Why is it that when a person, specifically a white person, gets murdered in the north side the news is all over it like a vulter on a carcass, but when an african american gang member is gunned down in broad day light on the south side, it doesn't even make the nightly news? Is it because it happens so regualarly that the media has just stopped paying attention? Is it because the news is not "Spectacular", and the news is trying to cut spending? Or is it simply becuase the news is racist and doesn't want to cover that "type" of story?
Another thing to think about is the amount of attention the murder gets if it is a black man killing a white man, or vice versa. It seems that when you hear "another gang murder" it just skips your mind. But when you hear white man murders black man, a light goes off in your head and it says "Hate crime". I believe that the reason this gets so much attention is because people still haven't gotten over the civil rights movement and constantly seeing white police officers beat black men and women. Just like in the soiling of old glory, one small clip like the rodney king beating can spark a huge uprising.
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