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KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
Thu Sep 1, 2016, 10:29 PM Sep 2016

White man runs red light, causes accident, shoots and kills black woman with her hands up

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/king-white-man-car-crash-shoots-kills-black-woman-article-1.2769936

Early Saturday morning, Deborah Pearl, a 53-year-old African-American mother and employee of a Cleveland area Harley Davidson Diner in Northeast Ohio, was on her to way work.

At 7:20 a.m., as she was driving her Ford Taurus, she had no idea that she was living her very last moments on this Earth. Matthew Ryan Desha, a 29-year-old white man, ran a red light at an intersection and hit Pearl's car with his Jeep....

As Deborah Pearl got out of her car to assess the situation, Matthew Desha did as well. Except he also grabbed his 5.56-millimeter high powered assault rifle. According to witnesses, Pearl then proceeded to put her hands in the air in attempt to save her life from the armed stranger who had narrowly avoided killing them both in the crash just seconds earlier.

It mattered not to Matthew Desha. A witness who called 911 reported hearing him fire off at least 12 shots. At first, they appeared to be random. The 911 caller heard Deborah Pearl, who was a sitting duck at that point, begin screaming. Desha then began aiming and firing at her. While it has not yet been released how many times she was hit, when police arrived at the scene, Deborah Pearl was found on the pavement mortally wounded and bleeding out.







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White man runs red light, causes accident, shoots and kills black woman with her hands up (Original Post) KamaAina Sep 2016 OP
She wasn't polite enough liberal N proud Sep 2016 #1
fRump should get the blame for this. He's fomenting this hatred and victimization paradygm. lindysalsagal Sep 2016 #2
My heart hurts so badly ghostsinthemachine Sep 2016 #3
We are fucked as a country. Old and In the Way Sep 2016 #4
+1 nt Javaman Sep 2016 #5
"... Desha was indicted by a Mahoning County Grand jury Thursday struggle4progress Sep 2016 #6
" ... witnesses .. said Desha kept saying “they killed my father” ... Detectives say struggle4progress Sep 2016 #7
Hate to say this but he makes a good case for... ncjustice80 Sep 2016 #9
Trump jpak Sep 2016 #8
desha is a worthless piece of shit JI7 Sep 2016 #10

lindysalsagal

(20,444 posts)
2. fRump should get the blame for this. He's fomenting this hatred and victimization paradygm.
Thu Sep 1, 2016, 10:34 PM
Sep 2016

I hope they put this murderer away forever.

Old and In the Way

(37,540 posts)
4. We are fucked as a country.
Thu Sep 1, 2016, 10:42 PM
Sep 2016

When white morons think their righteous extends to killing someone who gets in their way, we are screwed. This is a hate crime, try this moron accordingly.

struggle4progress

(118,041 posts)
7. " ... witnesses .. said Desha kept saying “they killed my father” ... Detectives say
Fri Sep 2, 2016, 09:40 AM
Sep 2016

Desha told them he was in the Marines and suffered from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder He also said he wasn’t taking his medication ..."

http://fox8.com/2016/08/31/suspect-was-screaming-someone-killed-his-father-after-fatally-shooting/

ncjustice80

(948 posts)
9. Hate to say this but he makes a good case for...
Fri Sep 2, 2016, 09:29 PM
Sep 2016

banning veterans from possessing or handling firearms until they can pass a mental health evaluation. Though really, that should be a requirement for ALL gun permits.

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