No outrage for the torture of Megan Williams

An obnoxious University of Florida student is tased by the police, and for the next few weeks, “don’t tase me bro” could be heard ad nauseam on every network.

Around the same time, a young mentally impaired black woman was kidnapped and tortured for days.  When she was finally rescued by the police, there was a brief mention by the national media, but the case soon fell into obscurity.

It’s not worth exploring media bias against people (and particularly women) of color.  Not that it isn’t important – it certainly is – but as opposed to reading my uninformed opinion, you’re probably better off reading the opinions of people far more intelligent and knowledgeable than I am.

What I’m doing (along with many others) is simply building awareness about the Megan Williams case, with the hope that the mainstream media will pick-up and investigate the tragedy.

For those unaware of the exact circumstances of what happened, here is the write up from AfroSpear:

A black woman who was raped in West Virgina. The purpose of this day is to make sure the public eye is on West Virginia and that she receives justice.

As you may know Megan Williams thought she was going to a party. For more than a week, authorities say, the 20-year-old black woman was kept captive in a shed, tortured, beaten, forced to eat rat, dog and human feces, and raped by six white men and women who taunted her with racial slurs. “They just kept saying ‘This is what we do to niggers down here,’” Williams told The Associated Press in one of her most extensive interviews since the shocking case made national headlines last month.

And you can find various articles on the Megan Williams case here.