Thread by @schanzerdavid

The police response to the #Atlanta shootings reminds me of what happened in Chapel Hill 5 years ago -- with a mad rush to exonerate the shooter of a racial or ethnic bias before we know the facts. /1

#AsianAmericans #HateCrime

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And what is the sole basis for this conclusion? The statement of the killer. Why enable the shooter to craft the narrative he chooses to explain his attention-seeking violent tirade? /2 cbsnews.com/news/atlanta-s…

I can certainly understand the desire to calm the nerves of Asian-Americans, but these premature statements don't do that when they are in such contrast to the pattern of the killings. /3 washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/03…

Remember, in the horrific murder of 3 young students in Chapel Hill, the police did not even wait 24 hours before announcing that the violence was due to a "parking dispute" and not the Muslim identity of the three victims, which was preposterous. /4 sun-sentinel.com/sfl-3-killed-i…

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