THE decision by a grand jury in Ferguson, Missouri not to indict police officer Daren Wilson for the murder of Michael Brown, a young black man, has caused quite a stir. It has not only sparked off a vicious cycle of violence in Ferguson itself coupled with protests all over America, but it has also sparked off a heated debate about race relations and racial violence. Some of the assertions that have been made are interesting. Permit me to share a couple of examples with you.
On 23 November, during a heated debate on NBC with Professor Michael Dyson, Rudy Giuliani, the former Mayor of New York City said "white police officers would not be there (black communities) if you were not killing one another".
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