Friday, February 06, 2015

LOS ANGELES: Families of the Women Murdered in the Case of the “Grim Sleeper” Serial Killer Went Before a Judge Friday, Demanding a Speedy Trial for Lonnie Frankin Jr. (A Black History Month Moment)

 

Three unidentified victims of the Grim Sleeper killer, who may have murdered 42 women
 

 

 

By RC

At CBS News L.A..

 

The Grim Sleeper
 


A 2010 arraignment picture of “Grim Sleeper” defendant Lonnie Franklin Jr., then 57. Franklin is presently being tried for the murders of 10 black women, but is suspected in as many as 31 other murders. "Suspected killer Lonnie Franklin Jr., dubbed the Grim Sleeper for a 13-year break between his string of 10 [N.S.: alleged?] murders, is pictured during his arraignment in Los Angeles in 2010. (Al Seib/AFP/Getty)"
 


An undated mug shot of Lonnie Franklin Jr.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

You just gotta know where he is coming from.

Once you get to know him he is OK.

Just be cool around him.

David In TN said...

As of know, the trial is scheduled to begin June 29.

This month HBO is running a film titled "Tales if the Grim Sleeper." The British filmmaker blames the "indifference" of the LAPD and whites in general rather than Lonnie Franklin, himself.

There are numerous half-truths and evasions. One, there were at least five serial killers operating in the area with similar MO's. Two, LA law enforcement spent considerable time and taxpayer's money on the case.

The film is mainly black residents of the area railing against the LAPD and "whites" in general. They seem to have relatively little ire against the perpetrator.

One woman woman attacks the LAPD for not solving the case and then brags about telling her children not to "snitch."

As usual, no sense of irony. Nor is there any mention of the quasi-official line of "There are no black serial killers."