Democracy #1-Framing

Steven Huber

Soc 122, M-W 5:30-6:45

#1 Analysis of Democracy Now

 

Alabama: White Officer Charged in Murder of Unarmed Black Man

 

Before I even get into the summary of this story. I am going to let you know how bias this story is and how this is a perfect example of "Framing". Here is another example of the media using "the black lives matter" to bring negative attention towards cops. The media says an unarmed black man was walking home from work, when a 23 year old white police officer pulled over and shot and killed him. According to this Democracy Now sight. The reason the "white cop" shot him is because the black man was carrying a retractable painter's stick. I've done some of my own investigation into this situation and there are a lot of parts being left out. What I've read is that the cop and the "poor black guy" got into an altercation when the cop tried to arrest him. If they would have added this to the story, a lot of people reading this story wouldn't have felt so much sorrow for the deceased. Every one of these unarmed black lives matter cases is just destroying our country even more. I can tell you from experience that a person does not have to be armed with a weapon to put others "cops" in danger. My older brother is a perfect example. If I were a cop trying to arrest my brother, I would have to use deadly force to save my own life. He just has a switch that when turned on makes him see red and he won't stop hurting you until it's too late. Now if these cops run into people like him, then there should be no reason to convict them for murder. Very one sided story and it's not the side I believe in.