Talk:John William King

Merge with James Byrd article

Merge - This should be a no-brainer. This man is not at all significant apart from his sickening crime. He doesn't deserve any special recognition apart from it. Godheval 02:03, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Salon

I removed the following:

Salon magazine commented on the case:

Victims of prison rape often turn their anger against innocents when they are set free. ... Shortly after arriving in prison, King — then 5-foot-7 and 140 pounds (64 kg) — was attacked by black prisoners and raped ... He emerged from the dungeon transformed.

Salon, a popular journalism site, is not an expert commentator in this area, and its comment is not notable. If this area is relevant, cite expert info rather than what, as presented here, is just pop-psych. (And integrate it into the structure of the article.)
--Jerzy•t 18:59, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

I agree that the following should have been removed. That John King was raped in the Texas prison systems is only a rumor, never a proven fact. As a one time personal friend of John King, I do not believe that these incidents happened. I also do not believe that this biography should be merged with anyone! Each person in history deserves their own page no matter who they are or what their story is and I think that each page should stand alone. Lesley from NC

Ayo, Matt or whichever Wiki admin...If the the John King prison incident is a rumor...what the hell is it still doing in the article? Sounds and feels like you trying to justify/defend John King here (...or your conscience? :D) codelyric 2007

Neither King nor any of his associates were or are members of the Aryan Brotherhood. It seems like "Aryan Brotherhood" is becoming a generic catch-all term for any White prison gang, sort of like refering to everyone who rides a Harley Davidson as a "Hells Angel" See: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/special/jasper/king/228293.html "Sammy Buentello, assistant director of the Texas prison system's gang task force, said both King and Brewer had been monitored for possible affiliation with the Ku Klux Klan and the Confederate Knights of America (CKA), a skinhead group, while they were housed at the Beto I Unit in Tennessee Colony. But none of the three suspects was linked to membership in the Aryan Brotherhood, one of the most violent gangs operating inside the state prisons, Buentello added.