May 16, 2022

Media: When is a "teen" a "man"?

 From an NPR story about the suspect in the Buffalo mass shooting.

US authorities interview parents of suspect in deadly Buffalo, New York,  supermarket shooting - ABC News

"When news broke of the white supremacist 18-year-old suspect behind the mass shooting in Buffalo, N.Y., Saturday in which 10 people died and three others were injured, certain news organizations and commentators have variously described the suspect as a man, as a teenager and as a child.

Critics are asking: If the suspect had been Black, would he have been described and treated similarly?"

HERE'S the NPR story.


1 comment:

  1. Well, since people people are allowed to join the military, cast a ballot, sign a contract and buy a Bushmaster rifle at his age, he's reached the age of majority, legally and socially an adult.

    ReplyDelete