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Posted 06/17/09 at 11:25pm

Finally: Mainstream Media Tiptoes into Coverage of Minuteman Murder

Almost a full week since local Arizona media and progressive and pro-migrant bloggers began covering the horrific story of Brisenia Flores and her minuteman killers, the story is finally catching the eye of the mainstream media. Turns out the point-blank murder of a little nine-year-old-girl by anti-immigration extremists is newsworthy, after all.

CNN's Rick Sanchez reports on the extremism that led to Brisenia's death today:

RICK SANCHEZ:  Let’s talk about this. Things are not always as they seem, right? And I want to illustrate this now with a picture of a beautiful little girl- there she is. Her name is Brisenia Flores- take a close look, because it may be the only way that you’ll be able to see this little girl. [...] Let me tell you who Shawn Forde is. She’s the executive director of a group that’s called Minuteman American Defense. Police say that Forde planned the killing of the little girl and her father to steal drugs and money, and make it look like it was the work of a drug cartel. The nation’s largest Minutemen group has distanced itself from Ford, we should say, and we’ve learned that within Minutemen circles, she is considered a bit of a loose cannon. But you do have to wonder and you do have to ask, how did Shawna Forde- let’s go ahead and get rid of the president’s picture there if we can- how- pardon us- how did Shawna Forde, a supposed fringe element, turn up on PBS as a player in the anti-immigration movement? This is a story that we’re going to continue to watch for you. We’ll tell you what we find. what we find. 

Took them long enough.

Meanwhile bloggers have been busy exposing the links between Forde and allegedly "mainstream" anti-immigration organizations and spokespeople (who are now in overdrive attempting to delete any mention of her from their websites).

Talking Points Memo's Zachary Roth reports, in "Accused Far-Right Killer Has Bizarre, Troubled Past:"

At a 2006 PBS-sponsored forum at which she claimed to be both a member of the Minutemen and a representative of the supposedly more mainstream anti-immigration group FAIR, Forde railed against immigrants and declared: "We will not stop until we get the results that we need to have."

Dave Neiwert, a blogger at Crooks and Liars, posts the 911 recording of the sole survivor of the deadly attack and makes this argument about the minutemen, in "Some 'neighborhood watch': Forde's Minuteman spinoff outfit was about 'starting a revolution against the government'":

The problem, as always, is its inherent vigilantism:

    The reality-based picture of the Minutemen that's emerging is not of a friendly "neighborhood watch" for the border, but of a chaotic collection of hatemongers who seem intent on a kind of populist mob rule fueled by angry paranoia. It becomes a cover not for law and order, but for the ugliest kind of brutal authoritarianism.

Check out Neiwert's other posts, "'Oh my God, I can't believe they killed my family': Victim of Minuteman gang, on 911 call, pleads for help amid gunfire, Minuteman 'tactical' leader/murder suspect Shawna Forde was part of the 'respectable' nativist Right too, and "When the Minutemen 'go tactical' for dollars: Forde intended gang to rip off dealers, and may have struck in CA already." They paint a very thorough, if twisted, portrait of the tragedy.

Meanwhile, in "Minuteman Killer Co-Hosted Anti-Immigration Event in 2007 Featuring Tom Tancredo, Duncan Hunter and Fred Thompson," Firedoglake's Blue Texan reports on Forde's position within the broader movement:

It's important to point out that Shawna Forde wasn't a "lone wolf" or "just a nut." She was a prominent leader of the Minutemen Movement who shared the stage with Jim Gilchrist, the group's founder -- along with three GOP presidential candidates -- at a 2007 "Conservative event" in Washington state.

Some of the first to break the story were summed up nicely over at the Standing Firm blog:

Below is a roundup of coverage on the murder of Brisenia and Raul Flores. As always, the pro-migrant blogosphere is fighting the good fight.

The Sanctuary – Flores por Brisenia

Imagine 2050 – MinuteMen Members Murder Nine Year old and Father

Immigration Talk with a Mexican American – Brisenia Flores: The Beautiful Latina Child the Minutemen Murdered!

VivirLatino – Brisenia Flores: Nuestra Hija

Una Gran Tristeza – A round up at Citizen Orange

Crooks and Liars – When the Minutemen go “tactical” for Dollars

While it's good that CNN is finally getting the memo, we still have a long way to go in order to tell Brisenia's story.

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