“He said that in some shootings in the black community, you will get a lot of emotion and false information. But after a few days when things calm down, the truth begins to surface. And this is why the media will never initially get it right.”
One of the many cool things about the true-crime TV show “The First 48” is that it disproves the myth that people from poor black neighborhoods clam up and won’t help homicide detectives. In point of fact, most of the homicides are solved with a combination of footage from inexpensive ubiquitous security cameras and tips and information from folks who saw the murder or know something about it.
That’s so true. Most times in the beginning, the police department officials simply can NOT issue a statement other than the investigation is ongoing, but that won’t stop the media from holding their fire because in situations like we witnessed in Ferguson, the media will gravitate to people who make baseless and highly inflammatory accusations. Experienced investigators know that accurate witnesses will not be heard from during the initial chaos. It takes a few days.