New York Times Called Out for Saying Michael Brown Was ‘No Angel’

[oberliner]

The New York Times has come under fire for calling Michael Brown, the unarmed teenager who was killed by police in Ferguson, Missouri, on August 9, "no angel." The evidence for this diagnosis? Brown once got into a scuffle with a neighbor, had taken to writing "vulgar" rap lyrics, and "dabbled in drugs and alcohol." Does this make Maureen Dowd no angel, too?

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/08/new-york-times-calls-michael-brown-no-angel.html?mid=google&google_editors_picks=true

[jmowreader]

1. "Not being an angelic child" is now a capital offense? Uhh...yeah.

Some pig in Ferguson blew this kid's shit away for no reason whatsoever. This sounds like the "Trayvon had THC in his system" shit from a couple years ago.

[Cali_Democrat]

2. This toon explains it well...

napkinz

[KittyWampus]

4. nailed it.

[Stellar]

3. Just tring to remember all the teenager that I knew...

that were angels. Besides, what has that got to do with an unarmed teenager that was shot 6 times and twice in the head.

[Baitball Blogger]

5. Prejudices are leading the story.

We need to keep pointing out the double standards until they finally have to recognize that we are not going to accept a system which is inherently unfair.

[WinkyDink]

6. If Charlie Manson were walking the streets with OJ and Ted Bundy, and they were all shot dead, it

would STILL BE UNLAWFUL KILLINGS.