Massacre: Racism or Not?

Procrustes Stretched

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Dec 1, 2008
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Is the defense racist in nature? Is the prosecution racism in nature? Was the gang fighting racist in nature?

I do know I had a few knee jerk reactions as a white guy who was surrounded by racial tensions in the city I grew up in. I wonder how others feel as they are reading the article and I wonder how they feel and what they thought at the end of the article.

I will admit initially feeling that if the group that did the shooting was comprised of whites, race would have been a bigger issue in the prosecution.

I admit to wondering about the racial aspects and how much they weigh on the interaction between the groups.

I ended up coming away from the article with a different perspective than the one I had going in.
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L.A’s 49th Street Massacre may not have been about race

Three Latinos, including a child, were killed in a gang-style attack. The suspects, now on trial, are black. But the motivation is not believed to be racial.


L.A.’s 49th Street Massacre may not have been about race - latimes.com
 

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