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The Atlanta Child Murders (2019)
An unfortunately dishonest, biased account of events.
I fully expect backlash for my take on this, although my opinion that this documentary account is markedly skewed by identity politics in no way suggests racist objectives on my part or a lack of sympathy for the devastating ordeals the families, whose loved ones were savagely murdered, endured. Black Lives do indeed Matter-but Wayne Williams' life doesn't count.
The full, exhaustive weight of evidence incontrovertibly supports Mr. Williams, who is African American, as the perpetrator of the despicable rash of murders that terrorized the most vulnerable in the black community in Atlanta in the 70's. The lead investigator himself, who was black, is on record here and elsewhere that there was simply no evidence to support the suspicion, that understandably arose amongst people of color prior to the discovery of Williams as the lead suspect, that the Klan or other white supremacists were behind the killings. Even the brother of one of the murdered children clearly affirms that he saw Williams prior to the abduction of one of his friends-and is absolutely certain that he was the villain in this piece.
In every imaginable way, Williams indicted himself with his behavior prior to his being discovered, with the the evidence discovered during his apprehension (notably absent from this account), and from his bizarre actions as a suspect, during the trial, and to this day. Watch the other, more complete accounts of the events widely available on the major streaming services and decide for yourself, instead of having this crew, comprised of people of color who evidently have ulterior motives, spoon feed you a version designed to dishonestly fulfill a narrative that simply doesn't apply here, no matter how much it clearly applies otherwise.
The scientific data on serial murderers is also consistent with Williams' profile-the incidence of serial killers crossing racial lines is vanishingly rare, and it is extremely difficult to conclude that anyone but a member of their own community could walk in their midst committing such outrageous acts without arousing suspicion. Nor could anyone but Williams, with his familiarity as a character in the community, and his well-known, spurious promises of lucrative music careers to black youth living in public housing at the time, get close enough to apprehend all these kids without them running for the hills. Everyone in those neighborhoods was on high alert for suspicious men, as the killings quickly became well-known. They just didn't think one of their own could be suspicious-they were on the lookout for white hoods.
Sadly, the parents at the time, who had every right to suspect and to warn their kids about any suspicious white men themselves, unwittingly perpetuated the misdirection that allowed Williams to continue his spree of crimes unnoticed. That tragic oversight can certainly be viewed in retrospect as a cruel injustice. What is less forgivable are those in the community who still perpetuate that myth today, refusing to redirect their indignation towards considering, even for a second, that this time the evil did not arise from the white man, but instead from one of their own.