No it doesn't. They don't down play any stories about murder here in Indiana no matter what race perpetrates it and you don't see us shooting each other do you?
Same goes for Ohio...look at the case with the white girl having a black man's child and he murdered her. That got lots of coverage. Did you see race riots after that? No. Everyone knows where the high crime zones are and we just don't go there...white or black. It's a simple as that. Blacks worn their friends who are whites where they may not be safe and vise versa. There is no need for media manipulation.
I agree with you,a crime is a crime and people will not just start dropping all their black friends just because some psychopaths who happen to be black are doing horrid things like in Knoxville.
I just think there is an underlying subconscious racially motivated vibe to many of these posts when black criminals are featured.I can’t put my finger on it,Earthdweller and maybe its just a figment of my imagination.Maybe I’m just going crazy but its like these posts give many people a chance to vent on racial issues they have that are only loosely connected with the actual incident.
Then again,maybe I’m falling a victim to my own fears and latent bigotry.