Jeremy Mardis (2009-2015), a six-year-old elementary school student, was shot dead by police on November 3rd 2015 in Marksville, Louisiana. Of the 1,005 Americans killed by police so far this year, he is the youngest, the only one under age 16.
The police said that they were serving an arrest warrant on his father, Chris Few. Three police cars chased Few’s silver pickup. Few turned down a dead end road – then tried to ram one of the police cars. He exchanged fire with the police. Mardis was in the front seat. He was hit by a bullet and died.
As it turned out, there was no warrant for Few’s arrest. Few did not ram anyone’s car. Few did not have a gun.
The police shot 13 to 18 times. Two bullets struck Few. He was taken to a hospital and lived. Five bullets struck Mardis. He died at the scene.
Lt. Derrick Stafford and Norris Greenhouse, Jr. (pictured above) were the two killer cops. They were moonlighting as marshalls, working for a judge rather than the town. Greenhouse and Few wanted the same woman, Megan Dixon. It seems she had been sleeping with both of them.
There were two other officers at the scene. One had a body camera. It showed Few with his hands up.
Within 72 hours, Stafford and Greenhouse were arrested and charged with second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder. They are in jail on a $1 million bond.
No one said, “wait for all the facts to come in.”
No one said, “be patient, let the process work.”
No one said there was “a rush to judgement”.
No one said, “Not all cops are bad.”
No one called a grand jury.
No one blamed Mardis for his death. Or his sister. Or his mother. Or even his father, who was right there.
No one demonized his parents.
No one searched his school records.
No one said Mardis was “no angel”. Instead they said he was “a special gift from God.”
No experts were paid to find that the killing a six-year-old boy was “objectively reasonable”.
No one talked about White-on-White crime.
No one had to march or protest.
No one had to pay for an independent autopsy.
No one had to call the Justice Department.
And no one had to say, “White lives matter.”
Instead, Colonel Michael Edmonson, the head of the state police, said, after seeing the video:
“I’m not gonna talk about it, but I’m gonna tell you this. It is the most disturbing thing I’ve seen and I will leave it at that …. As a father, much less the head of the State Police, [it was] extremely disturbing.”
and:
“Nothing is more important than this badge that we wear on our uniform. The integrity of why we wear it, because the public allows us to wear that. It’s not a right, it’s a privilege. And tonight that badge has been tarnished.”
Meanwhile, Tamir Rice’s killer, almost a year later, is still enjoying a paid vacation.
Thanks to Anne for suggesting this post.
– Abagond, 2015.
See also:
Here’s another reckless police killing of an innocent white man.
This one should also be watched to see HOW or if justice unfolds.
http://www.thedailysheeple.com/dad-tells-cops-they-need-a-warrant-to-search-home-so-they-kick-in-his-door-kill-him_112015
Side note: If any cop/DA/judge is caught lying or falsifying any incident, it should be grounds for instant and permanent dismissal — and barred from any future occupation in law enforcement.
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He was an innocent so heartbreaking the little one lost his life may he rest in peace.
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A young life has ended due to blue roguish behavior. As in this case, race was the factor that determined how quickly these individuals were arrested and the wheels of justice were on track. I wish that for all of us!
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@ LoM – Marksville is a small town with a casino on a reservation and a nice little Mardi Gras and little else. Like many Creole/Cajun towns, it is pretty evenly divided between Blacks and whites. It’s as community policed as possible -everyone in town knows everyone else.
As soon as this story came out everyone knew the racial makeup of the cops and their victims and everyone knew that this case would be procecuted.
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Did this make the national headline news in the USA?
Tamir Rice (and the racist killer cops preying on young boys) made headline news overseas, but I saw nothing about this.
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Funny how no one is screaming #bluelivesmatter.
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People say “All lives matter”, but this, clearly, shows that some lives matter more than others.
All Lives will not Matter until BLACK LIVES MATTER!
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so, abagond, what’s it gonna take? i can only assume sometimes, you get to the bottom of your glass, of something nutrional i’m sure, look up and wonder? even if just for a moment.
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Because in America only white lives matter.
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@ Indignant – Which is what I’ve BEEN tryna’ say.
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Just was wondering what Megan Dixon looked like.
She has a photo in this article:
Witness: Brief encounter at Marksville traffic light triggered chain of events that ended in gunfire, 6-year-old’s death
(http://theadvocate.com/news/neworleans/13914623-148/witness-brief-encounter-at-marksville)
Also here:
Did cops shoot dead six-year-old autistic boy in a grudge over a WOMAN? New police probe as it emerges one of the officers was messaging and visiting the boy’s father’s fiancée at home
(http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3312285/Police-investigating-one-cops-shot-six-year-old-boy-dead-grudge-father-emerges-officer-messaging-fianc-e-Facebook-visited-house.html)
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@ v8driver
Usually, I’d go for another round of something that’s definitely not-nutritious, but that’s just me.
Until white Americans and their counterparts the world over finally realize that Black Lives do indeed matter (and not just when it’s financially or geopolitically convenient), black folks of all stripes should stop begging whites for peaceful coexistence and cleanly divest themselves of interacting with whites and white culture.
Sure, it seems impossible, but it’s doable and should be done. You don’t keep putting your hands on a hot stove over and over again in hopes that the stove’s finally cooled down – you go find yourself some salve and bandages.
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@Jefe
Thank you for the links you provided. Thought this was interesting, too as it has photos of both Jeremy’s mother and Megan Dixon:
EXCLUSIVE: Father of autistic boy gunned down by police gained sole custody of six-year-old because mother, 22, was jailed on drugs charges
(http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3312760/Christopher-father-autistic-boy-Jeremy-Mardis-gunned-police-gained-sole-custody-six-year-old-mother-22-jailed-drugs-charges.html)
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In the articles I read they said nothing about the mother. If Jeremy Mardis had been Black and the officers White, I doubt the press would have been so quiet about her.
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@ Jefe
In answer to an earlier question of yours, the Mardis case was reported by at least the Washington Post.
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@Abagond
Completely agree with you. I can’t say I was surprised to see, even today, someone use what happened to Jeremy to downplay the importance of the police video released earlier, as there’s been little talk on this topic since the initial event. And as far as I’ve read, there’s been little interest in the dad’s background with drugs, let alone any talk about anything else, such as the fact that Jeremy was supposed to be in the backseat for general safety instead of in the front seat.
As expected, though, the comments (as well as, imo, the use of the word “clan” to describe one of the officer’s family) on the articles are telling. Really made me think of your blog entry titled, “The hearts of white people: the science.” Thanks for your work, Abagond.
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