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Unbelievable. Blake is more honest than most MSM outlets who covered this story. I wrote about the egregious media response to the incident back in Sept and I recall receiving plenty of backlash for ignoring the “blatantly unjustified” and racist shooting
https://quillette.com/2020/09/08/police-violence-and-the-rush-to-judgment/ https://twitter.com/TheFirstonTV/status/1349798535441625092
https://quillette.com/2020/09/08/police-violence-and-the-rush-to-judgment/ https://twitter.com/TheFirstonTV/status/1349798535441625092
Here were the remarkably premature and dishonest responses from @CNN and @GrahamDavidA in @TheAtlantic. “It’s nearly impossible to imagine any way that his shooting was justified.”
https://quillette.com/2020/09/08/police-violence-and-the-rush-to-judgment/
https://quillette.com/2020/09/08/police-violence-and-the-rush-to-judgment/
Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes: “we don’t need an investigation to know that Blake’s shooting falls in a long and painful pattern of violence. And this is a pattern of violence that happens against black lives too often across this country.”
Wrong.
https://quillette.com/2020/09/08/police-violence-and-the-rush-to-judgment/
Wrong.
https://quillette.com/2020/09/08/police-violence-and-the-rush-to-judgment/
At the time, Biden tweeted “Once again, a Black man—Jacob Blake—was shot by the police. In front of his children. It makes me sick. Is this the country we want to be?”
Kamala: “the life of a black person in America has never been treated as fully human.” https://quillette.com/2020/09/08/police-violence-and-the-rush-to-judgment/
Kamala: “the life of a black person in America has never been treated as fully human.” https://quillette.com/2020/09/08/police-violence-and-the-rush-to-judgment/
“Perhaps the most astonishing statement came from tennis player @naomiosaka, the highest-paid female athlete in the world, who took to Twitter to condemn what she called the ‘continued genocide of Black people at the hand of the police.’”
Wrong. https://quillette.com/2020/09/08/police-violence-and-the-rush-to-judgment/
Wrong. https://quillette.com/2020/09/08/police-violence-and-the-rush-to-judgment/
I’m sharing this all now to show how egregiously irresponsible our media elites, celebrities, and politicians were in the aftermath of Jacob Blake.
The narrative of systemic police racism has become so culturally ingrained that we have lost reason, patience, and objectivity.
The narrative of systemic police racism has become so culturally ingrained that we have lost reason, patience, and objectivity.
Anyone who said “let’s wait for the facts before drawing sweeping conclusions,” was ostracized, demonized, and seen as dishonest by woke progressives.
Thankfully, many ppl at the time — a few I can remember: @megynkelly, @benshapiro, @ZaidJilani, @lhfang—were vocally skeptical.
Thankfully, many ppl at the time — a few I can remember: @megynkelly, @benshapiro, @ZaidJilani, @lhfang—were vocally skeptical.
(And so many others; these r just a few names I vividly remember)
