Despite firm denials, no objective evidence it occurred – and even exculpatory video and audio evidence that Tea Party protesters never hurled the N-word at U.S.Represntative John Lewis on Capitol Hill in March of last year, the media was quick to trumpet the otherwise unsupported claim to malign the overall Tea Party effort.
The state-run media is now pushing their anti-tea party propaganda from sources at the Huffington Post. And, they’re reporting this propaganda without a single piece of evidence.
On Saturday the media reported without a shred of evidence that tea party protesters were shouting obscenities and “n***er” at black Representatives on Capitol Hill. The representatives said it happened as they walked from the Longworth office building to the Rayburn office building.
Yet, it seems as though if you are a powerful Illinois Democrat connected all the way up to the Governor’s office, you can hurl the epithet at a black college student and the official line from local and state police and the state’s Democrat political machine is mum’s the word. They’ll even throw you a birthday bash the next night. You’d almost think it was cause for celebration among white Illinois Democrats.
The politically connected head of Gov. Pat Quinn’s Southern Illinois security detail used a racial slur against a black college student in a Carlinville bar, starting a fight that preceded the officer’s resignation, the student says.
Haley confirmed that Reynolds came to the police department March 18 to discuss the incident. Haley said he advised Reynolds that the investigation had been turned over to the State Police.
Reynolds, a former football player, told the Post-Dispatch that he stood near Snider inside the Anchor Inn. After two bumps to his shoulder, Reynolds turned to the state trooper and “asked what his problem was, because that’s the second time he bumped into me,” Reynolds said.
Snider grabbed the student’s shoulder and called him “the N-word” and other derogatory names, Reynolds said.
When Reynolds attempted to remove Snider’s hand from his shoulder, the trooper responded with a shove, Reynolds said, which provoked him to throw a punch.
Reynolds said he was asked to leave the bar before police arrived, an allegation that Anchor Inn owners and employees declined to discuss.
Breitbart Media has been consistently pursuing this story to expose what looks to be an ugly instance of racism after learning what everyone in Illinois knew but wouldn’t say on the record.
Three days ago, Dan Riehl shared news about powerful Illinois Democrats and members of the Illinois State Police circling their wagons to protect one of their own after a St. Patrick’s Day incident at a Carlinville, Ill., tavern.
The Macoupin County Enquirer~Democrat even ran an editorial on how their own investigation into the incident had been stonewalled by Illinois’ powerful Democrat political machine. See below. Now, thanks to efforts by the media, both new and old, the story seems to finally be coming out.
Investigation into Snider’s resignations stonewalled
After an extensive investigation conducted by Macoupin County Enquirer~Democrat, it is still unknown whether or not an incident, which occurred at the Anchor Inn March 18, is related to the recent resignations of Carlinville resident Ken Snider, 50.
Snider resigned his posts as Macoupin County Democratic Party chairman and Carlinville Community Unit School District #1 Board president March 19. Snider also recently resigned from his job at the Illinois State Police Department.
According to the Office of the State Comptroller, Snider was a Master Sergeant with the ISP Division of Operations.
When questioned about the matter, Captain Scott Compton, of the ISP’s Chief Public Information office, said, “The Illinois State Police is conducting an investigation of an incident that occurred on March 18 in Carlinville. The incident involved an off duty ISP officer. The ISP officer involved in the incident resigned from the ISP on March 18.”
Carlinville Police Chief David Haley said his office responded to a call for assistance from Snider at 1 a.m. March 18 due to an altercation at the Anchor Inn. After a short investigation, Chief Haley turned the matter over to the ISP. It is unknown why the Carlinville Police Department turned the investigation over to the ISP. Chief Haley could not be reached to comment any further on the matter, because he is currently on vacation until next Monday.
Mum’s the word
Although the newspaper has questioned many eyewitnesses in an effort to obtain the details of the incident, no one would go on record as to what took place. Sources contacted have repeatedly said they are afraid to come forward with any facts concerning the alleged altercation between Snider and a Blackburn College student.
The newspaper sent its reporter Daniel Winningham to BC last Tuesday to learn more about the incident. Winningham visited the campus around noon and asked several students if they had heard of the incident and whether they had any knowledge of the incident, which occurred at the Anchor Inn.
Shortly after 5:30 p.m., Carlinville police officers entered the newspaper office looking for a person named “Dave.” The police were told there is no “Dave” employed at the newspaper. The officer then made a call, and whoever the officer called could not remember the reporter’s name. A newspaper employee then asked if they meant Dan or Daniel. The officer said, “Ya, that’s who we need to talk to.” When Winningham talked to the officers, they told him that BC had accused him of harassing students, and he was to never step foot on the campus again.
After receiving the police report pertaining to the alleged harassment, the newspaper learned that Ashley Call, a BC student who works in the security department, called the police at 5:26 p.m. to report “a problem on campus with a subject who works for the Enquirer newspaper.” Call made her phone call to police approximately five hours after Winningham had left the BC campus.
The police report indicated Call went to her supervisor to inform him of her interaction with a reporter from the Enquirer-Democrat. The supervisor then said Winningham was on campus harassing students, before directing the student security officer to call police and report it.
The Carlinville police report names the student security officer, Call, as the student claiming she was harassed. The alleged harassment stemmed from Winningham asking Call whether or not the college knew about the incident or BC’s students’ involvement.
BC president Mim Pride said, “It is our obligation to protect our students’ privacy.” It is alleged that the incident, which occurred at the Anchor Inn, had racial undertones. When asked if BC has an obligation to protect students from racism, Pride said, “Absolutely to the extent we can.” When asked what she was going to do about the issue of racism, Pride said, “I am going to try to talk to our community leaders about this at our community leaders breakfast. I will raise this issue again.”
There is speculation that BC was trying to prevent students from discussing the incident, which occurred at the Anchor Inn March 18. When asked if there was a meeting to silence BC students who were involved with the incident, Pride said she could not answer the question. She could say that she did not attend such a meeting. “My instructions to the staff were to provide support to the students,” Pride said.
Pride also said in the future the newspaper should always go through security when entering the BC campus. The newspaper has visited and reported on events that occur at the campus numerous times without incident in the past.
“We resent being accused of something we did not do,” Enquirer~Democrat managing editor Louise Jett said. “No harassment took place. If anything, the college is bullying us by filing false reports and stifling our First Amendment rights.”
The newspaper has contacted the BC student, who was allegedly involved in the incident. He refused to talk about any details. He said he had been advised to keep silent by his lawyer, but when his mother was asked about his lawyer, she said he did not have any legal counsel at this time, and she refused to comment further.
Snider said at some point, he does want to talk about the incident on the record but not at this time. The city of Carlinville refuses to release the police report, even though it is no longer investigating the incident, and the ISP also refuses to release any information due to the fact it is still investigating the case.
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