African-American Celebration Tainted by Violence (More Trouble in Cincy)

CNN ^ | 8/18/02

[AmericanCompatriot]

I believe the taxpayes should charter a boat back to Africa for all the "un-American" black folk who think they have been given the wrong end of the stick. Naval Commander Farrakhan can lead the way or walk the plank. I'd love to see that man "dissapear".

[Fresh Wind]

The heat did it.

And Global Warming™ caused the heat. And the white capitalist system caused Global Warming™. See? It's all the white man's fault. Reparations now!!

[chadwimc]

FWIW,

I doubt the writer of this story is even in Cincinnati. Our downtown doesn't *HAVE* a south side. The south side of Cincinnati is northern Kentucky...

[BeAllYouCanBe]

"I doubt the writer of this story is even in Cincinnati. "

As we have already learned -- the seriousness of accusation -- is more important than the actual validity of the information. If the facts are somewhat jumbled than hey who cares about that. If it turns out that the accusation was wrong too, well, report that on page 23 behind the obituaries two weeks later.

[johniegrad]

Yeah, Varon, that's what I picked up on. At first I wondered, are they boycotting the black community because of the riot or are they boycotting the city because of the response of the police force? Then I quickly regained my senses.