There seems to be several different levels to this that contribute to the disturbing nature of the event:

1) The judges and DAs who let a 14-time offender roam the streets after letting him off time after time (he was on cashless bail.)
2) The murderer himself, who supposedly said, "got that white girl" after the stabbing.
3) The five (?) passengers on the bus - of the same "group" as the perpetrator - who didn't sufficiently help after the stabbing.

And then of course there's the footage, which I won't elaborate on, but we can all watch.

The left charges that the right is trying to incite racial hate with the news; the right charges that the left is trying to cover up a story because it doesn't fit "the narrative," leading them to push the story even harder. In any case, certainly a taboo topic that I hoped we could approach civilly on TPF.

Thoughts?

For discussion: How do you think the media should cover these events? Does the media have a responsibility to the public beyond reporting the events -- i.e., in preventing ugly/racist worldviews? This may result in the downplaying of certain stories and the highlighting of others.