reality set in that we made a step, but we had not gotten all the way to where we wanted. in last year s mayoral campaign, dinkins ran as the candidate who would heal new york s deep racial divisions. now he finds himself scrambling to keep ahead of a situation that is becoming highly volatile. an angry crowd roamed through the crown heights section of brooklyn, demanding justice after a motorist, ah hasidic man, ran a red light and hit two black children, killing one and critically injured the other. a hasidic student was stabbed to death after the accident. for several days, there was ri rioting. blacks attacking jews. and i got the blame for that. we ve got to increase the peace. increase the peace. when mayor dinkins went to crown heights to try to ease tensions, he was booed and forced to retreat. i think that too often many
show of force to quell the ri rioting, looting and burning that has rocked this city for the last two days. the bringing in of the national guard added to the existing officers who didn t have enough officers to be where they needed to be to try and hold more territory. what have they been asked to do. we re re-enforcing law enforcement and clearing areas that have yet to be cleared or securing areas that have already been damaged. it had a very low income neighborhoods among some people that they were an occupied territory that i think was welcomed by some people and rejected by others. while authorities in southern california are bringing order to the streets, spectators in akron, ohio are lining up to