Free Republic

The media are befuddled by the African-American community’s reaction to the massacre in Charleston, South Carolina. They expected the usual unrest they see whenever there’s any kind of violence perpetrated by someone of another race. Black-on-black crime never warrants a riot, of course. But this time, they guessed wrong. Reverend Norvel Goff spoke at the Emanuel AME Church on Sunday, pointing out how peace was guiding the community in its reaction to the racially-motivated hate crime against the church. “A lot of folks expected us to do something strange and to break out in a riot,” he said. “Well, they...