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Investigation into Grisly Cemetery Case Continues; King Billboard Stirs Controversy
July 13th, 2009Investigation into Grisly Cemetery Case Continues
The ghoulish discovery that hundreds of bodies at a historic African-American cemetery in Chicago were dumped in a greedy scheme to resell burial plots drew thousands of concerned and irate protestors this weekend. Many of the thousands who turned out at the Burr Oak Cemetery were hoping to find their dearly departed, and Cook County officials even exhumed the body of one grave as part of the investigation involving four former employees accused in case. In addition to getting rid of some bodies, the ex-workers also stacked more than one body in a single grave, authorities say. Cook County Sheriff’s Department officials say they have gotten more than 7,000 requests for information from those whose loved ones are buried in Burr Oaks but that they’ve only processed about 400 so far. The FBI and local officials continue the investigation today at Burr Oak Cemetery, where many iconic African Americans are buried – including Civil Rights-era lynching victim Emmett Till; musicians Willie Dixon, Dinah Washington and Otis Spann; and Negro Leagues Baseball players Jimmie Crutchfield and John Donaldson. Officials said they would try to respond to families in the next week, but Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart said the investigation was hampered by a lack of maps for large sections of the cemetery. Many of those his staff had found were hand-drawn and sketchy, he said. “You might as well be talking about hieroglyphics here,” he said. “This is unheard of.”
King Billboard Stirs Controversy
A billboard in Houston identifying Dr. Martin Luther King as a Republican is an outrage and an outright lie, say community activists who want the humongous sign taken down. “The party of Tom Delay, the party of Rush Limbaugh, the party of Sean Hannity, the party of Michael Savage would not be the party of Dr. Martin Luther King, Junior!” argues Quanell X, one of those opposing the billboard. But Apostle Claver, founder of the Black conservative group known as the Raging Elephants, says this the sign “is saying conservatives are coming. And we’re going to offer solutions to the problems that this neighborhood has.” Claver notes that the slain civil rights leader’s niece, Alveeta King, has mentioned in her book that MLK was indeed a Republican. However, King’s sons say their father never would have voted Republican. X says that no one has the right to align the man who lived and died to save all people to a certain Republican or Democratic Party!”
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My two children was burried in babyland at burr oaks but can’t be found. I will be filing my suit.
Betty
Try to find a site where you can post that trash.This article is about a major crime and you post dumb shyt.
Alicia
Sorry about your situation,I hope your children are found and given a proper burial AGAIN. My question is: how large is Burr Oaks and did anybody notice something was wrong ?
OMG i will be praying for you Alicia! I pray you find your babies… this is just soooo sad. And hurtful. The thought that people could actually be THIS grimy. *smh*
I’m not surprized at this one bit. We’ve had mortuarys selling body parts up here in the northeast. Anything for a buck . It’s an ongoing theme, old as prostitution. The only way to deter people like those running this place is to give them hard time. Hard and long.
As far as King being Republican. So what. Back in the day many counties throughout the States had only one party headquarters. My Mom was born in the Pocono mountains in 1921. The Republican party was all that was available out there, you joined them or you didn’t vote, period. What they did once the curtain closed is another matter.
No surprise that us blacks would stoop this low to make ourselves have enought to buy dumb stuff. They should go to prison for a long time, but of course they will try to find a way to lie out of it and blame it on white people. We need to get it together as a culture!! I know we voted for obama cuz he is black, but we need support him and take responsibility for our actions even though he doesnt know what hes doing and making the economy get worse.
Derron aka dub man
Thats sad to hear ppl would actually do something so nasty, grimy, hurtful, and disgusting! My prayers go out to each and every family & person that was affected by this disgusting act of stupidity!! I hope the ppl that was involved in this crime will be bought to justice!!
Let them peeps free. they aint done nuffin to anyone who be alive so why bother. Yall need to stop hatin on a brotha fo making his paper.
S-Dub
Hate on me and my dubs
DERRON AND WILLIAMS .. HEY HICKS I KNOW WHERE THE OTHER BODIES ARE !! LOOK IN THE TRALIER PARKS YOU BOTH LIVE IN THEY GOT TO BE UNDER ALL THAT TRASH .
S.Williams
You must be some DUMB ass white person trying to portray yourself as black with a name like that. Grave robbing is a crime as well as swindlinmg money.Once the grave has been sold it is not up for resale. these THUGS should receive the max.sentence under the law.By the way Mrs. Obama’s farther is buried in the middle of where these disturbed graves are located,there is no word if his grave has been tampered with.
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I am a morticia and this is a digrace and also a known problem this has also happened in Atlanta a few years back and the man was put in jail. This is a disgrace but like they said everything you do to not just to the living but also to the dead will come to the light. The dead was speaking from the grave this may have been going on for years and knowone ever said or did anything about it god does not like ugly You Reap what you Sow so as far as the cemetery workers are concern what goes around comes right back around. Now mark my words watch one of them try to play crazy like they didnt know what they were doing this is a shame……………………..