Saturday evening's flash mob on the Plaza--redux

Plog--Pitch Magazine's Blog--does a great job today, describing the brief flash mob that took place on the Plaza Saturday night, specifically what happened at the Cheesecake Factory. To me, the real crux of the issue for the whole problem comes down to the author's last paragraph: I'm not going to presume to solve a problem better men than me have failed to answer. I'll bet against even the best of you solving it in the comments section, even though I'd love to hear what you think and I suppose some have ideas. But for now, know that it's a hell of a sad thing to see how quickly good cops can scare the shit out of innocent children. Sadder when you understand everyone did the only thing they could do. It seems that's what we have to do, too--that is, keep in mind that "everyone did the only thing they could do." That and not judge the situation or anyone in it, unless you were right there and can honestly, calmly, intelligently and fairly report seeing something or other that was right or wrong. The rest of us can and should just stay out of it and keep our opinions to ourselves. Sure it needs a solution. What it doesn't need is a bunch of emotional, uninformed reactions to what they perceived happened. Link to original post: http://blogs.pitch.com/plog/2010/09/plaza_flash_mob_wasnt_about_race_until_it_was_about_race.php