Where's the press and Snoop Dogg?

Does Snoop Dogg not care about white people? Where is Jesse Jackson? Where is the public outrage and media atention? A man is scheduled to be executed early tomorrow morning in California, and I have seen hardly any coverage about it at all. There haven't been any movies made about this guy like there were about Tookie Williams. I don't see the hollywood types rallying behind Clarence Ray Allen. Perhaps if he had co-authored some childrens books, hollywood would care.

Are the "civil rights" types not concerned because Clarence Ray Allen is not black? I fail to understand why there's such a difference in the way these two cases are being handled. Why would a cold blooded murderer like Tookie Williams get the sweetheart treatment in the press and Hollywood, but this Clarence Ray Allen guy doesn't? Is it because the cliche "oppressed black man, wrongly accused" angle is easier to play up? Is it because that gets more ratings and is more marketable? If so, that's pretty sad.

Tookie Williams and Clarence Ray Allen have a lot in common, so I'm a bit puzzled about why nobody is making such a fuss over his execution. (Actually, I'm puzzled why Williams' execution got SO MUCH press. Neither are noteworthy in my opinion.)

They both:

• Killed people (actually Tookie personally gunned people down, Clarence Allen hired people to kill his son's girlfriend and witnesses who testified against him at the trial)
• Ran criminal enterprises (Tookie - the Crips; Allen - burglary/crime ring)
• Continued to conduct criminal activity while behind bars
• Are despicable excuses for human beings
  

Personally, I think race has no place in either of these cases. I just bring it up because I see an inequity in the attention that is brought to both cases. I think they both should rot in hell. They're murderers that have surrendered their right to life and liberty by taking the lives of others.

I don't have much time to rant about the issue at the moment, but you get the gist (sp?) of what I'm saying. Criminals should not be made into heroes. They should be punished according to the law for their actions, be they black, white, brown, yellow or otherwise. I just bring it up so that you can take notice of how differently the cases were handled. You decide. That's all I have to say about that (for the moment).