Same shooting case. Two Narratives.
Certain areas of Miami Dade county have lately seen an uptick in violence. We won’t delve into what is causing it because nobody is being told so you are free to assume the causes.
Last Saturday night, a car crashed into the fence of a house. The driver was found with a gun shot to the chest. He was taken to the hospital where he died.
Soon it was known that he had gotten shot as he tried to rob three people a couple of blocks away and he got shot for his troubles. Other than that, we don’t know much.
The local ABC station posted this in their front page”
Oh damn! Another innocent victim of gun violence! Damn you NRA! (shakes fist in anger)
Clicking on the link, we are taken to the story, which now has a small change.
Then added an angelical photo of the deceased subject:
And the obligatory “he didindu nuffin, he was a good boy” comment from relatives:
Martinez’s family came to the scene of the crash Sunday morning to thank the neighbor who tried to save the man’s life.
Osma Martinez said he doesn’t know the circumstances of what happened and that his cousin was by no means an angel, but he didn’t deserve to get shot.
Fatally wounded, driver crashes car into yard in Miami, police say
Amazingly, the Miami Herald was less PC and went cold facts and a recent photo:
Yes, that photo is from the Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation Department. And you can bet he did not get the picture as celebration for employee of the month.
So, we seem to have a defensive use of a firearm that one TV station seems to have tried to re-arrange into something else. But that would be par for South Florida news media.