MSM is just making a big deal out of it to keep people from talking about the real issues such as climategate and health care reform
But it does seem as though someone is trying to start a race war
"The blogsite Fire Andrea Mitchell reported that a radical black Muslim group called National Black Foot Soldiers held a protest today outside the Parkland, Washington coffee shop where the murders occurred. The protesters allegedly gathered to celebrate Clemmons as a "Crowned BOW (Black on White) Martyr," calling his attack a "preemptive strike on terrorists..."
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/...muslim_ma.html