Posted on 04/29/2009 5:08:26 PM PDT by Recovering_Democrat
Just before 5 p.m. this past Sunday, a Chevy Monte Carlo rolled up before a squat, one-story house in Liberty City. Someone inside the car pulled out an AK-47 and opened fire on a group of young men in the front yard, wounding five...
But the prosecutor working on the January case -- a veteran of the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office -- says he believes the latest attack was spurred by a news story by reporter Jim DeFede that aired Thursday on CBS4. Based on a description by an anonymous source, it clearly showed the family's address and criticized witnesses for not coming forward. "It is my personal opinion that this [Sunday's] shooting was triggered by the DeFede piece," says Michael Von Zamft, an assistant state attorney. "Certainly that cannot be ruled out."
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Kind of like the media sucking up to every alleged "hate crime" and "noose" story it can. And a reason why the tea parties didn't get good coverage--if the media had found ranting racists (they didn't) then the tea parties would've been wall to wall.
Florida ping?
Drive-by media turns into drive by shootings.
The media is never to blame. The shooters are obviously gun loving republicans. It’s all Bush’s fault.
DeFede is a punk. “Journalism” gives him an outlet.
It’s all Bush’s fault.
Don't say THAT, you'll give the Statists a NEW talking point.
Soon they'll blame EVERYHTHING on him!!!!!!!!!!
/sarc
I have come to not care about black-on-black gangsta crime. Just keep it away from me.
I’ve felt that way since the crack cocaine crime explosion of the ‘80s. But then, I was living in the New Orleans area at the time, so coming to embrace the “good riddance factor” was an inevitability.
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