death penalty. Baumgartner said that if notice is not filed soon, he will set a deadline on what punishment they will ask the jury to deliver.

We're rooting for the death penalty, as far as we're concerned, every extra second these vile creatures spend on earth is an extra second too long.

**I didn't notice this the first time around, but two of the perps are brothers. A case of a good, strong upbringing perhaps.

Trial Dates Set in Murders of Channon Christian And Christopher Newsom

Original Mitchieville article here

Knoxville Blacks Plan Celebration Protest against *Priviledged Whites*

If the story I posted a few days ago, "A Horror Story the MSM Has Tried To Bury ", infuriated you, then this might very well put you over the edge. I haven't been able to verify the authenticity of this story, there have been several blogs reporting it, but once again no major media outlets:

Jacque Patrick Fitzgerald (Knoxville) - St. Nicolas Thief, president and founder of Black Poverty Speaks, along with many local Knoxville blacks who live in the Washington Pike area has organized a social action protest celebration championing Lemaricus Davidson and Letalvis Cobbins.

Davidson and Cobbins are the brothers and two of the five suspects charged in the carjacking, kidnapping, rape and murder of Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom.

"We're celebrating underprivileged Knoxville blacks who victimize privileged Knoxville whites," he added.

I'm afraid you read that correctly. This man said that his organization is going to celebrate, publicly, the murder, rape, mutilation and murder of a young couple, specifically because they are white, therefore, they are somehow privileged.

That's pretty much the sickest thing I have ever heard in my life.

C'mon, haven't we had enough of this kind of garbage? I sure have.

It is up to every good person, American or otherwise, who knows about this case to do something about it. There is obviously a reason why the killings of Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom are being buried by the press, but it CAN'T be like this any more. It is up to all good people to email CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, your local paper, the NAACP, Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, anyone that will listen, and especially those that DON'T want to listen. These organizations and people need to know that YOU know about this case, that you are angry, and you want to see some action on it.

Hell, we need the big bloggers to know about this. We need to hear the voices from the Daily Kos, the Michelle Malkin's, the Instapundits. It is desperately important that if you're upset, if you want change, if you want the MSM to actually report this, then the time to act is right NOW.

Send one email out to someone from the list above, and send the tragic story of Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom out to all your friends.

If this case is just swept under the rug, then the memory of Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom mean virtually nothing, there names will be nothing more than trivia fodder. That's not acceptable.

Don't let the bastards win

A Horror Story the MSM Has Tried To Bury

It's always interesting what the msm deems *news worthy*. For instance, look at the coverage the Imus affair received. You would have thought this Imus character burned down the White House, he was a headliner for a week. And the Duke lacrosse case, that's another strange one. That was on the news full-time until the case started unravelling, then when it was clear the boys were innocent, news organizations ran from it like it was typhoid fever. Even Jesse Jackson acts like he's never heard of it (he still hasn't apologized to the boys for inferring that they were rapists).

What doesn't the msm deem as news? Stories like this:

These two were out on a date minding their own business when they were car jacked and this is what happened to them.

The animals pictured below raped Christopher Newsom, cut off his penis, then set him on fire and fatally shot him several times while they forced his girlfriend, Channon Christian, to watch. An even more cruel fate awaited her!

Channon Christian, was beaten and gang-raped in many ways for four days by all of them, while they took turns urinating on her. Then they cut off her breast and put chemicals in her mouth … and then murdered her.

Ask yourself the obvious question: If this was four white people that did this exact same thing to a young black couple, would this be front page news? Simplify it even, do you think this is newsworthy? If it is newsworthy, where is CNN with the coverage, or the NY Times, or any of the msm? Their silence speaks volumes.

Also, keep in mind that this happened February 1 of this year, so the story has been kicking around for nearly three months, yet not a peep from the msm, or for that matter, Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton.

What a sickening crime, it really turned my stomach. I hope these animals fry for what they did to this lovely couple, it's too bad there isn't something worse than death that we could give them.



These animals need to die

Trial Dates Set in the Murders of Channon Christian And Christopher Newsom