Hey, remember when there was that rash of people climbing up the New York Times building because they could? Or maybe they did it for some causes, who remembers stuff like that? Anyway, the three gentlemen, who separately scaled the building at 620 Eighth Avenue, have all gone through the proper court process. Alain Roberts (left) was not indicted for his June 5th climb, because he was a "professional climber" and beloved by the world over. His punishment was a disorderly conduct slap on the wrist, which is "a violation akin to a parking ticket." Dude is like a French David Blaine, you're not going to punish David Blaine (we should always punish David Blaine.)

However, Renaldo Clarke (right), who climbed the building on the exact same day for malaria awareness, was indicted by a jury of his peers. And The Times is going to put their pictures right next to each other to subtly imply..hmm…maybe it's because of the way these guys looked that allowed Roberts to get off while Clarke will almost certainly face harsher penalties, including possible jail time?

So without even asking the question, but sort of asking the question the NYT wants to know: is race dead when it comes to illegal acts that could be construed as terrorism?

Except, this argument is moot if you take the third climber into account:

Oh look, it's David Malone, the third climber of the New York Times building, who was also recently indicted, but only given a brief blurb in the Times piece. He just didn't fit in with their visual thesis, so the 29-year old activist was thrown overboard (so to speak).