One way race cards...

Written by Akron Beacon Journal on . Posted in National News

Publisher’s note:  While the nation and the world watch in horror as the City of Ferguson, MO erupts in more and more looting, rioting, and other very bad behavior in the wake of a GJ decision in the death of Michael Brown, another similar case has played out in Akron, Ohio.

Few will hear about it though, because in this case, a white cop who was doing his job was killed by a black thug.  

This is the state of America and race baiting.  If Michael Brown had gotten the upper hand and perhaps killed Officer Wilson in Ferguson, we wouldn’t know about that case either.  God help us.

Akron Beacon Journal:  On Monday night, Ferguson erupted.  On Tuesday afternoon, about 200 Kent State students marched across campus to protest the Ferguson decision. Some chanted, “Don’t shoot” and, “No justice, no peace.”  In Cleveland on Tuesday evening, thousands shut down the city at rush hour, clogging streets and spilling onto expressways. Their rallies followed a police shooting of a 12-year-old boy who waved a toy gun at an officer.

In Akron, there was nothing. Or was there?

The events of Ferguson, Mo., stirred again the national conscience regarding one of its most difficult subjects: race.  Or is the issue really race? Is it justice?

As Tuesday morning unfolded and Americans digested the events of the night before, Beacon Journal reporters and editors gathered to talk about what people in our community may think, what they know and what they don’t know.  Out of that discussion came this...

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