Racism fears flare after fatal stabbing in Dubuque

http://www.altoonaherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070901/NEWS/709010324

Dubuque police believe a small number of anonymous white supremacists may be trying to use a fatal stabbing that happened last weekend to fuel a racial backlash.

The victim in the stabbing is white and the suspect is black.
No evidence has been made public that the stabbing was racially motivated, but inflammatory reader postings on a local newspaper's Web site became a catalyst for racial tension earlier this week. One reader posted multiple copies of a photo of a lynched black man.

The insults spread to the streets, and police logged reports of rumors that the Ku Klux Klan and Hell's Angels would be descending on the town.

Now, leaders are pleading for calm.

The NAACP called an emergency meeting to promote unity. The City Council, whose members are all white, released a statement urging people to take a stand against racist language and behavior.

John Burgart, superintendent of the Dubuque school district, denounced acts of hate and discouraged the spreading of "ugly rumors." The city's human rights commission asked dozens of churches and other groups to spread a message this weekend of "No violence, no hate talk."

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White activists need to react to incidences like this one. Each time something like this happens, we can at least "add fuel to the fire" by emailing people that live close to where the incident occurred and "speaking our mind".
Police, schools, organizations & non-whites from the area should hear from us and hear our "opinions" on the matter!