1) There wasn't a riot attached to the event.
2) There is a history of racial inequality when it comes to white authority figures policing black communities. Not so much the other way around.
3) There is a history of cops in general targeting black people in the U.S. simply because they're black.
It's still wrong to not cover the story though. A few years ago in Minnesota. An unarmed young white guy, around 20 I believe was shot point-blank and killed by a white cop for no justifiable reason. He literally only had shorts on and no visible weapon and easily could've been subdued by the officer. It wasn't newsworthy because there wasn't enough outrage in the community. Maybe the real question should be, why aren't white people angrier? It's not like the Mike Brown situation doesn't happen more often than what the news covers. The media is a business and they what people feel strongly about. They certainly haven't covered every seemingly unjust killing by a cop.
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