#ernest walker

[books0977]

Two Black Crows [Anybody's War]. Charles E. Mack. New York: Grosset and Dunlap, (1928). First photoplay edition, with plug for the Paramount Picture Anybody's War. Original dust jacket by Ernest Walker. 

Black-faced actor Charles Mack's novel of the First World War told through the eyes of his comic, black-face duo, Moran and Mack, popular stage and screen comedians of the time. The author appeared in over 20 films, several playing the part of Amos. An uncommon photoplay.

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Earlier today I rewatched the episode “The Late Mr. Kent” from Superman: The Animated Series, which revolves around Clark Kent’s effort to prove the innocence of Ernest Walker.  Walker is on death row after being convicted of murder, but he claims he was framed and his sincerity convinces Kent to look into the matter.

There’s a lot going on in this episode, including Clark’s supposed “death” that gives it its title, but one thing that struck me on this rewatch is how easy it is for Clark to find the evidence to exonerate Walker.  He manages to prove his innocence in a day.  And he does it as Clark Kent, not Superman, with no superhuman abilities or technologies.  No time travel to witness the murder, no Kryptonian technology to examine the evidence, just bog-standard human investigation.  And it’s not that he’s a super reporter, either, since this was info that could have easily been discovered at the original trial if anybody had cared to look.  Despite how easy it was to save him, Walker had initially been convicted because nobody bothered.

That is a repeated point of the episode.  Everybody “knew” he was guilty so they didn’t care.

Walker was a small-time crook and repeated thief, and once everybody heard that he had a record they just tuned everything else out.  Even -- especially -- his public defender, who never bothered to verify his alibi for the night of the murder.

Which let Detective Kurt Bowman, homicide detective of the Metropolis Police Department and the actual murderer, frame him so easily.  He didn’t even try for a complicated frame-up, since he knew he wouldn’t have to.  He planted the murder victim’s necklace outside Walker’s apartment, “caught” Walker when he tried to fence it, and that was it.  That’s circumstantial evidence at best, but again, nobody cared.  They knew Walker was a crook anyway, so what more do you need?

At this point do I even need to point out that Walker was black?

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Check out The Late Mr. Kent | Superman The Animated Series | Episode 34 | DC Fan-imated Stream from DC Fan-imated Stream on Amazon Music.

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Mark Cuban Gifts Season Tickets & More to Army Vet That Had Free Meal Taken by Chili’s

Mark Cuban Gifts Season Tickets & More to Army Vet That Had Free Meal Taken by Chili’s

Kudos to Mark Cuban for showing this veteran some respect, and pouncing on the great publicity he’s about to receive for his gesture.

Hoping to rile up some good will for the Mavericks, Mark Cuban just hooked up Ernest Walker — the army veteran who was denied a free meal at Chili’s on Veterans Day — with season tickets to Mavs games for the rest of the season per TMZ Sports.

2 season tickets…

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Chili’s Removes Manager Who Took Away Veteran’s Free Meal in Texas

Chili’s Removes Manager Who Took Away Veteran’s Free Meal in Texas

The manager of a Chili’s restaurant in Texas who was seen on video taking away a veteran’s free Veterans Day meal has been “removed” from the job and placed on administrative leave, the president of the food chain said. Chili’s President Kelli Valade said in a statement she personally apologized to Ernest Walker for the manager’s actions and thanked him for his service. “We took swift action and…

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[chronicreality]

I am so angry.

Being a Texan makes me more and more ashamed every day. A veteran with proof of service had his free Veterans Day meal removed and had his rights violated as the manager of a Chili's decided that questioning the validity of his service dog was a good way to deescalate the "you're not a veteran" confrontation. Man I hope Mr. Walker sues Chili's for having his ADA and HIPPA rights violated AT MINIMUM, not to mention he has a solid case for false advertisement or discrimination. An apology and putting a manager "on leave" for blatant discrimination isn't an apology, it's PR recovery. Don't know what I'm talking about? Here's the Dallas News Link: http://www.dallasnews.com/business/restaurants/2016/11/13/man-got-free-veterans-day-meal-cedar-hill-chilis-manager-took-away Once his service dog was brought up Mr. Walker decided to start videotaping, and thank goodness he did. The video is also at the bottom of the article.

[mneverlagainp]

Methodical

Ring up Sloane Street messenger office for boy.

Wait at front door.

Invite him in.

Bring him downstairs.

Ask him to sit down.

Hit him on the head.

Put him in the safe.

Keep him tied up.

At 10.30 torture.

Prepare for end.

Sit down, turn gas on.

Put gas light out.

Sit down, shut window.

Walker had also left a note for the butler:

I expect you will be surprised to see what I have done. Well since my mother died I have made up my mind to die also. You know you said a gun-case had been moved and I denied it. Well, it had, I got a gun out and loaded it and made a sling for my foot to pull the trigger, but my nerve went and I put it away. I rang up the Sloane Square office for a messenger boy and he came to the front door. I asked him to come in and wait, and I brought him to the pantry and hit him on the head with a coal-hammer. So simple! Then I tied him up and killed him. I killed him, not the gas. Then I sat down and turned the gas full on. I am as sane as ever I was, only I cannot live without my dear mother. I didn’t half give it to that damned boy. I made him squeak. Give my love to Dad and all my friends.

“I don’t know what made me do it,” he told police. “I came to Tonbridge as it would give me plenty of time to think and tell the police here.” He was judged “guilty but insane” and committed to the Broadmoor psychiatric hospital.