Over the 4th of July weekend in Milwaukee, there were several instances of mobs of 20 or more "youths" swarming convenience stores and making off with goodies, and attacking, beating and injuring innocent people on the streets.
The first response from the Milwaukee Police Department was to deny that there were any "mobs". When it was clear that there were, Flynn, the police chief, had to back peddle.
The "youths" were black, and the beating victims white. In its editorial on the beatings, the Journal Sentinel issued the usual call for the police to work with the "community", whoever or whatever that might be. It also said the following:
"Some witnesses and residents questioned whether race played a role in the looting and beatings. Witnesses say the attacks were unprovoked and that the victims were white and the attackers were African-American. But we'd agree with Flynn, who said crime is colorblind. Flynn also downplayed the notion that police tried to minimize the severity of the incidents. Flynn said that initially police weren't fully informed of the details."
Are you **expletive deleted** kidding me? You have mobs of black kids beating white people, but crime is colorblind? I wonder if the Journal Sentinel, police chief and city fathers would be so colorblind if the attackers had been white and the victims black.
This isn't exactly the first instance of mob beatings (and murders) by black "youths" in Milwaukee. In fact, it's becoming almost a biannual or tri-annual summer ritual, beginning five years ago with the beating and murder of a man named Charlie Young.
Denying a problem exists doesn't make it go away.
