Last Saturday there was a community “conversation” on race relations and Tampa law enforcement. The forum was entitled: “Injustice and Inequality in Tampa’s African American Community in the Buckhorn Era,” which sounds more confrontational than conversational.
It worked. It got the media’s attention, as well as that, no doubt, of Mayor Bob Buckhorn, who couldn’t have liked the cheap-shot, judgmental approach.
Speaking of the media, the front page Sunday headlines of the Tampa Tribune and Tampa Bay Times couldn’t have been more in contrast about the same event. “Forum Puts Focus on Race Relations” read the Trib’s version. “Buckhorn’s Leadership Blasted,” topped the Times’ account.