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Article: (B) OPINION: Why Cincinnati's Crime Rate Is Exploding.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
- Article date:
- July 26, 2001
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Jul. 26--In the Aftermath of April's Riots, an Anti-Police Campaign
By Activists Has Brought Predictable Results
By Heather Mac Donald of the Manhattan Institute
NEW YORK--In April, when riots erupted in Cincinnati, the national media let out a glad cry: Black rage, the hottest of political commodities, was back! "Riot ideology"--historian Fred Seigel's caustic phrase for the belief that black rioting is a justified answer to white racism--proved itself alive and well in Cincinnati.
Embracing the riot ideology, which has involved a relentless effort to discredit the city's ...