Four black teenagers have been charged in relation to the brutal murder and robbery of 17-year-old Veronica Baker in Raleigh, North Carolina — and the national media is ignoring the story, as they usually do when the the victim is white and the people involved in the murder are people of color.
Some may argue this is a local crime that should only be covered by local news, however the mainstream media reports on every slight and insult by a white person against a person of color, while they stir up hatred and division. See the cases of Amy Cooper or the Covington kids for a couple of prime examples.
If a white woman simply calling the police on a black person who was threatening her is national news, surely murders of young white women killed by black strangers should be acknowledged as well.
NationalFile report: Baker, a recent graduate of Garner High School near Raleigh, North Carolina, was found shot inside her car in a Bojangle’s parking lot by a passer-by at 8PM on Saturday night.
The door was wide open and the vehicle was still running, according to the 911 caller. “She’s not breathing. I’ve tried to shake her,” the caller said. “No response, nothing.”
Devin Cordell Jones, 17, was subsequently arrested on Tuesday night, along with Keyshara Deans, 19, Tyreek Rogers, 18, and Neziyha Collins, 19. Jones was charged with Baker’s murder, while the other three teenagers have been charged with felony accessory for assisting Jones in attempting to flee from North Carolina.
Deans was charged with driving Jones away from the scene of the horrific crime, while Rogers and Collins allegedly fled the state with the murder suspect. The three teenagers have been held on bail ranging from $500,000 to $1 million in Wake County Detention Centre.
Jim Baker, Veronica’s father, told WRAL News that his daughter knew Jones, believing that was why she would have let him into her car. He said he was grateful the police had made the arrests, adding that his daughter “didn’t deserve to get shot and killed and left in a parking lot.”
“She was my baby. She was my baby who had a future. She had such big, big plans for...
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