[yukong]

Well, don't know much about how they behaved in their community, but a Seattle paper interviewed a "Chris Waters" who lived across the street from the shooters, where the tree stump was cut down. Waters told the paper that he used to call 911 every day to report gun shots being fired. He said they would only shoot one time. Just one shot at a time. He said that this went on during the entire month of January 2002, but nothing was ever done. He said is was the sound of a highpowered gun. After January, these guys moved away, and the shooting ended.

And, don't flame me here. But I will tell you, in my LE days, I interviewed, many occasions, young black males. Black gang members, or gang wannabes. Black muslims. Their thought processes are freightening. They believe that any type of violence against other gang members, (blacks) is OK. They believe that any violence against anyone is OK, especially whites. Their mentality is that whitey owes me because of putting me and my people down for years. That message is being played up by the likes of Farakan. They really believe it. Again, this is not Black people in general. And yes, there are whites that are just as bad. But look at the world around us. We hear black leaders like Jesse Jackson (by the way, he claims to be a reverend, but he doesn't have a church he pastors, what's up with that)scream about the treatment of blacks here, but over in black nations, (which are largly muslim) they are killing each other left and right.

Caveat
Again, I am not associating these radical black muslims with which I have had been associated during my career, with the general black population.

[Letitring]

Believe me, I understand the difference. I live with a black woman who has cared for me since I was a baby. I assure you, she would not wipe her aristocratic foot on one of these barbarians. She is also very outspoken, for good or ill, and I sometimes get a different slant on things, because of her. :)

[mhking]

Again, I am not associating these radical black muslims with which I have had been associated during my career, with the general black population.

You're on the money, friend, unfortunately.