No Charges Prison For Guards Who Allegedly Boiled Schizophrenic Black Man to Death

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(03-19-2017, 09:49 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: 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.

I don't think the descriptor of "black man" in the title in an 800 word story which focuses only on facts of the case is "trivializing it by making it about race" though. Seems like a bit of a stretch to me.

(03-19-2017, 09:49 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: 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.

DA's being soft on agents of the justice system throughout the country has been an issue, so I would say the face value of the story is possibly is true.