‘#Sayhisname’ Trends After Mainstream Media’s Silence on the Atrocious Killing of White 5-Year-Old
Major news networks have not reported on the atrocious of 5-year-old Cannon Hinnant. The blackout of coverage on the murder of the young boy has sparked the hashtag #SayHisName on Twitter.
. . .Cannon Hinnant was riding his bicycle in front of his father’s house in North Carolina early Sunday evening. That’s when Darius N. Sessoms allegedly walked up to the boy, put a gun to his head, and executed him. Then Sessoms, a 25-year-old convicted felon, fled to his home next door in the town of Wilson.
The gruesome murder was reportedly witnessed by Hinnant’s 7-year-old and 8-year-old sisters, as well as neighbor Doris Labrant. . .
By Wednesday night and into Thursday morning, the hashtag #SayHisName trended on Twitter. Many, including Jason Howerton, pointed out that there was zero coverage of Cannon Hinnant’s murder by several mainstream media networks.
Cannon Hinnant
Say his name.@CNN @NBCNews @CBSNews @ABC pic.twitter.com/fDn9c9fYjB
— Jason Howerton (@jason_howerton) August 12, 2020
Yesterday a 5 year old was riding his bike playing outside his house with his two sisters. His neighbor with already multiple felony charges walked up to him and shot him dead at point blank. FIVE YEARS OLD JFC. Where the hell is the media coverage?
Say his name. Cannon Hinnant
— Kyle Kashuv (@KyleKashuv) August 12, 2020
Just so everyone understands: a lone woman calling the police on a stranger threatening her/her dog in a park is considered national news.
The murder of #CannonHinnant is not.
— Cassandra Fairbanks (@CassandraRules) August 13, 2020
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