Media systematically shields white people's identities in series of recent racial bias incidents

[gollygee]

https://www.salon.com/2018/05/23/media-systematically-shields-white-peoples-identities-in-series-of-recent-racial-bias-incidents/

The presumption of innocence is supposed to protect those accused of a crime, in law and in the press. In corporate media, that rule also seems to apply to white people who report people of color to the police for doing innocuous things. As FAIR found, their identities are far more closely protected than those of people falsely targeted for “suspicious” behavior.

In the past few weeks, major news media have been flooded with coverage of incidents of alleged racial profiling and implicit bias — from golfers reported to police for playing “too slowly,” to picnickers fingered for using the wrong type of grill at a park. This coverage was prompted by viral videos and other social media posts released by the accused or by concerned bystanders, in real time or soon after these events occurred. The characters in these stories had one thing in common: The callers and officers involved were white; the alleged offenders, black or brown.

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These stories, while similar in content (often using the same quotes or incorporating Associated Press reports), didn’t lack for details. Those accused, police, witnesses, and corporate and institutional leaders were interviewed. Multimedia elements were included, such as smartphone, regular, and police body cam videos, audio from 911 calls, police reports and screen captures of social media posts.

But almost across the board, while the accused’s names and personal details have been made public, the accusers remain unnamed. Though equally newsworthy, they were allowed to retain their anonymity.

[malaise]

1. Of course because you can't have others do to them what they have done to African-Americans

That would be unAmerican.

[unblock]

2. Kinda like a white hood, huh

[WhiskeyGrinder]

3. In before the due-process sealions show up.

[gollygee]

4. In this country we seem to have different opinions of due process for different people. nt

[brush]

5. That is why doxxing of these racist callers is justified.

Perhaps if these people know they will be named it will put a stop to this racial profiling/siccing cops on POCs, and maybe stop some POCs from humiliation, injury, jailing and even killing as a result of police escalation.