I'm sure that you've all heard abut the shooting in Austin early Saturday morning. Some people were wounded when gunfire erupted on Sixth Street in Austin, which seems to be a nightclub/entertainment area. A bunch of folks were wounded, and a manhunt ensued. But, the Austin paper didn't want to print a discretion of the suspect. Because it was too vague.
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.
The description was not particularly vague. The police said they were looking for a Black male with dreadlocks and a skinny build. That narrows it down to a specific sub-set of the population. The police were not looking for a bald, fat, white guy. And, other folks are starting to notice.
In other words, the Statesman knew that the police knew who the suspects were. If police said the suspects were black, why didn’t the newspaper take the APD at its word? I’ll tell you why: the Statesman wants to perpetuate the fictional narrative that dangerous, gun-toting white supremacist rednecks are roaming the city of Austin, hunting black people.
As it turns out, the police in Austin have made an arrest, and it was a skinny black guy with dreadlocks who was busing caps on Sixth street. But this doesn't fit the preferred narrative and the Austin Statesman had to keep the narrative going or as long as possible.
4 comments:
would expect anything less from the libtard pit of austin?....
It's been 40 years since I was in Austin and this current wreck of a city is not what I remember . Darn shame . I had some good times there and met some wonderful folk back in the 70,s . It was a very safe city then too . I was riding my 10 speed bike across Texas and only had one incident with some illegal hombres one time and a very nice Sheriffs Deputy helped me out . He told me to get rid of the little High Standard .22 I was packing and get a real gun too Ha!Ha!Ha!
Naturally, it was one of those imaginary white supremacists. I have never met one of those. Have you ? It must be VERY DIFFICULT to apprehend an imaginary being. My sympathy is with the cops here.
I lived in Austin, stationed at Bergstrom AFB, in the 70's. The place was heaven for us -- mode the dream that when I retired I would retire to Austin. Kept saying that for years.
Retired in 93 and spent a week there. Didn't find a job I liked and noticed a change, but not such that I'd reject the place if I had found a good job.
I have been reading a LOT about Austin, still having those dreams, but now I am VERY VERY happy that I did not find that job back then. I wouldn't move to Austin today if my expenses were paid for.
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