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the agenda, as well as likely murder charges for anyone of the wrong color<br />
st<strong>and</strong>ing nearby. If we reverse the current situation, <strong>and</strong> the gun is in Oscar<br />
Grant’s h<strong>and</strong>, then racist voices would be squealing for the death penalty<br />
regardless of intention. And yet when it’s a cop pulling the trigger, all the<br />
media <strong>and</strong> public opinion resources are deployed <strong>to</strong> justify, underst<strong>and</strong>,<br />
<strong>and</strong> empathize with this unconscionable act. One side is au<strong>to</strong>matically<br />
condemned; the other au<strong>to</strong>matically excused.<br />
For now, the fires are out. But despite the soothing words of Barack Obama<br />
<strong>and</strong> Ron Dellums, there is no lack of fuel <strong>and</strong> no lack of spark in Oakl<strong>and</strong>.
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