On Friday, January 15, 2021 at 7:15:12 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
> On 1/15/2021 5:04 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > On Thursday, January 14, 2021 at 9:43:36 PM UTC-5, wrote:
> >> On Thursday, January 14, 2021 at 8:23:12 PM UTC-6, wrote:
> >> ...
> >>> John, it's not about race. I live on a street that was over 50% Black
> >>> when I moved in, and is about 50-50 20+ years later. Todat we looked
> >>> at 3 houses in Ferguson, and will likely buy one of them. I think that
> >>> every American here has heard of Ferguson, and most of the non-USA
> >>> folks have as well.
> >> Of course many have heard of Ferguson. But not many know as much about Ferguson as they should.
> >
> > Why should I know "much" about Ferguson? It's 500 miles away from here.
> I'd never heard of Ferguson but I just googled it.

Were you on a desert island in 2014? It was all over the national news.

> Another black gets shot by cop story from 6.5 years ago.

The real story was the rioting, just as in 2020.

> Black shootings happen in every city and almost every night. Usually
> blacks shooting blacks. It's local news, not national news.
>
> Almost every morning here on local news is another overnight shooting
> story nearby. Typical morning "breaking" news. yawn

The county I live in had 12 homicides in 2020.

Cindy Hamilton