Does it really matter?...
Many are saying, this was indeed a hate crime, while others are saying, this was a crime of anger and about a parking space. Many say, he would rant and rage and bully neighbors in the community, and on his face book page about many things... But does this really matter? Hate is hate and murder is murder, whether its over a parking space, racism, or whatever. Murdering anyone is a crime of hate!Does killing three innocent young college students who just happen to be Muslims justify their death? No! and no matter what stirred this mad man up, he deserves the max... and that's the death penalty... May God Himself vindicate their senseless deaths.
Craig Hicks Was Threat With 'Equal Opportunity Anger,' Neighbors Say
The Huffington Post| By Andy Campbell
Posted: 02/13/2015 2:03 pm EST Updated: 5 hours ago
Craig Stephen Hicks, 46, enters the courtroom for his first appearance Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015 at the Durham County Detention Center in Durham, N.C. He is accused of shooting his Finley Forest neighbors, Deah Shaddy Barakat, 23, and his wife Yusor Abu-Salha, 21, and Abu-Salhav's sister, Razan Abu-Salha, 19, of Raleigh. Hicks is being held in the Durham County jail with no bond. (Chuck Liddy/News & Observer/TNS via Getty Images)
The suspected killer of three Muslim family members in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, was a known bully in his community, neighbors say.
Craig Hicks, 46, was always irritated about noise and parking in the condominium complex where he allegedly shot and killed Deah Shaddy Barakat, Barakat's wife, Yusor Abu-Salha, and her sister, Razan Abu-Salha on Tuesday. Neighbors say they felt uncomfortable around him, especially when he regularly approached with a gun holstered to his belt, according to the New York Times.
"I have seen and heard him be very unfriendly to a lot of people in this community," Samantha Maness, another resident of the Finley Forest development, told the Times. She said that Hicks displayed an "equal opportunity anger" and that he made "everyone feel uncomfortable and unsafe."
He was emphatic about enforcing the complex's parking regulations and griped when he thought Maness made too much noise with friends.
Imad Ahmad, Barakat's former roommate, said the victims had faced Hicks' anger before.
"He would come over to the door, knock on the door and then have a gun on his hip saying, 'You guys need to not park here,'" Ahmad told the Associated Press. "He did it again after [Yusor and Deah] got married."
Neighbors' accounts of Hicks' behavior before the shooting come at a time of increased tension over the murder investigation. Chapel Hill police have said that they haven't ruled out the idea that the shooting was "hate-motivated," but so far they've suggested an ongoing parking dispute fueled Hicks' wrath.
Some Muslims in Chapel Hill as well as the victims' family and friends aren't buying the motive. Dr. Mohammad Abu-Salha, the slain sisters' father, called for a federal probe into what he says "has hate crime written all over it."
The FBI is launching a "preliminary inquiry," but haven't yet committed to a full investigation, according to NBC News. The Chapel Hill police are also investigating.
In a press conference on Wednesday, Hicks' wife Karen said that her husband was an angry man, but not prejudiced.
"This incident had nothing to do with religion or victims’ faith, but instead had to do with the longstanding parking disputes that my husband had with the neighbors," she said. "He often champions on his Facebook page for the rights of many individuals. Same sex marriages, abortion, race, he just believes that everyone is equal. Doesn’t matter what you look like or who you are or what you believe."
She has said she's filing for divorce from Hicks.
Hicks is charged with three counts of first-degree murder.
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Comments (6)
this man threw her little daughter over a bridge and poor
girl of course die...now he is insane
the marine that shot the sniper, insane...what is going on?
means that I can go around killing people and them say insane?
IMO#
All human race matters! People are people. No matter what their race or religion are. They are still humans...
as you say,murdering anyone is a crime of hate,but I'm still suspicious about the real motive and even more suspicious about the medias low activity???
Rolf
yes,indeed! All people are human and are to be treated equally no matter the crime, religion, or race. But this is not so in society, and people make up what we call society... therefore, the problems of equality lies within the hearts of those who make up society. Thanks for sharing.
Yes, and there is no doubt in my mind that this crime was not a spare of the moment crime, that it was premeditated. After all, when given much consideration, that only one or two days before these evil hateful murders, media announced about that beautiful white college girl who was confirmed killed by ISIS, and her mother was on television crying in sorrow... what greater moment of revenge with an excuse to kill in protest as payback, three college foreign students who were Muslims?... I'm just saying