Take action to stop culture of hate

By Cesar Lumba, Las Vegas

Thursday, July 16, 2015 | 2 a.m.

Relatives of the nine victims of the Charleston, S.C., shooting reached out to the accused killer and told him they forgive him.

Forgive the suspect two days after he committed the murder? I can see people forgiving those who have murdered their loved ones over time, but not immediately. It sends the wrong message because blacks, having been treated as subhuman for centuries here in America and having been denied their legal rights after they were freed from slavery, are simply too eager to forgive the people who are murdering them.

There is no rationale for the continued existence of an environment in which people think they have to commit mass murder and for racists to carry out these acts unimpeded.

There are websites that encourage murderous thoughts. We close down websites of Muslim terrorists when we can, so why can’t we close down websites that indirectly justify the murder of black people?