L.A. TIMES BURIES RELEVANT FACT IN “COPS KILL YOUNG MINORITY CHILD” STORY

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Patterico :

8/13/2016

L.A. Times Buries Relevant Fact in “Cops Kill Young Minority Child” Story

Filed under: General — Patterico @ 10:42 am

This comes via Jack Dunphy on Twitter, who notes:

 

Try reading the headline and 12 paragraphs out loud, as I did last night to my wife. As you do it, emphasize the parts of the story that make this a real tear-jerker about a young minority kiddo killed by those evil authority figures:

 

Vigil held for 14-year-old boy shot and killed by LAPD: ‘Justice for Jesse’

 

Te vigil Wednesday night for Jesse Romero, the 14-year-old boy shot and killed the day before by Los Angeles police, was not silent.

 

When it began, the crowd of more than 70 people stood in a large circle. In the center, a group of Aztec dancers yelled and blew a conch, performing to the rhythm of a drum that echoed loudly throughout Mariachi Plaza in Boyle Heights.

 

Using a bullhorn, organizer Carolyn Vera, 25, addressed the crowd: “As a community here in Boyle Heights, we’re here to denounce LAPD’s killing of Jesse Romero, in case they can’t hear us!”

 

In an empty lot not far away, a small group of officers stood outside their patrol cars, keeping watch.