Quote (ofthevoid @ 8 Sep 2018 17:50)
Do you think a drunk driver killing someone is national level coverage?
Do you think a professional driver (CDL) drunk driving killing someone is national level news coverage?
Do you think a drunk driver who happens to be a cop killing someone is national level coverage?
Deaths due to negligence happen daily in a country of 340 million. This is 6:00 pm local news worthy.
i can tell you why it's newsworthy - it'll even fit into your media hating narrative: it's newsworthy because it was preventable - even if you account for the obvious fact that accidents will always happen.
drunk drivers killing people unfortunately happens everywhere in the world, but as i illustrated in my previous post, this particular incident is the kind that only in america will result in a death. only in america are people (and especially your undertrained cops) so constantly afraid and trigger-happy, so charged with (racial) bias and so used to the presence of deadly force that every person around them is a potentially lethal threat.