Associated Press publishes hit job on Tamir Rice

[KamaAina]

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/06/13/1393066/-Associated-Press-publishes-hit-job-on-Tamir-Rice#

You are all familiar with this story. A young boy is playing in the park, a police car pulls up and in less than two seconds, 12-year old Tamir Rice is on the ground, bleeding from what would prove to be a fatal gunshot wound. For more than six months the investigation(s) into this videotaped killing has languished. Now, coincidentally, two days after a judge found probable cause that the police officer who shot Rice should face murder charges, and the Associated Press was presented with the opportunity to run a hit job on ... Tamir Rice. And, boy, oh boy, did they run with it.

It turns out that, again, after more than six months of silence and yet just two days after the judge's opinion, documents in the killing of Tamir were released "in the interests of transparency." Uh huh. Cue the Associated Press with its screaming headline:

Boy with pellet gun warned by friend before police shooting

That's right! Tamir was warned! No word if Tamir was warned that he would be shot without warning for the crime of being in a public park, because the only quotes in this article come from the prosecutor, an unnamed FBI agent and the shooter's lawyer.

You can't spell crap without AP.

[CincyDem]

1. If someone said...

"12-year old Tamir Rice had a long history of juvenile behavior dating back to 2001", AP would probably print it without the slightest hesitation.

More and more, it's simply about printing the corporatist line.

[blm]

2. AP is like CNN - the go to route for professional propagandists.

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