Re: [Marxism] Racial hysteria in NYC

[Andrew Pollack <acpollack2@xxxxxxxxx>]

A couple additions to Louis' important account which bolster his case.
I thought at first from her picture and name that she might be Filipina (a 
semi-educated guess); a search of several articles in each of three NY papers 
turns up ONE mention of possible ethnicity: a Newsday article saying she had 
belonged to a college Latino group. From all the other coverage I've seen 
(although I haven't seen any TV accounts), she may as well have been white.
Second, only Newsday (today) has mentioned racial remarks the victim is 
supposed to have made to the bouncer in the bar:
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/nyc-nyslay094655392mar09,0,4333566.story
Those remarks may turn out to have been concocted by his friends; they may also 
have been concocted by cops trying to bolster a shaky case -- i.e., they're 
"proof" of why he went into a rage.
In any case it just adds to the very curious (but typical in Amerika) racial 
nature of the case.


                
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