HOSTAGE HORROR IN E. VILLAGE BAR

NY Post ^ | June 17, 2002 | By KIRAN RANDHAWA, LARRY CELONA and JOHN LEHMANN

[liberalism=failure]

Terrified partygoers in an East Village bar watched in horror yesterday as a crazed gunman went on a racially motivated rampage, shooting three people and spraying hostages with gasoline while threatening to burn them alive, cops and witnesses said.

"It's time for all of you crackers to pay - you know what this is about," Steven Johnson, 34, reportedly snarled as he jammed a gun against the head of one woman and ordered her to tie up 16 other hostages.

[liberalism=failure]

I wonder if the situation were reversed--a white guy yelling racist epithets, shooting people, dousing 17 black people in an attempt to burn them alive--would it be as barely covered a story as this one?

Hmmmm, that's a toughy </ yeah right >

[RepoGirl]

His actions, of course, can be blamed on whitey--all those years of oppression and institutional racism. We're like the twin towers--we deserved this hit.

</extreme sarcasm>

[Dialup Llama]

>Bar Veloce neighbor David Seigal heard cops yelling, "Let go of the girl! Let go of the girl!" as they tried to end the standoff.

Lucky the guy wasn't holding a wallet or he'd be killed on the spot.

[liberalism=failure]

Lucky the guy wasn't holding a wallet or he'd be killed on the spot.

Nice little liberal cheap shot at the cops. I hope you call Al Sharpton next time somebody tries to mug you.

[Dialup Llama]

I was just asking what does it take for a rampaging murderer to get killed in NYC these days?

[D-fendr]

Twenty people terrorized by one guy – the only one with a gun.

[liberalism=failure]

I was just asking what does it take for a rampaging murderer to get killed in NYC these days?

SO let me get this straight. black guy commits a humnungous hate crime, the media barely notices and all you can do is bash the cops. Damn dude what are you doing here when democrats.com could use a guy like you.

[liberalism=failure]

His actions, of course, can be blamed on whitey--all those years of oppression and institutional racism. We're like the twin towers--we deserved this hit. </ extreme sarcasm >

Thank you getting the jist of this post, and putting a great comment on it, sadly it seems you are the only one so far who did.

[another cricket]

I was just asking what does it take for a rampaging murderer to get killed in NYC these days?

They did shoot him. What do you want? For them to stand over the body and empty their guns?

a.cricket

[jackliberty]

I wonder if the situation were reversed--a white guy yelling racist epithets, shooting people, dousing 17 black people in an attempt to burn them alive--would it be as barely covered a story as this one?

For one thing, it would have been in the New York Times, not the Post.