On Fox News, Rod Wheeler, a criminal investigator and former homicide detective, talks about a suspect being a Hispanic, not merely “dark-skinned.” He believes racial denominations are much more telling for an investigation than description of simply the skin tone.
“It just depends on how much you know about the individual,” says Wheeler. He tells us the police have narrowed down the suspect as being a “Hispanic male. Not a Black male, not a Chinese male,” Wheeler goes out of his way to lift his arms up and pull his eyes back into slits, “with his eyes like this…”
I first heard about this at Think Progress, here. Thank you, Courageous Kiwi, for the tip.
In the past, Wheeler has worked for the Attorney General of Ohio and also served in the Washington, D.C. police department.
Dear Mr. Wheeler:
Shame on you, sir, for turning on the community that supported and rallied behind a cause that might have been near and dear to your heart called the African-American Civil Rights Movement. Richard Aoki and Yuri Kochiyama ought to ring a bell if you have any respect for your own heritage and socio-political legacy.
In a time when minorities in this country should unite and combat together all that makes us feel marginalized, like second-class citizens, you have stood out to make your racial prejudice and ignorance known. I thought a man of your stature would be wise and open-minded. I thought you would see how your acts on national television are equally reprehensible as the anti-black statements the white majority make behind your back.
You still fight and over-achieve just to make it in a society that begins by assuming your incompetence. Why prove beyond a reasonable doubt to us all how uneducated you are by doing such a thing? You had to go out of your way to lift your arms up and pull your eyes. You had to demean an entire race of people who struggle with the same struggles as you.
I wonder, Mr. Wheeler, are you sorry you did it?
