By David in TN
Fri, Oct 15, 2021 5:07 p.m.
Why Tessa Majors' Murder was Not Retconned
Here is the cnn account of the sentencing of Luchiano (also Luciano) Lewis for his role in the murder of Tessa Majors.
When the story of the murder of Barnard Student Tessa Majors broke, the msm and company thought they would be able to Retconn the Central Park Five Hoax. There are a couple of reasons this failed. (N.S.: But not for lack of trying.) One, there was DNA evidence. Two, there was surveillance video of the crime.
The latter was not widely known. (N.S.: I didn't know about that!) Typical of these cases, details come out reluctantly and slowly. This is why the guilty pleas came.
The "if the races were reversed trope" is ignored by the msm and opinion makers. If Tessa Majors had been black and her assailants White, the video would have been played on every TV network in a non-stop loop.
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That last point is especially true--they would have tried to incite riots with the video.
--GRA
jerry pdx
The "if the races were reversed trope" is ignored by the msm and opinion makers. If Tessa Majors had been black and her assailants White, the video would have been played on every TV network in a non-stop loop.
No question about that. Same as the bathroom sexual assault of the girl in Virginia. Imagine if it had been a black girl assaulted by a White guy...but along with the blanket media coverage it would also mean the "boys using girls bathrooms" issue might get some real exposure also (silver linings and such). That aspect of the case is another reason the media is minimizing coverage.
"Retconned"--I had to look that one up.I have never seen it before,but that's one of the great aspects of NSU--besides the non-politically correct(truthful)news stories--a dictionary is sometimes needed to play along.
--GRA
WHITE FEMALE TORCHED BY BLACK BOYFRIEND IN MEMPHIS,AFTER ATTEMPTING TO LEAVE HIM
GRA:Hate crime.
(Breitbart)A(black) Tennessee man has been charged with attempted second-degree murder for allegedly setting his(White)girlfriend on fire when she tried to break up with him.
Kenneth Upshaw, 38, has been charged with attempted second-degree murder for allegedly dousing his girlfriend in gasoline and setting her ablaze.
Memphis Police met with the victim, Rebecca Briggs, at the Regional Medical Hospital on October 9, according to Fox News. Briggs has second-degree burns on her neck, face, arms, and chest, according to the outlet. It was reportedly difficult for authorities to understand what she said during the interview due to the facial burns she sustained.
The alleged incident occurred on October 8 as Upshaw and his girlfriend Briggs argued when she informed him that she wanted to end their relationship, according to WREG.
Police say that Briggs was standing near Upshaw’s car in a driveway during the argument, according to WREG. Upshaw told her if he could not be with her then no one could, according to police.
Soon thereafter, Upshaw allegedly doused her in gasoline and threw a lit cigarette at her, setting her ablaze, according to WREG.
ABC 24 reports that Briggs said she did not know how the fire was put out, but she was able to escape to her vehicle and drive to a friend’s home. The outlet reports, the next day, she went to Regional Medical Center’s burn unit to receive treatment for her injuries.
Authorities investigated the home where the incident allegedly took place and discovered a 2016 Honda Accord with burns on the back of the vehicle, a melted bumper, and a red gas can, according to Fox News.
WREG reports that Briggs and Upshaw did not live at the residence. The homeowner reportedly said that Upshaw was present at the residence earlier in the day but added that he was unaware of what took place in the driveway. Someone allegedly informed the homeowner that a car was on fire in the driveway. The man said he and a friend put the fire out, according to WREG.
“It was pretty bad. I mean, it burned the whole back end and part of the back driver’s side and started to get where the gas tank is, and I thought it was going to explode,” the man told WREG.
The outlet reports that Briggs and Upshaw have a child together, and domestic violence has been prevalent in the relationship. Police say Upshaw punched her in the stomach when she was eight months pregnant, which forced her to deliver their baby a month earlier than the due date, according to WREG.
--GRA
>Retconn the Central Park Five Hoax
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I'm not sure the term retconned is entirely apt here, especially with the 'Central Park Five' case as the object of the transitive verb retconn -- but I understand what David is trying to convey -- perhaps 'They failed to retconn the Tessa Majors case as something similar to the 'Central Park Five' in the public consciousness' works better -- ?
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Retcon is a shortened form of retroactive continuity, and refers to a literary device in which the form or content of a previously established narrative is changed.
Was there really a 'previously established narrative' in the Majors case?
I think of the term as more useful in e.g. the following context: the Founding Fathers are being retconned into racist slave-owners.
Of course this part is 100% correct:
If Tessa Majors had been black and her assailants White, the video would have been played on every TV network in a non-stop loop.
As I said before, some cases stand out in my mind, e.g. when I think about the murder of Eve Carson, and now the killing of Tessa Majors, the anger I feel does not lessen with time.
. "If Tessa Majors had been black and her assailants White, the video would have been played on every TV network in a non-stop loop."
Absolutely so 100 %. Needs no further elaboration.
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