Stunned and Offended

[kdorian]

Taking a quick glance through AOL's front page this morning, I ran across a link to an article about a man being charged for murder after punching another man (once).

In summary, two men, one white (Massie) and one black (Hawkins), complete strangers to one another, encountered each other in a Las Vegas hotel. A "racial comment" was made, apparently regarding the yellow shirt that the Hawkins was wearing. Hawkins punched Massie in the jaw; Massie was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead less than half an hour later. Hawkins was charged with murder.

I am hoping that this is a case of sloppy reporting - because how the hell do you stick a murder charge on someone for one punch to the jaw?
 

And just to cap it off, the illustration AOL chose to use for this article?



(Alternate link to the original image source, in case that image vanishes)

  Is there anyone in the US who doesn't look at that symbol and think "Black Power"? What the FUCK were they thinking?