Christopher Monfort as a UW graduate student
Here are the latest updates on the case from our news partners at the Central District News, SeattleCrime.com and the Seattle Times:
- SPD is calling the killing of officer Timothy Brenton a case of ‘domestic terrorism’ and say they discovered a cache of weapons and explosives inside Christopher Monfort’s Tukwila apartment.
- Adding to the possibility that political motives were part of what drove the killer, a mystery clue found at both the scene of an arson that destroyed three police vehicles earlier in October and at 29th and Yesler where the SPD officer was gunned down on Halloween has been revealed. The clue? American flags left at both scenes.
- Also found at the October arson scene? A note saying an officer would be killed. SPD ‘rank and file’ are upset that information wasn’t share before the Brenton slaying.
- Finally, another clue to what may have driven Monfort to make the switch from politically agitated loner to alleged cop killer: a ticket that might have cost the 41-year-old his job.
Calhoun, you’ve been a member of this site for a long time so I am giving you the benefit of the doubt — but hateful speech will not be accepted here. Out of context, it is hard to see your post as anything but racist (and even in your personal context, whatever that may be, many would also see racism). Please be considerate about the ideals you decide to share here.
He states that a disproportionate number of crimes are committed by black men given their percentage of the population (you could easily validate this). Maybe it is just a disproportionate number are convicted of crimes. He thinks the root cause of that disproportion is due to a breakdown of the family (mostly likely the lack of a father figure).
How is that hateful?
Thank you, Jseattle.
I do consider calhoun’s comments to be hateful and stereotypical as well as ignorant. His comments ignore the fact that a disproportionate number of black men also are raised in poverty, and lack access to equitable educational AND financial resources, all through an accident of where they are born and who they are born to.
In ANY context I would find his comments offensive.
I merely stated a known fact regarding the level of crime by blacks, and then an opinion based on those facts….an opinion, I might add, that is shared by many black people.
It’s too bad that censorship and political correctness gets in the way of an honest dialogue about race in this country.