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Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly  What is someone tracks me home from the grocery store because I look prosperous but vulnerable on a cane and takes the law in their hands & kills me without any provocation whatsoever, though I'm unarmed, and I'm lying there on the ground just as certainly dead, is that not every bit as heinous? I think people killing unarmed people cannot be so categorized as so much worse as this case is - while other killings are read about, quietly even sadly acknowledged and life goes on in most cases. But in some, everyone gets so upset over that crime, bounties are exacted, basketball teams protest, other protests are held all over the country, politicians and civil rights leaders speak up & TV news & Google explode with repeated reports of 99% reporting only one side of the story. I don't think there would be anywhere near the outrage if I were stalked & murdered in the manner I mentioned above, even if the shooter were of a different race. I wonder why? |
Since you posted this to me (or, rather, quoted me)...I felt I should follow up.
I think we're saying much of the same thing - bc,
yes, I do think the example you used above would be *just* as heinous. I don't see any difference in terms of that. Is that what you're asking me?
I agree, there a zillion crimes we never hear about that are equally as tragic - and it's very sad that we can't give our national attention to each and every victim. Similarly, I'd like every animal cruelty case reported on every station. However, I've sometimes come to appreciate what
is in the media (whether human or animal), if something positive can come of it. I don't mean I like what the media often does to a case, how slanted the reporting is -- but, I feel pretty powerless to effect change in that area.
I do believe things
stay in the media bc they touch upon something that needs to be discussed.