I linked earlier today to a story about an 18-year old kid who murdered and beheaded his mother. According to early reports, he has a well-documented history of mental illness, and is on a (lately neglected) regimen of psychotropic medicines.
Well. Wouldn’t you know it? The family are illegals from Honduras and, naturally, the kid had little choice but to be living with his parents. So how does the Washington Times — somewhere to the right of Steve Bannon — headline the story?
Illegal immigrant charged with murder in N.C. after his mother beheaded
Strictly, that’s accurate, but on the day newspapers are reporting the re-implementation of the Muslim travel ban, and given ISIS’ well-documented taste for beheadings, wouldn’t that headline have caused you to expect to read about crazed Muslims?
So this story that probably ought to be about aspiration and tragedy, with perhaps a sidelong look at the dismal state of mental health care in this country, becomes a narrative about dangerous immigrants.
I guess the perpetrator will enjoy the distinction of being the first entry in our brand new database of immigrant crime, too.