Your initial tweet, which portrayed it as an unjustified shooting, has thousands of shares. Entire neighborhoods are being destroyed and innocent people being hurt based on that perception.
If press can't report on these incidents responsibly, they shouldn't do it at all.
If press can't report on these incidents responsibly, they shouldn't do it at all.
https://twitter.com/EllieRushing/status/1320916292568813568
The video clearly shows him chasing 2 officers with a knife and threatening them. Could they have waited for him to take another step closer?
Maybe.
Is this a clear example of misuse of force? Not based on that video.
Maybe.
Is this a clear example of misuse of force? Not based on that video.
You get the feeling that some people, including those at many press outlets, are almost rooting for violence every time one of these incidents happen at this point. That's the only explanation for how irresponsibly they frame their descriptions after them.
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This is why I thought the framing and coverage of the Philadelphia police shooting was so irresponsible. They added fuel, and this is the fire that resulted:
This is why I thought the framing and coverage of the Philadelphia police shooting was so irresponsible. They added fuel, and this is the fire that resulted:
https://twitter.com/Julio_Rosas11/status/1321219983159033858
It's not just the press. Ex: You have irresponsible idiots like Rex Chapman fueling anger by pretending police only shoot suspects with knives if they are black.
In 2019, police shot/killed 73 white suspects with knives and 33 black suspects with knives
In 2019, police shot/killed 73 white suspects with knives and 33 black suspects with knives
https://twitter.com/RexChapman/status/1321104439525187585
That comes from the Washington Post database on police shootings: washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/…
But it doesn't fit the narrative they used to fuel anger today so instead they pick one random video and pretend it is representative. No matter how dishonest or harmful.
But it doesn't fit the narrative they used to fuel anger today so instead they pick one random video and pretend it is representative. No matter how dishonest or harmful.
But Rex Chapman lives in a nice neighborhood. So do most of the reporters doing this. They don't live in the predominantly minority neighborhoods currently being terrorized and destroyed. They got their views, RT's, likes etc.
People in that city have to live with it tomorrow.
People in that city have to live with it tomorrow.
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