Even “straight” news coverage (who/what/when/where/why) gets criminal news wrong, usually because of unconscious biases. Here’s how to read between the lines in news stories about crime and the law.
Philandro Castile
Cop Charged for Shooting Castile
With the decision, today, to charge Officer Jeronimo Yanez in the shooting death of Philando Castile, we are going to read and hear a lot of information, disinformation, conjecture, and speculation about what happens after someone has been charged with a crime and what led to the decision to charge. Most of the people offering these opinions have never been in a Ramsey County criminal courtroom. Here’s the nuts and bolts from someone who has.