O.K. You're entitled to your opinion.
But has it occurred to you to ask "Why is this suddenly news, when it happened a month ago (Feb 26)?" The story was fully-reported locally, yet there were no protests at the time, nor any political issues raised.
So, why did it go national four weeks later? And why was the eyewitness testimony -- which led the local story -- left out of the initial accounts?
Who decided that the media should re-circulate the story four weeks after the fact? And why? In other words, "Who sought to...and is using...you?"