The Green Bay Press Gazette recently published a hard hitting article with the headline "Wisconsin Black Arrest Rates Dwarf Ferguson's."
Are you kidding me? We know the stats - black arrest and incarceration rates are well above whites. There are a lot of theories why this is, but few people dare to suggest that the reason it is so high is because that is the demographic group that's actually committing the crime. Despite this, the GBPG felt it important to lead with such a bombastic headline.
What were they trying to accomplish? Personally, it looked to me like they wanted the pot stirred - nothing sells news media like our cities aflame.
The media, and how they've behaved throughout this Ferguson episode should be ashamed.
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