Student body president shot dead

Think of it as Town and Gown--Liberal American Style. Or think of it as pretty blond Eloi walking around unconcerned and defenseless among the Morlocks.

Chapel Hill, N.C.--The University of North Carolina student body president was found shot to death on a city street in what police said Thursday appeared to be a random crime, stunning the campus community who knew her well. Thousands of students gathered silently on campus to mourn Eve Marie Carson, whose body was discovered about a mile away early Wednesday. The 22-year-old senior from Athens, Ga., had been shot several times....

"Eve was just the most wonderful young woman you would ever want to know," [Eve's high school principal] said. "She was brilliant. She was absolutely beautiful. Everything she did was aimed at helping other people. It's one of the greatest tragedies I've ever known. Eve was one of the young women who could change the world."

I drafted the above two days ago, but didn't post it online, because my "Morlocks" comment might be seen as rushing to racial conclusions not yet supported by the facts. But this morning I hear from David B.:

The murder of the University of North Carolina student body president, Eve Marie Carson, has been on the cable shows the last few nights. This morning a photo of a suspect was released. The photo was taken at an ATM machine when the perpetrator tried to access her card. The suspect is a black male, late teens, wearing a ball cap.

To coin a line that Bob Dylan will never write,

How many whites must be murdered by black thugs
Before people see that racial differences matter?

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Here is the Chapel Hill police photo of the suspect.

Update: There is also the racial murder of a white female college student in Auburn, Alabama. I'll have more on this later.

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Paul K. writes:

"The suspect is a black male, late teens, wearing a ball cap." I have a friend who is retired LAPD. He told that they condensed the above description so that they would not have to repeat it constantly: "Suspect: usual."

Of course, that was years ago and I'm sure that such a horrid generalization would be cause for dismissal today.

Posted by Lawrence Auster at March 08, 2008 01:40 PM | Comment | Send