>>How did the media try to turn this into race feuds in Jasper? Actual rabble rousing in black crowds?<<
They were going around with news cameras to the black citizens, and asking them race-baiting questions....you know the kind...
Trying to get blacks to say they felt intimidated and oppressed and fearful, to feed the media stereotype and further the liberal agenda.
The delightful thing is that the community (and by that I mean black AND white) banded together and sent them a clear message. “We get along just fine, and we don’t need you coming down here trying to stir stuff up.”
It was awesome to behold. And that is exactly how it happened.
If that’s how it went down with the nosy news, Jasper deserves an award for class. The punks who dragged Byrd to death were not typical of Jasper, and both whites and blacks vouched for that.