Discussion for article #230175
Oh noes! A skerry black man with a gun who might or might not be the guy in the pitcher with the mayor! Almost as scary as this one:
1 Like
Please proceed, KSTP.
2 Likes
Shorter KSTP: Fear sells.
1 Like
Say for argumentâs sake that everything theyâre implying is true, and that this guy is some hardcore gangbanging criminal and they were both flashing gang signsâŚhow does that imperil safety exactly? And is it now the job of police to denounce anyone seen throwing a gang sign?
At some point, all of the people who are more impressed with symbolism than reality need to step aside and let the grownups get things done. And yes, Republicans. Iâm looking at you.
1 Like
If he were a white guy, he would be called a patriot fighting the guvmintâs tyranny. some people donât know when to stop digging. They are already six feet plus deep.
1 Like
Billionaires like Hubbard HATE IT when the âserfsâ do anything to disagree with them and point out what FOOLS they are.
With his control of a millions of disposable income and a vast media empire (Dish Network for example) he will stop at nothing to smear anyone who challenges his God-hood and he doesnât care who gets hurt in the process (How DARE THEY challenge HIM!)
This will get much uglier as it progresses. Especially with the âBrown Shirtâ faction of the Minneapolis Police Dept. on his side.
They are mightily pissed that not only is their Police Chief a Lesbian, they now have a Progressive FEMALE Mayor!!! (once again, How DARE THEY!).
Our attitude here in the Twin Cities is: Fuck 'em. You go girl.
KSTP isnât known locally as âThe Yellow Journalism Channelâ for nothing you know.
Is there a link (aka proof) of this?
"[KSTP] admits, and reported, that the poses struck by Hodges and Gordon appear to be playful** â simple pointing --** and itâs hard to understand why such a seemingly innocuous photo could be potentially dangerous,
Because thatâs a turnaround from their previous reporting.
Did they state the âsimple pointingâ in a newscast and print report like their original story? Can TPM PROVIDE any backup INFO to that claim which is now reported by TPM? Has the KTSP news org followed up that apparently clarifying statement with more like it? If so, where?
Because the big issue was they had ONLY said the Mayor was flashing âa known gang signâ in their original reporting - which totally implies the Mayor was knowingly flashing a gang sign. Thereâs NO SUCH leeway about anything âinnocuousâ - which is now being claimed - at this report from TPMs original article: http://kstp.com/news/stories/S3612199.shtml?cat=1
Itâs pretty sane, imo, to take that THE NEWS STATION and THE POLICE REP sturdily ACCUSED the MAYOR of doing something PURPOSEFULLY NEFARIOUS. Have they changed their stance since the original report? Have they put out an official statement or story with the same gravitas of the original reporting to clarify their claims?
This is something worthy of simple exploring/posting regarding journalistic claims and real info, yes?
ALSO and IMPORTANTLY: The guy in the pic was, in his past, charged with âillegal possession of a gunâ â So now WHERE ARE THE 2nd AMMENDMENTâRS coming to this guyâs defence with their varied stances of there SHOULD BE NO SUCH THING as illegal possession of a gun in America? Why are journalists (coughTPMcough) not yet exploring that corner of the issue?
Iâm going to slilghtly go off on a tangent here - But I mean, câmon CALLING OUT THE BULLSHIT of these people is not only the RIGHT THING to do, and the TRUTH (aka journalism), but itâs also FUN⌠and might give the far too common milquetoast liberal people that boost-of-idealism which could just lead more of them/us to the polls on Election Days⌠or, even better, bring them around to GIVE YOUR NEWS WEBSITE BIGGER NUMBERS.
Note: I doubt cap-lock accentuation works in all situations but boy it is just slightly a bit nonsensically satisfying to type frustrated thoughts that way
Theyâll have to downplay when a politician points at someone in the audience .
As a matter of fact, cops do this all the time in So Calif in criminal trials.
A âgang expertâ from the police or sheriffâs dept will testify â âtesti-lieâ ? â that a defendantâs â you name it â nickname, clothing, tatoo â is evidence of gang membership or participation. Iâve heard of some ludicrous testimony.
Um âreally? I guess I need to get a" thug life" tattoo across my torso. Yesterday, my girlfriend asked where the car keys were, and I âŚthrew down the gang sign-cuz that is how I roll-keepin it realâŚand hoping she goes to get cat food instead of me,because I am tired,and when the cat gives me those shmoopie eyes(shmoopie is jus keepin it real, uh huh),wellâŚI âŚjustâŚmelt.THUG LIFE NOW! THUG LIFE FOREVER!-