22 March 2021

Smell the "Professional" Journalism

They look you right in the face and lie...insert alt text here
A police officer excusing Long's actions as merely the result of him having a "bad day" would indeed be contemptible.
But that's not what Baker did.
In fact, many of the people so infuriated about the quote were misled by Rupar's edit (the relevant section starts at about 13:50) of the video.
The full video makes clear that Baker was not providing his own commentary.
He simply summarized what Long had said to the investigators.
THE PROBLEM WITH HATE CRIME LAWS:
Any unindoctrinated, fair-minded person would say that, of course, the two defendants should be treated the same. They should be charged with the same crimes, prosecuted by same office, permitted the same defenses, and if convicted, receive the same punishment.
HERE'S SOME ANTI-ASIAN “HATRED”
"He doesn’t mention the big lawsuit that’s knocking on the door of the Supreme Court, Students for Fair Admissions Inc. v. President & Fellows of Harvard College."