2aguy
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- Jul 19, 2014
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The way this is being ignored would be funny if it wasn't such a serious issue...
All media reports on the shooting get most of the facts right — the shooter opened fire with a rifle, the shooter was chased by police, firing back at them as he fled, and he was eventually apprehended in an alley two blocks from the initial shooting.
But only a few media outlets identified the shooter, Kimbrady Carriker, as a BLM supporter. Nor did Carriker’s gender identity pique the interest of most in the media.
His Facebook page shows him in women’s clothing. I hesitate to identify the man as transgender for the simple reason there are numerous “identities” associated with wearing female dress. But the district attorney’s office “is using they/them pronouns to refer to the suspect based on ‘the information we have at this time,’” a spokesperson for the DA’s office told CNN.
All media reports on the shooting get most of the facts right — the shooter opened fire with a rifle, the shooter was chased by police, firing back at them as he fled, and he was eventually apprehended in an alley two blocks from the initial shooting.
But only a few media outlets identified the shooter, Kimbrady Carriker, as a BLM supporter. Nor did Carriker’s gender identity pique the interest of most in the media.
His Facebook page shows him in women’s clothing. I hesitate to identify the man as transgender for the simple reason there are numerous “identities” associated with wearing female dress. But the district attorney’s office “is using they/them pronouns to refer to the suspect based on ‘the information we have at this time,’” a spokesperson for the DA’s office told CNN.