Comments on: Masked men rob Cedar Rapids convenience store at gunpoint

By: Dostoevsky

Dostoevsky — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:17:24 +0000

Dig the PC description of the perps.
Way to go Gazette.
Curious:
Do you get some sort of bonus money for NOT printing the actual descriptions including race in your so called 'breaking news" snippets?
Some sort of kickback from the ACLU or some other lib-tard institution perhaps?

By: GrandpaR

GrandpaR — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:57:32 +0000

Good point !!

By: GrandpaR

GrandpaR — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:51:47 +0000

If the gazette had reported the race of the suspects, there would be someone claiming racism if the suspects were of color. I'm sure several of us know who would be the first to start yelling.

By: KRSONE

KRSONE — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:46:53 +0000

Yeah, giving the race of the suspects really narrows it down a whole lot. "Oh, they were white guys? Now we know who did it!"

By: simpli_fi

simpli_fi — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:45:23 +0000

"Police say that the suspects did not verbally threaten him," (the store attendant), "they only told him to open the register."

Why would the robbers need to verbally threaten the store attendant when they displayed a handgun and hit him in the face?

By: Mandelbrot

Mandelbrot — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:44:14 +0000

Wow. I guess the clerk was too traumatized to note what race the suspects were. Either that, or somewhere in the editing process, vital information that could be used to identify and apprehend armed, at-large criminals got filtered out because, ya know, ya can't actually report the WHOLE news, or someone might get offended. I guess our only hope is that these guys don't think to change clothes or remove their masks. Thanks Gazette, for joining the legions of news outlets that have taken it upon themselves to decide what information the public can and can't handle responsibly.

By: icgma

icgma — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:01:00 +0000

All Points Bulletin….be on the lookout for two average men!