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Michael Savage, one of the nation's top radio talkers, was ecstatic about the jury award this week of $1.6 million to fired California police officer Jeremy Morse. Morse lost his job after he arrested a black teenager in Inglewood, Calif. A videotape showed Morse throwing the teenager onto the hood of a police car. The officer said he acted against the perpetrator after he grabbed for his testicles. Savage, who hosts "The Savage Nation" on more than 300 stations, had made the Morse case a cause for his listeners. Savage and his non-profit Paul Revere Society raised more than $40,000...

WE'VE all heard the hypotheticals. They are common in the aftermath of any racially charged incident, and the Inglewood police beating of 16-year-old Donovan Jackson is no exception. It's an old guessing game: How would the public's reaction, the media's coverage, the politicians' response differ if the racial tables were turned? Would Johnnie Cochran and Al Sharpton rush to the aid of Jackson, an African-American teen beaten by a white officer, Jeremy Morse, if Jackson were white and Morse were black? Would the story command national attention? And would the awful episode have ever happened at all -- that is,...