The police officer told the kids about the call and said he didn’t have a problem with the kids playing basketball and joined them in their game; the camera on the dashboard of his police cruiser captured him on video interacting and shooting hoops with the kids. Not once in the story was it mentioned that the kids were black and the officer was white - the fact that the kids were black and the officer was white didn’t matter, but if the officer had gone to the scene with a completely different attitude and the video showed any controversy or violence those facts may have been disclosed by the media. Often times the only way to get the media’s attention is for something terrible to happen, something that can be used to further promote perceived
The police officer told the kids about the call and said he didn’t have a problem with the kids playing basketball and joined them in their game; the camera on the dashboard of his police cruiser captured him on video interacting and shooting hoops with the kids. Not once in the story was it mentioned that the kids were black and the officer was white - the fact that the kids were black and the officer was white didn’t matter, but if the officer had gone to the scene with a completely different attitude and the video showed any controversy or violence those facts may have been disclosed by the media. Often times the only way to get the media’s attention is for something terrible to happen, something that can be used to further promote perceived