They edited this out too:
"He then found himself surrounded by at least three more cars, he said."
Why would they omit a quote from the individual reporting the attack? Because they are trying to downplay the whole thing and minimize the incident. If you notice, more writers are involved in the updated piece - yet, it only has information removed - nothing added. So what did those additional contributors and writers do - excise damaging information.
Did they say Finnerty had "an angry verbal exchange" with the guys in Georgetown?
These guys have a much greater responsibility to the community than a 19 year old college kid.
The N&O doesn't mention anything about alcohol being involved, when that is a natural question in an assault late at night at a BAR. Reports are the police were driving out of control too, before the attack; however, again, the N&O doesn't probe or even raise the question of Driving under the influence or Drunk Driving.
How about, It is unknown whether alcohol was involved; however, witnesses stated that the driver of the vehicle was
driving aggressively in a small parking lot.
How about showing the guys pictures to people in the Bar (like the Bartender) and asking if this guy was drinking as what was he drinking.
It could read: the bartender stated that Gottlieb was drinking shots of liquor for about two hours before the Cook says he was assaulted and intimidated by multiple men in what could be considered a hate crime.
The N&O doesn't wonder about the culture of the Durham PD or if contributed. The don't ponder in print the possibility that the men felt like they were untouchable or privileged. They don't posit whether it could have been done to humiliate the man in public.
The N&O doesn't raise any concerns about a Police force investigating its own either. Must be all that integrity in Durham.
I strongly suspect all the Police officers were white - especially with that racial slur used. So, 5 white officers surrounded and kicked the black cook who cowered at the use of force in the apparent racial intimidation - how'd that be?
The N&O sucks so bad it's not even funny!
The Associated Press refers to the EARLIER N&O piece that mentioned the race of the victim and suspects - and mentioned the racial slurs - HOWEVER, the AP did NOT include the Race of either the alleged victim or suspects and mentions NO racial slurs.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060723/ap_on_re_us/police_assault_2
There's your media for you.
Just like the Fresno Football team. They are totally agenda driven.