Quote:You may not care what a newspaper does, but its clear the Charlotte Observer put pressure on local police and which led to the release of the video,

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Not arguing, but you are dead wrong.


Do you live in Jacksonville? Do you think the Times Union could possibly pressure JSO enough into compromising an investigation just because they wanted footage? The Charlotte Observer is treated like most local papers - in that nobody reads it except on Sunday.


I PROMISE - the Observer had no hand in the release of the videos. The police chief had repeated that videos wouldn't be released until all witnesses had signed sworn statements. Once that happened - the videos went out to the news outlets.


Before that, Charlotte officials only worried about public backlash and trucking in "protesters" on loan from the last bit of outrage.


Nobody seemed to care that the video would exonerate the cop. Nobody seemed to care that all the riots could have been prevented if they released footage immediately. Charlotte sat back, took a deep breath, and knew they were in for a few days of morons looting and overreacting because that is what happens in these scenarios.


Whatever city you live in, it's going to happen there eventually too.

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