White yearbook photos vs Black mugshots for the same crime.

rafi-dangelo:

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Why did this story get run with these criminals’ school photos, where on the same day, same situation, the article of another group of burglars featured their mug shots?
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Same day.
Same channel.
Same crime.
Same author.

So why weren’t mugshots good enough for the white guys who got arrested?  Who already looks guilty before their trial?  Which story plants the seed into a potential jury pool that this is a group of good kids versus this is a group of criminals?

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