It amazed me watching the news the other day that they were showing a picture of him that looked like he was a sweet little 15 year old. And it didn't look at all like the very large man that was stealing and threatening the store owner. The media gets way more out of a story about a gentle unarmed kid being wrongly shot than it does about a thug attacking a cop.
The media gets better play, and inadvertently helps along some racial tensions and rioting as a side affect. It's almost the news creating the news.
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