Features Jun 17, 2015 at 4:00 am

The Media Circus over One Woman Is Distracting from the Underlying Issues That Need Addressing

About 200 people marched in Spokane, a city with a fraught racial history, after the decision not to indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in November. Young Kwak / The Inlander

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@3: Which murder victim? "Shorty" or Eric Garner?

maybe you should look up the definition of "Alienating" so you understand what Dolezal meant.
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It might be worth noting in the story that Dolezal was
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This is me not giving a shit about Spokane.
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@3 has it right. Shorty's murder was pretty shocking to his neighborhood, and that billboard would have gone completely unnoticed if it wasn't for Dolezal using it to fundraise.
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What are the actual per-capita crime stats in Spokane, broken down by the ethnic group of the perpetrator. I see a backpack allegedly containing a bomb, which is troubling. However, what ACTUAL crimes have been committed? If Spokane is like the rest of the USA, African-Americans participation in crime might be disproportionate to other groups.

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