Breaking alleged news: Police have allegedly said that the alleged suspect who was allegedly caught in the alleged act of allegedly robbing an alleged bank is allegedly a person of interest. The alleged suspect has allegedly retained an alleged top-notch liar to allegedly represent him before the alleged judge during the alleged arraignment. His alleged liar allegedly alleged that his alleged client was the alleged victim of alleged childhood abuse because allegedly his alleged rabbi allegedly circumcised him.
CAREFUL WHAT YOU SAY, AN ALLEGED LAWYER MAY BE LISTENING
The Way I See It
By Breck Porter
The Police News
March 30, 2010
COMMENTARY
I continue to be amazed at the overuse by the so-called mainstream medias use of the terms SUSPECT and ALLEDGED. It seems they just sprinkled them throughout stories as a precautionary measure 'just in case' the story turns around and bites them.
I read a story the other day that took place in Houston. Two men robbed a convenience store. As they ran from the store, guns in hand, a pair of police officers routinely checking the store, just happened to pull into the parking lot. The robbers, seeing the officers right there in front of them, pointed a pistol at them. One of the officers fired and killed the gun weilding robber.
So how did the story on one of the big city TV stations go? Like this: A police officer 'allegedly' shot a robbery 'suspect' running from a convenience store he had 'allegedly' robbed moments before.
Tell me now. Is there some doubt the officer shot the guy? What do they mean, the officer 'allegedly' shot him? Hell, he's dead, right there in the parking lot and the cop said he shot him. That's not an allegation, it's a fact.
Suspect? How was he a suspect? The clerk said the man robbed him. The cops saw him run from the store with a gun in his hand and point it at them. They shot him. The dead robber's partner was captured and admitted they robbed the store. Why is he referred to as a 'suspect' instead of a robber or a gunman or a bandit or crook or something, why a suspect? He is NOT suspected of anything.
Here's how we could write a story about this:
An alleged Houston TV station is suspected of reporting today that two suspects allegedly robbed a suspected convenience store. As the suspects ran from the alleged convenience store, suspected TV cameras were rolling and caught the action on video. One of the suspected cops who saw the suspects run from the alleged store, reportedly drew his pistol and shot one of the alleged suspects. The suspect allegedly died from the hail of gunfire from the guys in blue uniforms, reported by some witnesses to be police officers who saw the word POLICE on the side of the car they allegedly arrived on the scene in.
And so it goes. Next time you read a story about police or crime or any controversial issue, see how many times you find these filler words the media uses just in case that alledged dead suspect decides to sue them for libel or slander.
That's the way I see it.
How about you?
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