In 2001 and 2002, the dramatic deaths of five African-Americans during or following a police action made Rochester headlines. In one incident, an officer shot and killed a 14-year-old boy who was fleeing a police chase. In another, an officer tripped during a drug raid and fatally shot a man. <p?It was a tense time. […]
Michael Miller
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After the vote: the shock of the Red and the Blue
Now, one week after the presidential election, reality has set in. And as noticeable as the horror among Kerry supporters is the shock. It’s not so much that we were confident that Kerry would win (not, at least, until the peculiar election-day exit polls said that he would); it’s that we didn’t seem to recognize […]
