Well, the article didn't say that. It was a gasoline soaked rag thrown in the backseat. Far cry from a Molotov cocktail.
And who's to say that *one* car that was torched wasn't some punk-ass who had no ties to the actual incident or people, just trying be a prick? Gray areas...gotta love em. Jerry Johnson wrote: > I hadn't seen that in the article. I had seen the lighting of papers > and boxes and magazines (street clutter), and that a police car had > its windows broken out, but not a car being torched. > > I agree that is a significant escilation. > > On 4/5/06, S. Isaac Dealey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Well, there is a difference between riots of this sort >>> (fairly contained, handled by the authorities, no major >>> lasting damage), and burning, bombing, threatening and >>> shooting. >> The article said they torched a police cruiser with gasoline... not >> quite a molotov cocktail, but close... it's not very far from that to >> shooting and bombing. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:202983 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
