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Monday, November 22, 2010

Black Man Killed By Arab Convience Store Owner In Miami: Whose Fault Is It?

Tensions rise in Miami after a Black man was killed by an Arab store owner over the weekend. Akil Laure Oliver reportedly walked into a convience store and started verbally assaulting the owner. After being asked to leave Mr. Oliver and one of the owners got into it. Mr.Oliver picked up a bottle, the owner then took a crowbar and bashed Oliver across the head, killing him. The owner claims it was self defense, but people in the neighborhood says it was racial. Go figure!
I wasn't there, I don't know what happened. But I'm tripping off of all of these people protesting this store and other stores owned by Arabs around the city of Miami claiming that they are racists. Like the STORES and the Arabs who own them are the reason the black community is failing. I have witnessed on several occasions at more than one store, young black men walk into a store and call these Arab owners every name under the sun. Many of these owners often look afraid for their lives, not knowing if these guys are going to rob them or not. It's kind of sad actually.
But it makes you wonder though, if they really are that afraid, why do they open their stores in black neighborhoods?
Why not white neighorhoods?
Is it because they want to serve the black community or they know they can't pull some of the same foolishness in the white neighborhoods as they do in ours?
Why is it I can walk into a store owned by an Arab person (or anyone else for that matter) and bump into an ice chest full of Wild Irish Rose and Mad Dog 20/20 before I can get to the counter?
If I want to cash a check at one of their stores, why will it cost me 5-10% of my check?
Is it THEIR fault or OUR responsibility to do better?

All of these people are protesting in Miami and demanding that Arab owners respect their black consumers. But where is all of this outrage, protesting and marching when someone is killed in the "Pork & Beans" area of Miami?
Something happens there, everybody plays dumb and invoke that STUPID code of the streets.....NO SNITCHING!
Gimmie a break...............
I hate to hear this happened to the young man in Miami but it's not the first and unfortunately won't be the last shooting at a store owned by an Arab person. The question becomes, whose REALLY at fault when it happens?

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