Media Spinning in Diallo Case

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damiano

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Let me start out saying flat out I don't much care either way about either side on the Diallo case. I do believe the police were in genuine fear of a weapon but I stop there.... still having said that. CNN had a blurb about it on their website today and it just goes to show how the use of a good adjectives could win the anti's a victory in the end if we're not careful... take a look at this:

QOUTE FROM CNN
The defendants were part of a plainclothes police unit trying to catch violent criminals. They said they fired 41 shots from their rapid-fire pistols after Diallo made a sudden move as though to reach for a gun. He was hit by 19 bullets
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Is it really needed to say "rapid-fire" pistols? Last I heard they were standard issue semi-auto pistols. If they are going to start calling basic semi's "rapid-fire" we had better start doing some semantic spinning of our own. What gets me is how obviously weighted that statement is. It does not show the objectivity that the media is SUPPOSED to have but doesn't. Oh well.



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damiano
 
Yep...most of the reporting in the local media outlets here in NY is definitely biased against the cops.

I heard on Sean Hannity's radio show a while ago that the prosecution's main witness, a paramedic who was on the scene, was totally neutralized by the defense. It seems that he (The paramedic) stated that he was not asked about the incident until coached by the DA. A second witness for the prosecution lived some distance away and admitted she is "afraid" of the police. She also changed her story as to what she heard! She did not SEE anything, she just heard the gunshots.

It appears the prosecution's case is less than weak, their first two witnesses have been discredited.

The media has reported none of this, however, preferring more dramatic sounding reports as to how the prosecution was presenting its case. And of course the Post had a picture of Al Sharpton in front of the courthouse in Albany!


Geoff Ross

[This message has been edited by K80Geoff (edited February 03, 2000).]
 
never mind the fact that diallo didn't understand english (sorry) language of the white oppressor (my mistake forgive me rev. al and jesse) or that if the policy has changed. that nypd still is using fmj rounds. but to make it appear that had the cops been using something like revolvers this wouldn't of happened. glad i don't live there anymore. what should they do go around unarmed like jolly ol england?
if guillani looses the senate race to.....all ny state gun owners might as well kiss em goodbye.
 
I agree that it is being spun againsr hi-cap rapid-fire semi-auto weapons,but I understood that the defense started it as an excuse for 42 rounds.

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Ed
 
Rapid fire" How about Jerry Miculek's new records, 8 shots on one target in 1.0 seconds, 8 sghots on 4 targets (2 each target) in 1.06 seconds, and 6 shots, reload, 6 more shots on one target in in 2.99 seconds. This was done with a revolver. Fast enough for ya, CNN? Idiots. FWIF, 19/41 on target in a gun fight ain't too bad either. No excuse for the poor judgment though. M2
 
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