are these 2 stories somehow related?

Sensitive subject Hugh, This may get moved to the penalty box as we have some folks on here who now days GENERALLY do not allow you to DISCUSS this sort of stuff despite it being the general discussion forum. 

Apparently you have to pretend the world is perfect and it's all champagne and caviar, Anything remotely sensitive and it's....

In all seriousness, I hope nothing like this goes down in Newark; especially during the winter time when it gets dark at 4pm.  I'd be an easy mark.  

Pepper spray and a blade won't do anything to "protesters" like these derelicts, which are really the PC version of rioters.  

This was not intended to be a discussion on race, although I am fully aware that in today's racially sensitive climate, separating one from the other is difficult 

The other is domestic terrorism.

still in hell but at some point things will change...I hope.

thnx for asking.

They are attacking white people for some reason.  Not sure why and how this will help their situation  The man that was shot deserved it and the cop who shot him was black.  They have proof he had a gun.  But that doesn't seem to matter to these animals.  Can't wait to hear scal justify this.  And the police are being way too nice here.  These rioters are firing shots at the cops.  It's time to get serious and do something.  These people just want to roam the streets and commit crimes and not get bothered by the police.  That is the bottom line. 

Juice up the sentencing and all of them will think 1.5 times.