Family Files Wrongful Death Suit

Looking at the video, some of the kids were in the white SUV and had already left the the hotel,while Dedmon was fighting with Anderson and before he ran over him. So how can they sue the kids for "negligence by failing to intervene, alert law enforcement, provide medical aid or transport Anderson after the beating." when they had left before it was even over?

Why isn't the family sueing the hotel,hotel security,and other witness that didn't intervene, alert law enforcement, provide medical aid or transport Anderson during and after the beating?

Ummm...Bubba? You sure that's the sword you want to fall on?

Ahhh Todd, no sword to fall on, because to "fall on one's sword" means to commit sucide, admit an error, or to accept the blame or responsibility for something. I have done none of those things.

I'm asking a legitimate question. If the teens had duty to help Anderson why wasn't it the hotel's staff, security, and other witness duty too? They were there too when it happened. Why not sue them too? Be alot more likely to get money from hotel than the kids.

A two year old was killed in a drive by shooting last night. Anyone going to file a wrongful death suit against the shooter in this one or is there not enough hate in this one? C'mon southern poverty center and all you attorneys who care only for the victim let's see you jump on this one. Oh... we need to see if the shooter is white first because white people have money and can be sued? What's your angle on these things? How do you decide who's life is more important? How do you people live with yourselves? I'm not speaking to JFP I'm speaking to those morally bankrupt "poverty" organizations who don't give a rat's ass that a two year old child is dead because it's not white on black.

Bubba, it sounds like you want everyone but the folks who did the crime to be sued? I have no problem if the family wants to sue them, too -- that's their perogative -- but it sounds like you want to protect the families from responsibilities for their children's actions. That seems inconsistent with some of your past statements, somehow.

And Alex, you have a logical problem. Just because an organization like SPLC -- which exists to deal with situations like this -- doesn't bring a lawsuit in a different crime case doesn't mean it doesn't give a "rat's ass" when a child is killed or that it is "morally bankrupt." Actually, I'm pretty happy that there is an organization based right int he South, employing many southerners of all races, that will take on situations such as these and help send the message to unreformed white supremacists that our society won't tolerate it. That is a separate situation than dealing with others types of crime, which needs to happen, too. Why can't your head handle a world in which both things or possible? You seem very stuck in a binary, either-or rut -- and if you're not careful, you're doing to end up sounding like Bubba often does here: defending the white guys/practices while kicking and screaming about blacks do. There is nothing different in that approach; we've all seen it, and many of us are sick and tired it. THAT is precisely what a group like SPLC is so vital.

And the fact that an organization that exists to deal with the effects of current and past racism (which includes poverty) files a lawsuit in no way means that any other families who are victims of crime may not, or cannot, bring a wrong-death suit. Sometimes -- think O.J. Simpson -- it can be the only way for families to get relief.

Personally, I want to know where every gun used in a crime around here comes from.

A two year old was killed in a drive by shooting last night. Anyone going to file a wrongful death suit against the shooter in this one or is there not enough hate in this one? C'mon southern poverty center and all you attorneys who care only for the victim let's see you jump on this one....I'm not speaking to JFP I'm speaking to those morally bankrupt "poverty" organizations who don't give a rat's ass that a two year old child is dead because it's not white on black.

Jeff has a good point, Alex. Why don't you just call the SPLC in Montgomery and ask them. I'm sure they'd take your call.

You got to be joking, Alex. I can't imagine anyone not seeing the difference between the two cases.