Local Media: Man Killed in Dollar General Had it Coming
Last Tuesday afternoon when Joshua Bryant took his mother to the Dollar General on Augusta Road, he decided to wait for her in the car and enjoy the day. While sitting in his car he saw a man wearing a bandanna as a mask and carrying a gun enter the store. The dutiful son ran into the store to protect his mother and was murdered.
By any standard he died a hero.
Police have arrested a 23-year-old thug named Tremain Orlando Davis for the crime. But an interesting thing happened to this story when the local media got to it. The narrative changed to subtly (and in some cases not so subtly) imply that Joshua Bryant brought his death on himself by being unreasonable, and that compliance with criminals is not only to be expected but is indeed what civilized people should do.
Compliance with criminality doesn’t work. One need only ask those who survived encounters with Ted Bundy what saved them and they will tell you clearly that they fought for their lives; those who didn’t were raped and murdered. What did compliance with gunmen get Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom? What did compliance with gunmen get the victims of the Wichita Massacre?
Those are questions, and cases, the media doesn’t deal with mainly because the mainstream media deals in illusion, not reality. The news media is populated with people who see the world through a post-modernist lens; class and race warfare colored glasses that alter their very perceptions of reality and truth. Thus the average reporter runs into this story of tragic heroism and condescendingly frames it as suicide by crook by one of the rubes they need to buy their papers but have no respect for.
For example here’s how Fox Carolina describes the death of Joshua Bryant:
Deputies said that shortly after that, Bryant saw a man wearing a bandanna and carrying a gun walk into the store. They said that Bryant went in after him to check on his mother.
Investigators said that Bryant and the gunman, who they believe planned to rob the store, argued. Then the gunman shot and killed Bryant and fled the store with $194 in cash, investigators said.
Now I’m not a professional journalist, but when a man runs into the store his mother is shopping in to confront a thug with a gun, I would probably use a verb other than argued. This makes it sound almost as if Bryant was looking for trouble. But this is nowhere near as disgusting as WYFF.com’s write up, which tries to humanize the coldblooded murderer.
Behold the absolute pinnacle of hug-a-thug reporting:
“I mean, I wasn’t expecting someone to be Superman, you know?” Davis said as guards walked him into the Greenville County Detention Center Wednesday night.
According to the victim’s brother, Roger Bryant, the victim and the shooter started fighting before shots were fired.
“From what I was told, they got into an altercation, wrestling around, then he shot him in the neck. Killed him,” Bryant said.
When asked if he had anything to say to the victim’s family, Davis gave a one-word answer: “Apologies.”
Well, if he apologizes all is well, no? So the victim and shooter just started fighting and shots were fired according to this report. Again it makes Bryant’s actions seem unreasonable, as if these were two drunks brawling in the street. Tremain Orlando Davis went to hold up the store Bryant’s mother was shopping at and Bryant, heroically, intervened and perhaps saved the lives of others. Would it kill WYFF to throw his grieving family that bone, since it’s the truth?
Davis, the murderer, is even given a little extra ink in the piece to tell his family he loves them. The same family that raised him to think it was acceptable to stick up Dollar General and murder anyone who tried to stop him.
Where’s the ink on how well Josh Bryant was raised? Where is the praise for a man who died defending his mother and all the other people in that store? Where are the kind words and thoughts for Bryant’s mother, who judging by her son’s heroism is an exemplary woman?
They’re not coming. Ever. Even now commenters on the WYFF story are lamenting the fact that “two mothers” lost their sons today. This is disgusting moral relativism driven by the media’s contempt for anyone they don’t understand. Davis isn’t dead, he is going to prison where he obviously belongs. That the media feeds the idea somehow Davis going to prison is equal in tragedy to Joshua Bryant being murdered by Davis is the most obvious example of the ivory tower pseudo-intellectualism that is killing the print media.
Joshua Bryant is a hero. It’s too bad we have a media in this country that won’t tell you that. Instead they sneer at defiance in the face of criminality because they don’t understand it, and they equate thugs and heroes because they can understand neither.
Armed Robbery and Kidnapping at Dollar General on Augusta Road
The Greenville County Sheriff’s Office is seeking two suspects in connection with an armed robbery and kidnapping at a Dollar General store Monday night. The incident occurred around 10 p.m. at the Dollar General located at 9538 Augusta Road.
According to the sheriff’s office: Two female employees had closed the business for the evening and were walking to their vehicles in the parking lot when they were approached by two black males.
The two subjects reportedly charged towards the employees from some nearby bushes. One of the employees stated that she attempted to get in the passenger side of her vehicle, but the suspect grabbed her by the shirt collar and jerked her backwards.
The suspects forced the employees back inside the business at gunpoint, and ordered them to open the safe.
The suspects removed an undisclosed amount of money from the safe, which they placed in a Dollar General plastic bag. The suspects then ordered the employees to lay face down on the floor.
After hearing the suspects leave, the employees called 911 to report the crime.
More on the suspects from a WYFF4 article that refuses to use the term “kidnapping” for the crime of forcing two women to go someplace against their will:
The robbers are described as black, in their late 20s to early 30s. One of them was 6 feet tall, with a thin build. He was wearing a dark black or blue hooded sweatshirt, a dark ski mask and light gray sweat pants. The women said he was armed with a rifle or shotgun.
The second robber is described as being about 5 feet 7 inches tall, with a stocky build. He was wearing blue jeans, dark hooded sweatshirt and dark ski mask. The women said he was carrying a handgun.
Investigators said it was unclear if the robbers fled on foot or in a vehicle.
Please call Crime Stoppers at 23-CRIME if you have any information about this case.
One Arrested After Suspicious Truck Fire
A truck belonging to Furniture Market Place in Greenville was damaged in a “suspicious” fire Monday morning, police said.
Firefighters said they arrived at the intersection of Augusta and Potomac roads at about 6:15 a.m. and found a truck ablaze. The truck belonged to Furniture Market Place. They said that the cause of the fire was suspicious.
Police said that a man was arrested shortly after officers arrived at the scene.
The tires were slashed on another truck belonging to the store. The identity of the suspect is not available at this time.
Stabbed Man Found on Augusta Road Early Sunday
From WSPA:
The Greenville County Sheriff’s office is investigating the stabbing of a man early Sunday morning.
The incident happened around 5 am Sunday morning on Augusta Road. According to a Sheriff Office spokesman, a unidentified hispanic male drove into the parking lot of a Li’l Cricket, located at 6726 Augusta Road, was found to be bleeding profusely and told the clerk he had been stabbed. The clerk called 911 and EMS and Sheriff’s officers arrived on the scene.
The man was transported to Greenville Memorial Hospital, where his condition was not immediately available. The Sheriff’s Office says they believe the stabbing happened at another location, but they do not have any suspects at this time.