[DWPittelli]

Come on Caesar, cut the "speculators" some slack.

It wasn't Freepers who said the guy looked "Hispanic or Middle Eastern" / dark-skinned caucasion, it was eye-witnesses. And speculating about al-Qaeda and allied jihadists isn't racist, it's based on: 1) We're at war with them; 2) They murder innocents; 3) They've launched a lot of attacks over the last 2 weeks or so.

And given the possibility (50/50?) of jihadist connection, it ain't racist to believe what we've heard about the shooter's (/shooters') appearance.

If the IRA blew up the WTC, and the witnesses said the sniper had red hair, would it be racist to believe them?

[Hail Caesar]

I get your point and somewhat agree with you. However, I also agree with Chief Moose's public pronouncements that we (the public) should not engage in "tunnel vision", especially if such is mainly based on eyewitness accounts that, as most involved in law enforcement know, are inherently unreliable and quite often culturally biased.