I'm listening to the Francene show on WHAS here in Louiville. You can listen online
here.
She's talking about a student named Phillip Bailey who wrote a web post (sorry I don't have the link) about the treatment of blacks in NOLA. He apparently said:
I say shoot everyone, cops, national guard and even President Bush, if need be, who stands in your way.
Apparently, he's talking about if they're standing between you and survival. He's now being investigated by the Secret Service.
In any case, Francene wants this guy locked up for advocating the assassination of the President.
I don't see it that way. I see his comments as advocating "do what you have to do to survive."
What do you think?
Update: I found this
here:
Phillip Bailey, 21 and chairman of the University of Louisvill's Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, confirmed meeting with Secret Service agents on Tuesday. He said he does not regret his posting.
He said he was trying to say that it's understandable for people to fight for survival and claims that he wasn't advocating violence.
"I'm advocating that people defend themselves and survive," he said.
Local Fraternal Order of Police President Richard Dotson said one of his members alerted union leadership about Bailey's comments, and someone from the union reported the Web posting to the Secret Service.
"As far as I'm concerned, it's a direct threat against authority," Dotson said. "We're concerned that someone out there might believe the remarks of this man."
Bailey's message was posted Monday on a Web site called "The SOULution" and responded to a posting suggesting that looters be shot.
Bailey wrote that many people in New Orleans were simply trying to find necessities to stay alive, and noted, "I say shoot every cop, national guard and politician who stands in your way, INCLUDING GEORGE W. BUSH if need be."
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