Thread by @DrRJKavanagh

Why do some police killings not attract national media attention?

This is from @CNN, but Kevin Peterson Jr.'s death hasn't been reported by @nytimes or @washingtonpost.

It isn't because people aren't protesting or for lack of egregious circumstances.
cnn.com/2020/10/31/us/…

And Mr. Peterson's murder wasn't reported by @CNN until protests erupted after he was killed. The story is the protests not his murder.

They're not accurately reported either. The protests started as a vigil, which was interrupted by Trump supporters with guns.

These aren't "clashes." They are armed White supremacists agitating at a memorial for someone who was killed.

Moreover, the article only quotes police sources as to the circumstances of the killing. Sheriffs deputies claim Mr. Peterson had a gun and shot at them.

Independent investigators make no such claim. They say Mr. Peterson displayed a gun and one was found at the scene.

It doesn't take a lot to conclude that sheriffs deputies could have planted that gun.

Even if Mr. Peterson had a gun, if he didn't shoot it, that makes a whole lot of difference.

Mr. Peterson had no criminal record. Where is that reported?

They'll just smear his name by recounting the police narrative that they were conducting a narcotics investigation. Interesting that no one, including sheriffs deputies have claimed Mr. Peterson had any drugs on him. You know they would if he did.

Where are the eyewitness accounts in the article that contradict the police narrative? Where is the mention that Mr. Peterson was shot in the back?

I know the election is on everyone's mind, but this has to be huge news.

This is not just about Biden and Trump. But police and Trump supporters feel emboldened by this administration's acceptance of state violence towards Black and Brown people and protestors.

If the media isn't going to cover what is happening, we can do our best to make sure it remains an issue on social media platforms and on the streets.