{"id":17167,"date":"2020-06-18T14:18:14","date_gmt":"2020-06-18T18:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=17167"},"modified":"2020-06-18T14:18:14","modified_gmt":"2020-06-18T18:18:14","slug":"obamas-this-is-america-meme-created-the-environment-for-this-terrible-tragedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=17167","title":{"rendered":"Obama&#8217;s &#8220;This Is America&#8221; Meme Created the Environment for this Terrible Tragedy!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Gospel radio host gunned down in Baltimore<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->AP via FOX 5 New York<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17208\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/radio-host-killed.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"764\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/radio-host-killed.png 764w, http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/radio-host-killed-300x170.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 764px) 100vw, 764px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>BALTIMORE (AP) \u2014 A long time Gospel radio announcer was fatally shot outside her home in a case Baltimore police call a \u201csenseless\u201d and \u201ctragic murder.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tyra Womack was pronounced dead by medical personnel Wednesday night after police responded to a call about the shooting at her home in the Lauraville neighborhood of the city, news outlets reported.<\/p>\n<p>Womack, who also went by Tyra Phillips professionally, was an announcer on WEAA-FM\u2019s \u201cGospel Grace\u201d program for more than 30 years, and provided information on the church community during the weekly broadcast. She also was an administrative assistant at the U.S. post office, her Linkedin page\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/tyra-womack-a3894157\/\">shows<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"vendor-unit\" data-uid=\"fts-ar-16\" data-init-desktop=\"1\" data-init-mobile=\"1\">\n<div id=\"taboola-widget-0\" class=\"vendor-taboola trc_related_container trc_spotlight_widget trc_elastic trc_elastic_thumbnails-m \" data-placement-name=\"Desktop - Mid Article - New\">\n<div class=\"trc_rbox_container\">\n<div>\n<div id=\"trc_wrapper_52938\" class=\"trc_rbox thumbnails-m trc-content-sponsored \">\n<div id=\"trc_header_52938\" class=\"trc_rbox_header trc_rbox_border_elm\">\n<div class=\"trc_header_ext\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The \u201csenseless\u201d shooting that killed her seems to have followed a neighborhood dispute, according to a statement from Baltimore Police spokeswoman Detective Nicole Monroe. She told The Baltimore Sun that investigators have identified a person of interest, but declined to provide any additional information.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WEAA offers condolences and prayers to the family of our beloved Tyra Phillips (Womack). We are heartbroken about her passing and remember her beautiful, gentle ,sweet spirit today. Tyra was heard on Sunday&#39;s Gospel Grace programs for many years at WEAA. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KN9slCqA8d\">pic.twitter.com\/KN9slCqA8d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WEAA889 (@WEAA889) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WEAA889\/status\/1271124908672724994?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 11, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are heartbroken about her passing and remember her beautiful, gentle, sweet spirit today,\u201d the radio station, which is affiliated with NPR, said on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WEAA889\/status\/1271124908672724994\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s one of those kinds of tragedies that just makes you numb,\u201d Carolyn Showell, an official at Womack\u2019s church, told the Sun. \u201cThat\u2019s the word I keep hearing, numb. You\u2019re traumatized because she\u2019s one of those unlikely people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5ny.com\/news\/gospel-radio-host-gunned-down-in-baltimore\">https:\/\/www.fox5ny.com\/news\/gospel-radio-host-gunned-down-in-baltimore<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gospel radio host gunned down in Baltimore<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17167\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}