Fox exploits Pressly case (arrest update)
Anne Pressly
Fox 11 News in LA, and several white supremacy groups, are carrying racially-incendiary stories attributing Anne Pressly’s unsolved murder to, “two black males,” charging that stabbing, rape and mutilation have been concealed by the police and media.
Web Extra! Walsh Says Murdered Anchor Was Raped
“America’s Most Wanted” host John Walsh sat down with Lisa Breckenridge after “Good Day LA” to talk more about his upcoming show. He revealed that according to his sources, 26-year-old news anchor, Anne Pressly, was beaten and raped in her home. So far authorities have refused to say whether she was sexually assaulted. “America’s Most Wanted” will highlight the case this Saturday’s episode.
Update: America’s Most Wanted aired at 9:00 PM EST this evening, with only a brief mention of the Pressly case, and a request that anyone with information step forward.
Police and Media Coverup in Anne Pressly Murder?
White Revolution has just been informed, from a source indirectly connected to the medical examiner who completed the autopsy, that Anne Pressly was sexually assaulted by two black males, based on DNA found at the scene and on her body. Furthermore, rather than having been simply beaten as the controlled media reports, WR has been told that she was cut on her face and private areas with a knife in a gruesome mutilation.
The autopsy report is most likely not going to be made available to the public, even through the Freedom Of Information Act, until the investigation is officially closed. Or, like Martin Luther King, Jr.’s F.B.I. file, never, if they so choose.
Implausible deniability.
Update: CNN reports that police have arrested one man, Curtis Lavell Vance, based on DNA evidence. DNA also tied Vance to a rape last April, in Marianna AK. Her parents claim she was raped, but the police refuse to comment.
No doubt that this story will eventually include the damning detail that she had the letter "B" carved into her face.
I'm not, in any way, making light of her death - nor am I in any way suggesting that we should mock sexual or violent assaults on women. But I do think this conspiracy theory speaks to the dangers inherent in race-baiting "news" reporting like that pushed by Drudge and Fox, where a story like Ashley Todd's can get broadly disseminated. The details are perfect fodder for internet conspiracists, who can then mix-and-match with contemporaneous events (e.g., this murder) to create a narrative that serves their skewed worldview.
This is sad, and dangerous, and scary. The good news is that these are a smaller and smaller fringe of people in our country. The bad news is that there are still people who are ready to believe the worst charges about members of another race on the least "evidence."
November 2, 2008 2:38 AM | Reply | Permalink
i'm sorry, but unless you're from little rock you don't get to pretend like you understand the social climate here. unfortunately, this is no conspiracy theory, and until you've dealt with the "african-americans" in the inner city of little rock, you couldn't possibly understand how volatile they are. this woman, whom i went to high school with, was savagely tortured and left for dead. the DNA found is consistent with a BLACK male. end of story. thats all there is to it. its not racist, its a fact. quit making it about ANYTHING else, and do everyone a favor and shut your ignorant mouth.
November 3, 2008 4:58 PM | Reply | Permalink
Proof?
November 3, 2008 7:18 PM | Reply | Permalink