Natchez police arrested a suspect in the toppling of the renowned Turning Angel statue in Natchez City Cemetery. The Natchez Democrat reported:
A Crosby man was arrested in connection with the toppling of the Turning Angel monument at the Natchez City Cemetery early Tuesday morning.The police department said the vandalism had nothing to do with any protest or national controversies. The well-known Angel inspired the novel Turning Angel by Gregi Iles.
Austin Petty, 20, was charged with malicious mischief over $25,000....
Video from Tuesday shortly after 1 a.m. shows a white SUV pull up with Petty and other occupants. Petty jumped out of the SUV and went over to the Turning Angel monument. The front seat occupants remained in the vehicle. The rear driver’s side occupant jumped out and yelled at Petty not do anything stupid. The occupants state that Austin began to rock the Turning Angel when it fell over... Rest of article., Video of press conference.
Kingfish note: This website brought up Shaun King's post in the original post Wednesday. No apologies are made because it was reasonable speculation. King made some rather inflammatory tweets Tuesday that received widespread coverage. There is an epidemic of statute destruction in America right now and King poured more gas on the fire as he encourage people to tear down Christian statues and stained glass windows. Perhaps he should be more judicious in his comments if he doesn't want to be blamed for encouraging such acts. Earlier post.
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So it was a stupid malicious white boy? Very typical. And also typical of Kingfish to first blame then civil rights movement and then offer no apology.
Shaun King is a Civil Rights Leader and deserves respect.
What are you white boys so scared of? Don't you have enough power, attention, and wealth? Cant stand to share a little?
At least this POS is over 18, so he can face this like a man. He needs to serve a sentence that is appropriate to the dollar value in his crime.
As for any who would encourage desecration of Christian statues, etc., I hope only bad things happen to you.
Like so many others, lead astray by the BLM mob.
Not so fast, there, 9:06. I'm confident you're aware of the number of young, uneducated, unemployed white boys who participate in BLM and Antifa destruction. You SHOULD be; the rest of America is.
Are you talking about the 'civil rights leader' who stated on Fox two nights ago that 'We fixin' to burn this place down' or is that another 'civil rights leader'. That's leadership for sho.
Shaun King deserves respect? This guy is a grifter accused of improper use of funds by multiple charities he founded. He is notorious for making accusations that are not only unfounded but also directly disproven by videos of the event. He calls for the destruction of Christian statutes and stained glass windows that depict Jesus as white. He earned the name Talcum X from both white and black groups because his birth certificate shows both parents as white. His excuse is that his mother lied on the birth certificate while refusing genetic/dna testing. You may choose to respect anyone you wish but defending mediocrity begets mediocrity.
9:11, "As for any who would encourage desecration of Christian statues, etc., I hope only bad things happen to you." Is that your Christianity speaking?
Pretty reckless to blame this on “hoodlums” who were acting at the direction of Shaun King. Maybe KF will learn something from this. There is an epidemic of inflammatory and baseless accusations being leveled at the African American community and KF should be ashamed. The original title of his article was correct, this is shameful.
10:03
We reap what we sow.
Karma is a bitch.
What comes around, goes around.
"I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak, for by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.” (Matthew 12;36-37)
I don't understand why people in an identity crisis feel so qualified to lead everyone else, and why anyone would fall in line behind them. I think we need more/better discernment in selecting those by whom we would be led.
Hold my beer and watch this.
Shaun King is a racist douch bag.
11:09. Hey thumper, I think he/she was addressing your so called Christian attitude of condemnation.
Time for some Old Testament Christianity on this white boy.
All that good “Ole Miss” education down the drain!
Shaun King is representative of nobody and probably couldn't get past a psychiatric evaluation.
Sadly, the left and right are listening to such crazy people who are deliberately uneducated and emotionally damaged.
If his sentence includes community service, he should be required to mow the grass at the cemetery with a push mower and weed-eat around all of the tombstones and monuments during the heat of the day for the rest of the growing season. What a POS loser.
Old Testament "Christianity" you say? Are you high?
Buy ammo.
Speaking of Greg Iles. He's a liberal pos. Heard him do a national interview couple years ago where he called Phil Bryant and all Republicans kkk and white supremacist. Any conservative who buys his books should be shamed.
I too believe that "there is an epidemic of statute destruction in America right now."
Predictable. Black folks don’t mess around at the cemetery.
Those of you who blamed the actions of Dyllan Roof on The Confederacy ought to be willing to stand back until it's revealed what mindset precipitated this boy's actions. You can bet your ass it was not The Confederacy.
I just checked the Adams County Jail's inmate roster, and the punk Petty is still there - being held on a foreign fugitive warrant. So this is not his first rodeo - he's in trouble in another jurisdiction as well.
2:31 - What are the chances he's wanted in connection with Antifa efforts in another jurisdiction?
From what I understand from friends in Natchez, this Petty character is a board flipper at a local lumber company and likes helling around on his four-wheeler. Not exactly the Antifa type - just a stupid redneck.
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