Picture this - the people of Cincinnati, Ohio without guns - just a handful of policemen to protect their lives and property would be all that stood between them and this looting and rioting.....picture every household without adequate protection, women without husbands or brothers - alone, with these looters and murderers on the rampage.....the only thing holding them back, is the defense system provided to all Americans - that of the right to bear arms FOR DEFENSIVE REASONING. Now you see why the ADL - this slimey institution which came in with the Federal Reserve System - worked overtime to put Militias and Christians on Hit Lists? \ Chickens all coming home to roost now and the rioting has just begun. Now remember that poor deprived little black 6 year old whom we were to hug and kiss after he murdered a poor deprived little 6 year old white child? Having used a pencil previously to stab another white child????? Militias should reorganize and begin the law suits against this ADL for it is their intent to disarm America keeping in mind of course who organized the first NAACP and why? Remember who worked with Gore to take away guns from private citizens who wished to defend themselves and their families? Why it was the NAACP - and then NEVER forget this evil "reverend" Jesse Jackson who threatened to loose his animals on the streets..... So some of these people in Cincinnati, say look how city hall has braced itself - this one loud mouth black councilwoman has been agitating race war - bet she has plenty of protection..... Now when this loud mouth wants protection, let her call the NAACP. Don't call the KKK or the Militia. Better yet send in Jesse Jackson and his NAACP to call for law and order - this is man who once ran for President? And the lattter was formed by what and whom? This kid was wanted for "mostly traffic violations" - maybe like that guy who stole a car only attached thereto was a little 6 year old white kid whom he drug through the streets until nothing left of his body? Don't read much about that poor deprived black who stole cars - and drug the child at 80 mph through the streets? Did you see the mother crying in the streets or putting on a pitch for money? Anybody ever wonder about her - oh no, we do not want whites becoming angry and taking law into their own hands - might wake up the old guard. You think whites would have rioted and gotten out their guns and looted and burned down the ghettos - better yet, forget voting in the welfare until they go to New York where such things are of little consequence. Imagine a few white bones are coming to life on this one.......for it is the 60's again and anyone that does not see the pattern - by the way how did those two white police officers get murdered? The two who put their lives on the line going into these crime infested areas? Saba April 12, 2001 Unrest Erupts in Cincinnati Over Police Killing of Black Teenager By FRANCIS X. CLINES The Associated Press Gene Jones swept up glass Wednesday in a Cincinnati furniture store. Cincinatti Is Recovering From Two Days of Protests Over a Police Shooting Clash in Cincinnati Over Shooting by Police (April 11, 2001) Join a Discussion on Issues in Law Enforcement The Associated Press Cincinnati police officers in riot gear blocked a street on Tuesday, the second day of disturbances in the city after the police killed a black man. CINCINNATI, April 11 — This city's clergy and political leaders pleaded for peace on the streets today after two days of sporadic protests and vandalism that followed the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a white policeman. "This situation has been festering for over five years," City Councilwoman Alicia Reece said. She surveyed the 66 arrests and damage to dozens of city stores as evidence of deepening tensions between the police and black residents who have long complained of racial profiling by officers. "It is a time bomb that has exploded," Ms. Reece said, standing outside City Hall, which was unusually quiet at midday, cordoned off by mounted police officers with riot gear. Twenty-five people were reported to have received hospital treatment, some struck by the nonlethal ammunition the police used. Today's calm was broken at nightfall as small bands broke windows at businesses, threw stones and bottles at automobiles and looted stores. A police officer was shot, but a bulletproof vest deflected the shot, The Associated Press reported. Mayor Charlie Luken said the city might request help of the National Guard if the trouble continued, The A.P. said. Last month, a coalition of black civil rights groups and the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio filed suit in federal court in Cleveland accusing Cincinnati of a "30-year pattern of racial profiling." The suit says that blacks are routinely singled out by the police for minor offenses far more than whites are and that police officers "tend to use excessive and deadly force against African-Americans more readily than against whites." The suit said that from 1995 to 2000, the Cincinnati police killed 13 suspects, all of them black. Timothy Thomas, the 19-year-old killed on Saturday, was the fourth black killed by the police since November. At the height of the trouble Monday night and Tuesday, ranks of police officers fired rubber bullets, beanbags and tear gas to turn back scores of protesters and vandals who set fires and threw bricks at cars and store windows. The outbreak came after black leaders demanded an explanation for the use of deadly force against Mr. Thomas. Police officers said the pursuing officer fired when Mr. Thomas was cornered in an alley and the officer thought he was reaching for a gun. But no weapon was found, and Mayor Luken told reporters on Tuesday that ranking officers were privately expressing doubts. "I have been told they are troubled by the story they are getting," Mayor Luken said. "The initial findings don't back him up." Prominent blacks called for a federal investigation of the shooting for possible violations of civil rights. The lack of detailed information kept frustration high in this city of 331,000, which is 43 percent black. Some city officials said the need for calm would be served by the release from grand jury subpoena of a police videotape that might show part of the encounter between the officer and the teenager and the release of an initial interview with the officer, Steven Roach. "I demand to know why," Mr. Thomas's mother, Angela Leisure, exclaimed at a hearing before city officials Monday. Police officers said Mr. Thomas was pursued because he had 14 outstanding warrants, all of them in misdemeanors and most of them for traffic offenses. "They keep asking me why did my son run," Ms. Leisure said. "If you are an African male, you will run." This view was supported emphatically today in interviews in the predominantly black neighborhood known as Over-the-Rhine, where the protests originated and where merchants in the historic Finlay Market suffered the brunt of the vandalism and looting. "The problem is basically racial profiling," said Geneo Sweeten, a 47- year-old black construction worker. "These cops have been escalating the pressure ever since two of their own were shot, allegedly by a black, and they began pouring all their resources into cracking down on us, without asking who's guilty or innocent. It's at the point now where we talk of D.W.B. arrests — the crime of driving while black." Broken glass crunched underfoot on Elder Street in Over-the-Rhine this morning as cleanup crews arrived before a mayoral visit. "Brother, let reason and judgment prevail!" boomed the voice of the Rev. Isaiah Gaines, a retired judge and black leader who walked the streets near the New Prospect Baptist Church, greeting black residents and white and black merchants. Mayor Luken emphasized the need to bolster trust between residents and the police force. "We've got a long way to go," he admitted in a scene reminiscent of the 1960's, a white mayor in shirt-sleeves trying to calm black residents before a phalanx of television cameras. The city's airwaves crackled with a virtual duel of talk radio programs. "Most of my friends will run from police," said a caller to "The Buzz" on WBDZ, a station favored by black residents. "They just don't respect us." Defenders of the police called WLW, denouncing "that wimp of a mayor" and complaining that blacks kill most of the city police slain in the line of duty. "Call out the National Guard," demanded one caller. Gov. Bob Taft, a Republican, declined to take that step, urging the city in a statement to "cool and calm the rhetoric." Home | Back to National | Search | HelpBack to Top New Commemorative plaque honors NASCAR legend Digital Camera memory dilemma solved! Time zone to time zone never set your watch again The best household cleaner is...H20? Digital video camera records movies and still pictures for your computer and the Web Private DVD theater puts a floating 6-foot screen right before your eyes How to make your car invisible to radar and laser First air treatment that humidifies and cleans the air Advertisement Special offer from Ameritrade. Learn more. $7 Trades and 130 Offices. Find the office near you! Moving Offices? 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