Unfounded comparison

Regarding your Aug. 22 letter “Rabble rousers are silent”: When will the community at large stop playing the reverse race card on the recent murder of a young man on South Main Street (Aug. 14 article), and on the issue of black-on-black crime?

1) This case has nothing to do with and is not similar to the Trayvon Martin case. Did the thugs who killed this young man call 911 to report a lone young white man on South Main that they thought was a burglar? Did the 911 operator tell them that the police were on the way and not to pursue him?

2) If the public at large has questions about how the black and Hispanic communities react to gang violence, then they need to listen to radio stations that cater to these communities. Then you would know that community leaders, church elders and neighborhood watch groups often have events to talk with parents, students and any who will come to talk about gang violence, black-on-black crime and targeting of Hispanic members by gangs.

Gang violence is a plague upon all our communities, and we all must come to grips with it. Gang violence will lead to the fall of us all unless we stick together.