Again, I’m not saying she deserved the alleged mistreatment. I’m saying the news station was remiss in not fully reporting and/or investigating the story. Watch the tape. According to the husband (who wasn’t there), his wife was an innocent crime victim who was arrested by a confused deputy for no reason. The “reporter” did not ask one question. Was your wife drinking? Was she intoxicated? Did she verbally abuse the police? Did she resist the police? Take the Rodney King case. Most sane people agree, he didn’t deserve his beating. But, by the same token, the media at least reported he had been drinking, eluded police, verbally abused a female officer and resisted arrest. The reporter in this case didn’t ask one question.
You’re fighting a losing battle because there is no question that could have been asked that can possibly support what the police did. I know you are making a point about the news story, but you must see that the point you are trying to make ends in an attempt to besmurch the victim of their crime.
Where is there a requirement for any news organization to be required to present both sides of an argument? As long as the film was unedited the viewer can decide what other information might be warranted.
Oy! Krankor, you must keep in mind that you are a disinterested observer. If you saw a tape of your own wife (mother, daughter, etc.) experiencing the identical treatment that was recorded on this tape, I guarantee you that your first instinct, and even your second, third, and fourth instincts, would not involve any kind of breakdown of questioning along the lines you bring up (was she drunk, did she mouth off, did she do this or that?) I’d be willing to bet the farm.