Elizabeth Wright, a paleo-conservative blogger in New York City responds to Constructive Feedback's recent post noting that the FBI has ended its civil rights cold case initiative, and where he wondered when it would just as vigorously focus on civil rights violations against current black crime victims. Ms. Wright argues that Constructive Feedback left out a piece: "Here's how the cold case business came about. To show a determination to go after alleged criminals who have gone unpunished for their deeds, in 2007, bills were introduced in the House and Senate 'to provide for the investigation of certain unsolved crimes.' These laws granted agents of the FBI and Department of Justice authority to plow through old alleged crimes committed against blacks prior to 1969, i.e., during the civil rights period. [See Far from a 'post-racial' society: Dredging up the past forever and Dredging up the past-Part 2.]"
She continues her commentary; "Over the recent decades, we have witnessed clever blacks who have profited off every conceivable angle involving race. It comes as no surprise that there have always been even cleverer white elites who have made lucrative livings off the story of blacks, as well. One of these whites is Jerry Mitchell, 'investigative reporter,' who, last year, was recipient of a MacArthur Foundation grant of a half million dollars. With this tidy sum, Mitchell is expected to continue his lifelong hobby of 'ferreting out crimes of the 1960s.' I wonder if Mr. Mitchell might consider Constructive Feedback's suggestion, and apply his energies and this financial windfall to pursuing atrocities being committed among blacks in the here and now. Perhaps he could put aside his passionate interest in 'cold cases,' and pursue, instead, that which CF calls 'warm cases.'"
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"Cold Cases" Versus "Warm Cases"
