03-19-2017, 09:49 PM
(03-19-2017, 09:08 PM)treee Wrote: Yea, you're right that it is important to shine a light on those types of injustices. I guess the question becomes where is the line between exposing injustice and pushing a narrative? This isn't directed at you, by the way. This is something that anyone who consumes news should be asking themselves, imo.
That line is about a hundred miles to your six, it was crossed long ago. Of course, to some on this board pointing this out somehow calls your integrity into question. The truth is that racial tension equals clicks, hence the title. The fact that stoking said racial tension does absolutely no one any good, especially in stories in which race hasn't been shown to play a part in the event's cause, simply hardens the stances of the people on the fringes and drives more people in the middle towards those fringes. You'll notice some people have complained about the topic being brought up but those complaining haven't addressed points made in the thread that don't have anything to do with race.
As to the thread topic, if the events are as described then it would be staggering that no charges are being filed, of any kind. So, either the DA in a very liberal part of the country is super soft on abuse of power by sworn peace officers (which goes completely against the current trend in this country) or there is quite a bit more to the story than is being reported in OP's article.
