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Hattiesburg and White African-Americans.

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On Saturday night around 8:30 PM Officers Benjamin Deen (34) and Liquori Tate (25) were shot to death after making a routine traffic stop in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.  Deen was a former “Officer of the Year."  Tate had just graduated from the Police Academy in 2014 proud and anxious to serve his community.  As of today, four suspects are under arrest; two charged with capital murder and two more with obstruction of justice and being accessories after the fact. I saw the story late Saturday on the Drudge Report.  When I turned the news on Sunday morning I waited for the story to be reported.  I waited some more.  Then I waited some more.  Eventually it made the news…but always the 3 rd or 4 th story on the air, and that included Fox.  Monday night brought more of the same.  CNN barely reported it at all.  Fox had some righteous indignation, but that was it. One of the two deceased officers was black.  All of the arre...