And the NYT’s Nicholas Kristof isn’t the only person who thinks the jury’s decision to acquit the Bundys and other Oregon standoff members was aided because of white privilege.

It’s hard to argue otherwise.

Bang bang, choo-choo train, let me see you shake that thang. Wm. Steven Humphrey is the editor-in-chief of the Portland Mercury and has held the job since 2000. (So don’t get any funny ideas.)

3 replies on ““White Privilege is the Reason the Bundys are Free.””

  1. To be fair, cops did shoot and kill one of the Bundy Occupiers.

    The unfortunate lesson to be learned here is that guns make the difference. Bring a gun to a protest, and you’re more likely be treated with patience, of course, you’re also more likely to be shot and killed by cops. Everything is a trade-off.

  2. They shot one of the Bundy Occupiers because the hick pulled a gun. The Feds were just faster to draw.

    Don’t walk into a government building armed and call yourselves “protesters.” You’re terrorists. The fact that all of them were acquitted is an absolutely disgusting show of bad judgement.

  3. Is “white privilege” really the best explanation you can come up with for what happened? How about the possibility that the jury might have sympathized with the political motivations for the “protesters”? I think they were clearly guilty, but I don’t think they got off because they are white.

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