I remember that. The media was definitely pimping the white racist meme at the time.
Wasn't there something about a "white van observed at the scene" at several of the shootings that turned out to be totally bogus?
Exactly. The message was "be on the lookout for an angry white man in a white van."
And while everyone was looking for Billy Joe Bob in his white van, two African-American snipers in a blue Chevy Caprice were riding around recklessly, but didn't get caught.
They were stopped by police twice while the search for the angry white man was going on, but weren't interviewed.
They were stopped by police on October 3, right after they had shot and killed four people. A few minutes after the cop sent them on their way, they killed an old lady to round off their morning.
They went out and killed someone else the morning after their second stop.