>>i'ont know...peace is nice, but wasn't
>>any peace here...alot of the
>>spots that got burned down
>>were perpetuating violence.
>
>Black owned, mom & pop businesses?

most (not all) of the spots burned were not black owned.

> Remember that I saw
>before and after. If
>you're in college now, you
>couldn't have been more than
>12 when this happened.
>Are you sure that neighborhood
>businesses were perpetuating violence?

yes. liq's were crack spots and ho strolls. not to mention suppliers of the liquid evil that got the ganstosterone -(c) high noon- pumping in the veins of the round da way loc's.

>now
>>we just need to use
>>that to our advantage.
>
>Honestly, I think the momentum has
>died.

it has, unfortunately. folk feel confortable now. damn safety zones.

>And _reaction_ is
>never as productive as _action_,
>anyway.

that's what _i've_ been sayin. :-)

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