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TONIGHT ON THE DR C ROBERT JONES SITUATION REPORT
MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY 8 TO 9 PM
Would you think to have 41 people shot [in Chicago] between Friday morning and Monday morning would be much more newsworthy and deserve much more outrage?” he asked.
From Mar. 16 to Mar. 19, 41 people, mostly African-American, were shot in Chicago, Obama’s adopted hometown. Ten were killed, but there was little reaction outside Chicago, say several African-American leaders and commentators.
Why hasn't Jamiel "Jas" Shaw II, 17, a standout Los Angeles student-athlete gunned down for the color of his skin and the red of his Spiderman backpack received a scintilla of the mainstream media attention paid to Trayvon Martin? Both were young black males of the same age when they were murdered.
