The Bentler Massacre: Hate Crime Torture-Mass Murder in Detroit, U.S.A., Africa

 

Faces of evil, Detroit chapter: Suspects Tenisha Jackson and Larry Johnson. Bottom, Rashawn Johnson and Keeshon Lake. All suspects enjoy the presumption of innocence… yeah, right.
 

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Re-posted by Nicholas Stix

A tip ‘o the hate to the CofCC.
 

Fortunately, the Detroit Free Press still permits reader comments, and some Facebook commenters were outraged that anyone would connect a racist atrocity allegedly committed by black Detroiters with blacks and Detroit.

A reader named Damon Warren, whose profile picture is of a mustachioed black man, and who has so far received 36 up votes, explained things to the benighted, white masses.

Damon Warren • Top Commenter • Chicago, Illinois

And for the "those people in Detroit" crowd, let me be VERY clear. It's not "black people" out here doing this nonsense. I'm black and this is beyond my comprehension; beyond anything I would think to try even in my darkest hour and at my lowest point. This is a twisted, idiotic, mindless, directionless, and consequently depraved, lot who have lost all sense of morality, self worth and value for human life. That is not Detroit, and that is not "black people", but it is one heck of a growing problem.

I responded, as follows:

Dear Mr. Warren,

“And for the ‘those people in Detroit’ crowd, let me be VERY clear. It's not ‘black people’ out here doing this nonsense.”

Thanks for the clarification. I had been under the mistaken impression that the suspects in this case were all black; the perpetrators of virtually all similar atrocities involving white victims in Detroit and elsewhere were black; the perpetrators of the majority of all murders in this country were black; and the majority of all victims of black crime in this country were white.

But I still don’t understand: If “It's not ‘black people’ out here doing this nonsense,” then who the hell is?!

Then there was Roxanne Roxanadanna.

Roxanne Roxanadanna • Top Commenter • BYU (Brigham Young University)

This foul criminality has been around since the dawn of civilization. The love of money leads to all manner of evil. Vital is remembering that all of us are capable of such horrific acts.

I responded to Miss Roxanadanna,

Your statement is nonsense on stilts. No one in my family of birth, or the one I have made is capable of such monstrosities, and the crimes committed had nothing to do with the love of money, as opposed to genocidal racial hatred.

One thing I must grant you, though, ma’am: You write beautifully.

Finally, there was Randy Tyson.

Randy Tyson • Top Commenter • Schoolcraft College

Where do you get the idea that because you reside in a certain city that you are a criminal? This has nothing at all to do with the city of Detroit. What it has to do with, is people who just don't have any sense of morality or any compassion for anyone except their own selfish selves. If these people are found guilty of doing this they will pay the price for their deeds. They all chose to throw away any life they could have had for a small amount of money or whatever else the stood to gain from this. Detroit had no part in this crime.

I responded to Tyson,

“They all chose to throw away any life they could have had for a small amount of money or whatever else the stood to gain from this. Detroit had no part in this crime.”

You’re confused, so let me straighten you out. They didn’t throw away their own lives, they threw away their three victims’ lives, about which you obviously don’t care.

And either Detroit had everything to do with this crime, or it is an incredible coincidence that Detroit has for over 40 years been the most violent city in America.

Actually, it’s no coincidence at all. Detroit is full of racist blacks who think that robbing, torturing, and murdering whites is great, and who, when they hear of such crimes, grieve for the racist murderers who “chose to throw away any life they could have had,” rather than the victims.

Note that some of the aforementioned commenters are the “respectable blacks.”
 

4 charged in Detroit triple
murder; police say victims stabbed, tortured, house torched

By Ann Zaniewski
February 17, 2014,11:54 P.M.
Detroit Free Press

Livonia

Four people have been charged with murder in the deaths of three people who were found stabbed last week in a burning house on Detroit’s west side.

A vehicle and other items that belonged to the victims helped link the suspects to the crime, Detroit police said.

Tenisha Jackson, 19; Larry Johnson, 20; Rashawn Johnson, 19, and Keeshon Lake, 19, have each been charged with three counts of first-degree murder, three counts of felony murder, two counts of armed robbery and one court [sic] of arson, according to police. Larry Johnson has also been charged with possessing heroin and a felony firearms offense.

Firefighters were called the afternoon of Feb. 10 to a house fire on the 13000 block of Bentler, just south of I-96 near West Outer Drive. Inside, they found a dying man on the first floor and two dead men in the basement.

Lawrence Bowman, 51, was stabbed multiple times and died from a gunshot to the head, according to the Wayne County Medical Examiner’s Office.

His 26-year-old son, Nicholas Bowman, and 24-year-old Michael Hoots of Livonia were stabbed to death. Nicholas Bowman, who lived at the house with his father, died at a hospital, authorities said.

Detroit Police Sgt. Michael Woody said the men were tortured.

“The nature of the wounds were horrific, all three victims were stabbed multiple times ... In addition, the fire had been obviously set to cover up what turned out to be a brutal murder in an attempt to destroy potential evidence,” Woody said in a news release.

Hoots’ 2013 Chrysler 200 was missing. Authorities tracked it to the area of Virgil and Plymouth in Redford Township, Woody said. They zeroed in on an address on the 11000 block of Virgil, and arrested Tenisha Jackson and Larry Johnson Feb. 11.

In the house, police found identification belonging to two of the victims, as well as one victim’s personal belongings. There was also bloody clothing in the house, Woody said.

Just after midnight on Feb. 12, authorities arrested Rashawn Johnson at a home on the 9500 block of Memorial in Detroit. Lake was arrested at 4 a.m. at an address on the 9600 block of Piedmont in Detroit.

Woody credited the “tireless” work of Detroit and state police investigators for the arrests. The investigation involved the Homicide Task Force, which is comprised of Detroit police, Michigan State Police and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, as well as members of the multi-jurisdictional Cooperative Violence Reduction Program.

Woody said the suspects were arraigned over the weekend. Their next court date was not immediately clear late Monday.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.