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Originally posted by Jared Fenton
innocent until proven guilty in a court of law......
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It disturbs me that you - a proponent of the right Bryan even have to ask this question.
Everyone is innocent until proven guilty - at least I would hope. The proof here is pretty evident of course.
In this case it is symantics I suppose but on principal I agree with it - he must be presumed innocent until proven guilty just like everyone else should hope to be - well - right up until he 1) had a weapon and 2) tried to use it.
What really gets me is how the media sensationalizes these chases right up until their culmination. They say "it's news! We're just reporting the news!" but the reality is there is only one reason to do this kind of reporting live, ratings. I rarely if ever watch the local news shows because that's all they are after - ratings. They aren't news shows - they are commercial shows. I would much rather read the paper or the news on the internet (even though they do sensationalize things on the internet as well I suppose) but the local news with the exception of the rarely interesting "human interest" report just isn't.
Rant over - flame on.