The victim was a Hispanic male. 
I believe that the crowd was trying to keep these morons from driving
through the crowd and they were protecting their own from a mental case
driving erratitically. 
It is a shame someone was killed, however, maybe he incited his own demise
because he and his copilot were stupid. You are responsible for your own
mistakes - behavior

John Philip Adams

-----Original Message-----
From: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of David Kiracofe
Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 8:07 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Juneteenth

What exactly did you want to discuss so robustly about this tragic event
in another state?  A child was struck by a car and a crowd attacked one
of the people in that car.   Are you suggesting we assume celebrating
Juneteenth made them violent?  As a point for debate, it seems little
more than ad hominem.

David Kiracofe

David Kiracofe
History
Tidewater Community College
Chesapeake Campus
1428 Cedar Road
Chesapeake, Virginia 23322
757-822-5136
>>> <[log in to unmask]> 06/20/07 6:12 PM >>>
An open and robust discussion is never furthered by censorship ( I 
didn't 
get that off a bumper sticker, I made it up myself, although someone
else  
probably said something like that in the past).
 
If newspaper accounts are so inherently unreliable, why do historians
use  
and rely on them to buttress their research and theses in scholarly 
articles?
 
The Duke lacrosse incident took place in North Carolina, so you have  
violated your own rule on Virginia topics, however you should not be
censored  for 
doing so.
 
Happy Juneteenth to you all.
 
J South



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