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Both local and national news outlets confirmed that this was not a terrorism-related case, as some feared at first, but merely a workplace dispute gone horribly wrong. And when Mayor Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Ray Kelly conducted their initial press conference, they were equally cautious not to mention Johnson’s race, religion or ethnicity. While these measures all appear to follow protocol, it makes one wonder: What would have been the reaction and press coverage if the gunman were Muslim?
In March 2011, Rep. Peter King (R-L.I.), chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, conducted his first hearings on alleged “radicalization” within the American Muslim community.
Echoing Joe McCarthy, King piled on the hysteria. He even had the audacity to conduct a hearing earlier this year titled “The American Muslim Response to Hearings on Radicalization Within Their Community.” But as a recent report highlighted, harsh surveillance of Muslim communities yielded no new leads or investigations related to terrorism.
Maybe we should ask King when he’ll be holding hearings on the radicalization of white American men. While we’re at it, let’s have a follow up: “White Men’s Response to Hearings on Radicalization Among White Men.”
