[Hoot Gibson]

Yet another story of large mobs of young black people randomly beating up white people. How many of you have seen the rash of racially motivated attacks reported in the mainstream media? Why doesn't President Obama use the bully pulpit to condemn this violent racism and urge young blacks to stop these attacks? I want to hear your opinions, Obama supporters - is Obama and his cohorts in the media ignoring this story to preserve his slim chances of reelection?

After all, Obama is supposed to be our first post-racial president and I have not seen this level of senseless kind of widespread black mob violence since the 1960s. This is quickly becoming a national epidemic but it seems to be reported as local news, often with no mention of the racial component of the violence. At least the major networks covered this story in the 60s.

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Police begin probe into mob incidents at State Fair

Police from three jurisdictions - West Allis, Milwaukee and Wisconsin State Fair - are spending Friday morning piecing together a series of incidents late Thursday night at the Wisconsin State Fair in which large groups of youths rampaged through the midway and outside the grounds after closing.

Officials could not say what started what witnesses said was a series of racially charged incidents that apparently began as early as 7 p.m. in the midway. The midway is located just east of the Pettit National Ice Center and adjacent to the Hank Aaron Bike Trail.

Milwaukee police confirmed there were assaults outside the fair as the fair was closing down. The fair closes at 11 p.m.

Police at all three jurisdictions declined to provide information Friday morning about what happened, when and where. Police said they were gathering multiple reports from various locations at the fair in order to determine what may have set off the incidents and hoped to provide a fuller picture later Friday.

Witnesses told WTMJ-AM (620) that dozens to hundreds of young black people were beating white people as they left the fair late Thursday night. Patrice Harris, a spokeswoman for the fair, said a police alert she was given indicated four people were hurt.

"It looked like they were just going after white guys, white people," Norb Roffers of Wind Lake told WTMJ-AM. He said he left the State Fair entrance near the corner of S. 84th St. and W. Schlinger Ave. in West Allis.

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