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Texas Paper Refuses To Give Description Of Suspect In Mass Shooting Because Of Stereotypes
Posted on 6/12/21 at 3:40 pm
Posted on 6/12/21 at 3:40 pm
In a statement, the Austin Police Department described the suspect as “a black male, with dread locks, wearing a black shirt and a skinny build.”
The local newspaper refused to run that description.
daily wire
The local newspaper refused to run that description.
quote:
A newspaper in Texas said on Saturday that it is not publishing the description that local law enforcement gave of a man suspected of shooting 13 people on Friday night because it “could be harmful in perpetuating stereotypes.”
“Someone opened fire in a popular entertainment district in downtown Austin early Saturday, wounding 13 people, including two critically, before getting away,” the AP reported. “Investigators were looking into what sparked the shooting but were not able to get a detailed description of the shooter, though they believe it was a man and were going through surveillance video and other evidence, interim Police Chief Joseph Chacon said at a 4 a.m. news conference.”
The Austin American-Statesman reported that law enforcement had “zeroed in on two suspects” believed to have been involved in the shooting.
At the bottom of the Austin American-Statesman’s report, the newspaper explained that it was not going to give the description that law enforcement provided of one of the suspects:
Editor’s note: Police have only released a vague description of the suspected shooter as of Saturday morning. The Austin American-Statesman is not including the description as it is too vague at this time to be useful in identifying the shooter and such publication could be harmful in perpetuating stereotypes. If more detailed information is released, we will update our reporting.
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Posted on 6/12/21 at 3:41 pm to L.A.
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Austin
Liberal fricking shite hole. frick that city.
Posted on 6/12/21 at 3:41 pm to L.A.
Gannett paper...not surprised.
Posted on 6/12/21 at 3:42 pm to L.A.
F***ing woksters... They'd rather see the whole country burn down then someone's feelings get hurt
Posted on 6/12/21 at 3:43 pm to L.A.
Are you surprised? They allowed the Homeless and Libs in.
Posted on 6/12/21 at 3:43 pm to L.A.
Stereotypes exist for a reason
Posted on 6/12/21 at 3:45 pm to L.A.
So they've just self identified as being a completely worthless newspaper
The whole point of reading the news is to get information that you don't already know. If the news intentionally withholds useful information from you then they are of no use.
There is literally no reason for this newspaper to even exist
The whole point of reading the news is to get information that you don't already know. If the news intentionally withholds useful information from you then they are of no use.
There is literally no reason for this newspaper to even exist
Posted on 6/12/21 at 3:46 pm to L.A.
Honestly, I had even heard that there was a mass shooting in Texas with 13 people getting shot.
Where TF is the media on this?
Where TF is the media on this?
Posted on 6/12/21 at 3:46 pm to L.A.
Austin is such a nice city they are trying to ruin
Posted on 6/12/21 at 3:46 pm to L.A.
So they didn't want the person who just shot 13 people in a crows to be stereotyped?
Makes sense if you are totally brainwashed or mentally ill yourself.
Makes sense if you are totally brainwashed or mentally ill yourself.
Posted on 6/12/21 at 3:48 pm to The Boat
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Stereotypes exist for a reason
fricking right. They aren’t born in a vacuum
Posted on 6/12/21 at 3:48 pm to L.A.
Truth no longer matters, only The Narrative.
Posted on 6/12/21 at 3:48 pm to L.A.
Newspapers that refuse to print facts are the rule, not the exception.
Posted on 6/12/21 at 3:49 pm to L.A.
quote:
In a statement, the Austin Police Department described the suspect as “a black male, with dread locks, wearing a black shirt and a skinny build.”
quote:
Editor’s note: Police have only released a vague description of the suspected shooter as of Saturday morning. The Austin American-Statesman is not including the description as it is too vague at this time to be useful in identifying the shooter and such publication could be harmful in perpetuating stereotypes. If more detailed information is released, we will update our reporting.
What is vague about that? Did they also need his full name, address, and SS number?
Why not just say they'd rather him never caught than publish anything negative about a random BIPOC?
Posted on 6/12/21 at 4:13 pm to L.A.
Not surprising. The Austin Statesman stopped including Hispanic in their reporting of crimes about 15 years ago. You knew the suspect was Hispanic if the newspaper left out the race of the suspect. It sounds like they modified their policy to now include blacks.
Posted on 6/12/21 at 4:20 pm to L.A.
Translation: not white.
Posted on 6/12/21 at 4:21 pm to jatilen
It's pretty messed up, when everybody knows the real story, by what they refuse to tell.
Posted on 6/12/21 at 4:21 pm to L.A.
Murdering people on the reg tends to perpetuate stereotypes.
Posted on 6/12/21 at 4:22 pm to L.A.
There’s a certain school in that town that should NEVER be allowed into the SEC, no matter how much they want it.
Something something apple something tree.
Something something apple something tree.
Posted on 6/12/21 at 4:25 pm to L.A.
Atx...what do you expect?
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