Of Course I’m Not Going to Ignore the Oscar Grant story…that’s CNN’s place.

Of course I’m not going to ignore the Oscar Grant story…that’s CNN’s place.
Here’s an excerpt of some half assed coverage from the New York Times:

“Mobs of protesters smashed storefronts, lobbed bottles and set fires overnight in Oakland, Calif., hours after a white transit officer was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of an unarmed black man on Jan. 1, 2009.

Dozens of arrests were made late Thursday and early Friday, according to The Associated Press, as the police used riot gear and a heavy presence to try to disperse the free-ranging crowd, which ransacked stores and stampeded through city streets whenever officers surged to make arrests.
City officials were worried about a reprise of the riots that erupted in downtown Oakland after the shooting death last year of Oscar Grant III, when crowds burned cars and smashed storefronts. Mr. Grant’s shooting was captured on cellphone video and widely disseminated on the Internet.”

I’m not surprised that there was a riot though and I’m not surprised that a police officer would only get 2-4 years for murder of an unarmed man. But, he’s going to jail and if he’s going to be with other prisoners and other prisoners knowing he’s a cop. Well, you put it together.

But what bothers me is how the story was ignored by most mainstream outlets and how the media focused more on LeBron’s changing teams and there was more widespread outrage over LeBron not staying in Cleveland and actually burning his jersey like this was The Wicker Man

I hate to tell you, but when it comes to racial profiling and you get pulled over, there’s more of a chance cops will think of you as Oscar Grant than LeBron James. Some people have their priorities mixed up. Wait, I just realized that since he was a cop, they usually are segregated from the general prison population. FUCK!

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Original New York Times link