In the segment airing on Monday’s “CNN Newsroom”, with correspondent Ana Cabrera, her report portrayed the protesters as peaceful, holding a vigil “marked by prayers”. “Stop burning down s*** we need in our community”. We need our weaves.
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First identified by media watchdog Newsbusters after which the CNN editing issue began to gain traction, “Twitter users spread clips of a side-to-side comparison to show how CNN chose to ignore the hateful comments and only paint Smith in a positive light”. I don’t wear it. The officer who shot Smith was also black. “But we need it”. The news network even shared some words from Sherelle Smith, the man’s sister.
“There’s an very bad lot of false narratives or inaccurate narratives or speculative narratives being pushed right now in an attempt I think to use them to mobilize people or motivate them to take to the streets again”, Flynn said at a press conference late Monday.
“I regret that second part of her statement was not included”, Costello said. We had a report that inadvertently and wrongly characterized the plea from a Milwaukee woman whose brother was killed by police.
The police shooting of Sylville Smith sparked acts of violence as buildings and cars were burned and businesses were looted, protesters chanting “black lives matter” in the Wisconsin city.
Mathews said many Milwaukee police officers treat residents of the predominantly black Sherman Park neighborhood with dignity and respect but the man who shot Smith wasn’t one of them.
The basic facts of the case-supported by body camera footage seen by the city’s police chief and Democrat mayor but not yet released to the public due to the on-going investigation-remain the same.
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Sylville Smith and the Milwaukee police officer who fatally shot him had crossed paths before a lethal encounter that led to days of unrest, according to Smith’s relatives and friends. “He’s got a bunch of drug arrests here, robbery, use of force”, said Sheriff Clarke.
