{"article":{"id":291867,"heading":"Revenge Not Justice In Akron Ohio Murder Trial","author":"End Jury Racism","created":"2015-10-31 15:54:35","modified":"2015-10-31 15:54:35","last_modified":"Sat, 31 Oct 2015 22:54:35","article":"<br>  <br> Kenan Ivery, a black man, was given a life sentence without parole.. in a case decided by 11 whites. <br><br> His initial crime: giving attention to a white woman in a bar <br>  <br> owned by another woman whose fiance was an offduty policeman, not in uniform, and with a blood alcohol level above the limit. <br><br> Does alcohol release anger? <br><br> Ivery was thrown out of the bar. When he came back he was <br>  <br> tossed over a table... and then came out with his gun, <br>  <br> shooting police officer Justin Winebrenner <br><br> There should have been a change of venue, for the courtroom <br>  <br> was filled with police and deputies.. looking like a blueclad <br>  <br> lynch mob backed up by Cleveland tv anchor hawkers using words like 'copkiller'. Does such a blue army muzzle those who speak for the defendant? <br><br> \"Four shots were fired during a confrontation with Winebrenner <br>  <br> and two other pub patrons who pushed Ivery backward through the doorway after he had pulled his gun from his waistband.\" (Source: Ed Meyer <br>  <br> 330-996-3784 or emeyer (at) thebeaconjournal.com of ohio.com) <br><br> Are we all created equal? Does God think it worse to kill a policeman than any other? In a world in which the death penalty <br>  <br> is coming closer to death, do law enforcement officers try to <br>  <br> keep the executions coming? <br><br> Why is such a harsh sentence being given for a man <br>  <br> who killed not in cold premeditation but in hot passion <br>  <br> as he responded to others' alcohol ignited violence. <br><br> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ohio.com\/news\/break-news\/mother-pleads-with-jury-to-spare-life-of-kenan-ivery-man-convicted-of-killing-off-duty-akro\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.ohio.com\/news\/break-news\/mother-pleads-with-jury-to-spare-life-of-kenan-ivery-man-convicted-of-killing-off-duty-akro<\/a> <br>  <br> newsnet5.com <br>  <br> \n","contact":"","link":"http:\/\/www.ohio.com\/news\/break-news\/mother-pleads-with-jury-to-spare-life-of-kenan-ivery-man-convicted-of-killing-off-duty-akro","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","summary":"African American Kenan Ivery given life sentence without parole for shooting an inebriated offduty policeman out of uniform who had bounced him from the bar for making advances on a white woman and who then proceeded with his friends to knock Ivery down","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ivery1_1444230226488_24888066_ver1.0_640_480.jpg","filesize":"124.5 kibibytes","article_url":"\/news\/2015\/10\/291867.php","image":{"original":"\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ivery1_1444230226488_24888066_ver1.0_640_480.jpg","small":"\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ivery1_1444230226488_24888066_ver1.0_640_480.jpgthumb.jpg"}},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}