{"id":248354,"date":"2022-01-15T07:29:25","date_gmt":"2022-01-15T07:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=248354"},"modified":"2022-01-17T09:10:16","modified_gmt":"2022-01-17T09:10:16","slug":"this-was-a-man-rip-colin-crime-is-the-new-black-entitlement-flaherty-september-21-1955-january-11-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=248354","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThis Was A Man”\u2014RIP Colin (\u201cCrime Is the New Black Entitlement\u201d) Flaherty, September 21, 1955-January 11, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

John Tremain \u2013 The Unz Review Jan 11, 2022<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Earlier, by Peter Brimelow: In Memoriam: Colin Flaherty\u2014Cheerful Chronicler Of Black Crime<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The evil that men do lives after them<\/em>. Unless they are part of, or useful to, the Woke Ruling Class\u2014in which case all is forgiven.<\/p>\n

That introductory line is fitting for several reasons. Colin Flaherty<\/a> was an afficionado of Shakespeare, from whom the line<\/a> is stolen. And he loved to point out<\/a> the hypocrisy of the far-Left media, who beatified their martyrs like \u201cSt. George of Floyd\u201d<\/a> and \u201cSt. Michael of Brown<\/a>\u201d while excommunicating Thomas Jefferson<\/a> and even Abraham Lincoln<\/a>. And him, and countless others.<\/p>\n

Finally, it\u2019s fitting because in the coming year we should expect to see a deluge of celebration and schadenfreude from the Main Stream Media, gleefully noting the passing of another old white guy<\/em> <\/a>without any self-awareness<\/a> or even a hint that they\u2019re just validating the ironic observations of both Mark Antony<\/a> and Mr. Flaherty.<\/a><\/p>\n

Colin Flaherty, an award-winning journalist and best-selling author whose career spanned over four decades, died on Tuesday at home, surrounded by friends and family. The cause was cancer<\/a>, a family member said.<\/p>\n

In 1992, Colin Flaherty was the darling of the liberal press, for exposing the truth. At some point in the next decade or two, he would be vilified for the same thing.<\/p>\n

Thirty years ago, Colin used his extensive investigative skills to exonerate Kelvin Wiley,<\/a> a black man wrongfully accused of attempting to murder his white ex-girlfriend. Flaherty won numerous awards for this work, and the case was later featured in the Los Angeles Times <\/em>[Conviction Set Aside as Boy Recants,<\/a><\/em> by Carol Masciola, August 20, 1992] and on Court TV.<\/p>\n

But when the journalism profession orthodoxy moved on to become a publicity mill for the far Left, Flaherty stubbornly clung to his training, his ethics, and his conscience.<\/p>\n

So he became a Thought Criminal <\/a>and needed to be canceled. First by YouTube<\/a>, then PayPal<\/a>, then Facebook, and finally Amazon<\/a>\u2014the tech monopolies moved swiftly to punish Flaherty for his Wrongthink. Twitter remained the only social media giant that put up with him.<\/a><\/p>\n

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https:\/\/t.co\/MCg564dHiW<\/a><\/p>\n

— ColinFlaherty (@colinflaherty) September 3, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n