UPDATE: Thanks to CubanChica, we have our first example of the media's angry black protester. The New York Times got a picture a lot sooner than I had thought. This is the lead image to the story. Told you so.
Sure that's just what mainstream media would like actually. Correction, that's what they'd love. Not because it would be a reaction to injustice but because pissed off black people makes damn good television.
This morning, the police officers who murdered father and would-have-been husband (had he been alive for another few hours) Sean Bell were found not guilty on all charges. I won't go into the whole verdict thing since you probably read all kinds of opinions about it before reading this and you'll be reading a lot more after you finish. Nope, I want to talk about how the delivery of information will be handled.
Here's a rundown of the Fox morning news coverage when the verdict came down:
1. Regular TV programming
2. "Special Report" graphic comes in with the swooshing sound effects and all that.
3. A lady says that the verdict is about to come down on the case. She uses a tone of voice almost like a baseball game announcer when he says, "here comes the pitch..."
4. We see a shot of the courthouse with cops and a bunch of people outside.
5. The lady reports the verdict loudly, almost orgasmic and then we go to a shot of the crowd of mostly black people looking around and talking to each other. As the woman continues to report over the footage, she says that people are crying and falling out.
6. The camera switches views frantically to find a black person on the ground screaming "lawd Jesus" or some other variation. Unfortunately, they were out of luck. It was just a shot of black people walking around and talking.
After all that, we saw a few shots of police officers and some guy with braids walking and yelling. That was the most they could get on camera at the moment but it wasn't quite good enough.
By tonight, I'm sure we'll all be treated to footage of dark people screaming, getting hand-cuffed, pushing through crowds and then ending with a preacher or community leader giving a sound bite in a rhythmic almost melodic tone while a crowd chants behind him.
It's just like watching that older, heavy-set black woman win a prize on a game show. You'll always get a money shot if you bet on black. That's the reason why Reverend Wright is such a big deal. He's a Big ol' black man that yells. He could've been talking about a recent episode of "Meerkat Manor" but to mainstream media outlets, he represents the big black boogie man that's calling for the heads of decent white folk simply because he fits the stereotype. Mmmmm...mmmm. That's good watchin'. -The Blackspot