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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Off-duty cop stopped an attempted armed carjacking. One suspect still on the loose.

Also, a friendly reminder that you should NEVER get your news from The Washington Post when it comes to local crime. Cops gave a detailed description of the perp in a press conference ("black male, with a black top with white reflective lettering, dark pants and white shoes.")

https://mobile.twitter.com/DCPoliceDept/status/1450719300885614592

This is what The Washington Post reported: "Officials said they are looking for another man and gave only a vague description of him."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/dc-police-shooting-carjacking-georgetown/2021/10/20/9fd13b70-3187-11ec-9241-aad8e48f01ff_story.html

Just a total dereliction of journalistic duty to refuse to report information about a suspect who poses a danger to the public. [/quote]

Shorter OP: I'm mad because they Post didn't identify the perp by his race.[/quote]

What would that have added for you?  [/quote]

Um, maybe identifying info to help identify the suspect? This reminds me of when I lived in NY (moved here a few years ago). The papers stopped identifying criminals beyond clothing so virtually every description was “male in jeans and a Yankees hat.” That’s half the city.[/quote]

Adding race without a whole lot of additional information— including basics like height, age, hairstyles, etc. — is, to quote you: “Half the the city.”  
So, again, since the only thing the PP was mad about was that the “Post didn’t identify the perp by his race”, what would that have added for you in the absence of quite a few other details? Or are “male” and”black” details that you view as sufficiently helpful in identifying potential suspects?

It’s chilling that you find “male in jeans and a Yankees hat” too broad to be useful, but seem to be saying that “black” and “male” is somehow more helpful.  [/quote]

Because a lot of white, Asian, and Hispanic men who wearbYanjees hats have already committed the crime of being a Yankees fan [/quote]

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