JUST THE NEWS THAT FITS THE PILOT'S AGENDA
The Pacific Coast Credit Union at 1700 Adams was robbed at gunpoint at about 9:40 a.m. today (6/1). The CMPD press release on the robbery describes the robbers as:
"Suspect #1 was described as a male/black, unknown age, wearing a black hoodie, sweat
shirt, blue jeans, and a black bandana covering the lower portion of his face.
"Suspect #2 was described as a male/black, unknown age, wearing a grey hoodie, blue jeans,
and a black bandana covering the lower portion of his face. Both suspects were wearing
gloves at the time of the robbery." (emphasis added) CMPD LINK
The Daily Pilot reported on the robbery on its website, but the Pilot "forgot" to tell you part of the description of the perps. Can you guess what they forgot? Here's how the Pilot describes the robbers:
"One robber wore a black-hooded sweatshirt, blue jeans and a black bandana to cover most of his face. The other robber wore a gray hooded sweatshirt and blue jeans with a bandana to mask his face...." PILOT LINK
Now, why didn't the Pilot tell readers that the robbers are black?
Why is it that the Pilot seems to have a problem in describing outstanding violent criminal suspects when they're not white? Hmmmmm? Would the public be better served if they had full descriptions of dangerous criminals in our city? Might lives be saved? Could it help with catching the criminals?
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