Clark: Shorty Deserved Better

Won’t be shopping for a pink XXXL tutu anytime soon. There’ll be no slow walk of contrition through River Park Square. Remember? I promised to star in this extreme spectacle on condition that the most absurd crap I’d ever heard in my life turned out to be true. Namely, that Spokane’s Delbert “Shorty” Belton, a beloved World War II survivor of the Battle of Okinawa, was a double-crossing crack dealer. No way. No how. But that was the vile lie contained in a letter found during the arrest of Kenan Adams-Kinard, one of the teen punks who beat Shorty to death in the parking lot of the Eagles Lodge as the 88-year-old man sat in his car. The media repeated the lie because, well, it was unproven and part of the narrative of this horrific crime that occurred on the North Side in August 2013. Shorty the crack dealer. Hey, if you’re going to rob and murder someone, you might as well assassinate his character, too. I mean, it’s not like a dead dude can defend his honor, can he?/ Doug Clark , SR. More here.

Question: Do you agree/disagree with the sentences handed down to WW2 veteran Shorty Belton’s murderers?