SPC Shaun Eaves 1918843 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><a target="_blank" href="http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/loaded-gun-found-in-nc-had-fingerprints-matching-victim-cnn/ar-BBwyReL?ocid=spartanntp">http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/loaded-gun-found-in-nc-had-fingerprints-matching-victim-cnn/ar-BBwyReL?ocid=spartanntp</a> <br /><br />It seems as though the victim was shot by a black police officer and a gun was recovered at the scene. Given the violence in the aftermath of the initial video released (and subsequent violence) is it time to realize the media is driving a divisive false narrative? <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/104/841/qrc/BBwyH2e.img?1474668787"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/loaded-gun-found-in-nc-had-fingerprints-matching-victim-cnn/ar-BBwyReL?ocid=spartanntp">Loaded gun found in N.C. had fingerprints matching victim -CNN</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">A gun recovered at the scene of the fatal shooting of a black man by police in Charlotte, North Carolina, was loaded and fingerprints, DNA and blood from the weapon matched those of the victim, CNN reported on Friday.</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> 2016-09-23T18:13:08-04:00 SPC Shaun Eaves 1918843

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><a target="_blank" href="http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/loaded-gun-found-in-nc-had-fingerprints-matching-victim-cnn/ar-BBwyReL?ocid=spartanntp">http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/loaded-gun-found-in-nc-had-fingerprints-matching-victim-cnn/ar-BBwyReL?ocid=spartanntp</a> <br /><br />It seems as though the victim was shot by a black police officer and a gun was recovered at the scene. Given the violence in the aftermath of the initial video released (and subsequent violence) is it time to realize the media is driving a divisive false narrative? <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/104/841/qrc/BBwyH2e.img?1474668787"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/loaded-gun-found-in-nc-had-fingerprints-matching-victim-cnn/ar-BBwyReL?ocid=spartanntp">Loaded gun found in N.C. had fingerprints matching victim -CNN</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">A gun recovered at the scene of the fatal shooting of a black man by police in Charlotte, North Carolina, was loaded and fingerprints, DNA and blood from the weapon matched those of the victim, CNN reported on Friday.</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div>

2016-09-23T18:13:08-04:00 2016-09-23T18:13:08-04:00 SPC Kevin Ford 1918869

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>This right here is why it is dangerous when the police loose the trust of the community. The police say, &quot;but we found a gun&quot; and members of the community say, &quot;yeah, we&#39;ve heard that before, you planted it.&quot; Until the police can regain that trust I expect every claim they make will be second guessed.

2016-09-23T18:28:31-04:00 2016-09-23T18:28:31-04:00 SPC James Harsh 1918874

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Yes I just saw the video too and we can&#39;t use the wife&#39;s word as &#39;fact&#39; of evidence but I didn&#39;t see a reason there to be a lie, ok maybe a little but the video looked bad like the lady who shot the guy at the suv. This is interesting though and just goes to show how the media is driving the narrative. Nothing has been seen in court to be determined. When POLICE Departments release footage in the news showing a shooting it is at the hand of a FOIA Request for the SOLE Purpose of getting put out into the Media. I see FOIA Requests as the new &#39;sex tape&#39;. No one wants to FOIA videos of cops doing the right thing.

2016-09-23T18:30:11-04:00 2016-09-23T18:30:11-04:00 MCPO Roger Collins 1918911

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>If there is a handgun, there should be fingerprints and, hopefully, information on it to trace. What I would like to hear is the account of what happened from the officers in both videos, preferably under oath.

2016-09-23T18:49:00-04:00 2016-09-23T18:49:00-04:00 CPO Gregory Smith 1918942

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Since when do facts matter???

2016-09-23T18:59:28-04:00 2016-09-23T18:59:28-04:00 SGT Private RallyPoint Member 1918952

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Given the history of cops planting &quot;evidence&quot; on suspects, you can understand my hesitation to give them the benefit of the doubt, I&#39;m sure.

2016-09-23T19:03:35-04:00 2016-09-23T19:03:35-04:00 MSG Private RallyPoint Member 1918972

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Doesn&#39;t matter. I still see idiots with &quot;Hands up; Don&#39;t shoot&quot; shirts and have seen clips on the news in Charlotte of a guy holding up a sign with that lie that BLM continues to perpetuate. Despite the fact that the Eric Holder&#39;s bias ass concluded that &quot;Hands up; Don&#39;t shoot&quot; situation never occurred, and that the shooting of Michael brown was legitimate, the myth persists.

2016-09-23T19:14:09-04:00 2016-09-23T19:14:09-04:00 SCPO Private RallyPoint Member 1919032

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The Media will push a false narrative if there was a case of guns found in North Carolina. They are on a mission, right or wrong.

2016-09-23T19:39:45-04:00 2016-09-23T19:39:45-04:00 SFC Pete Kain 1919091

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Trusting the press is like trusting a hooker. They both work for money. And both tell you want they you to hear.

2016-09-23T20:11:45-04:00 2016-09-23T20:11:45-04:00 SGT Damaso V Santana 1919207

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><a target="_blank" href="http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2013/06/13/washington-post-family-relations-between-media-obama-officials-does-not-affect-coverage/">http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2013/06/13/washington-post-family-relations-between-media-obama-officials-does-not-affect-coverage/</a><br />A great article from the Washington Post reprinted by Breitbart. Although it claims Media would act this way regardless of who is president you cannot help but name tag &quot;State Run Media&quot; for these past 7 3/4 years, obama and his administration have been and remain untouchable. <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2013/06/13/washington-post-family-relations-between-media-obama-officials-does-not-affect-coverage/">Washington Post: Family Relations Between Media, Obama Officials Does Not Affect Coverage -...</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">Washington Post: Family Relations Between Media, Obama Officials Does Not Affect Coverage</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div>

2016-09-23T21:33:09-04:00 2016-09-23T21:33:09-04:00 SPC Britanny *Winnie* Balthaser 1919257

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I wonder if there is any thought to making more legislation to keep the media from how should I say flat out lying or deceiving for the purpose of making money? There is no justification from the media to report in such a manner that causes more havoc. Perhaps we should be putting some blame on the media for inciting hate and violence for their own gains.

2016-09-23T21:58:55-04:00 2016-09-23T21:58:55-04:00 SSG Jeremy Sharp 1919288

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I think it goes to the sensationalism of journalism where &quot;if it bleeds it leads&quot;, with or without all the facts. I feel that all loss of life is a tragic event but it would appear that this man was beat on the draw and shoot by a trained police officer based on his own criminal actions.

2016-09-23T22:15:12-04:00 2016-09-23T22:15:12-04:00 SFC Mark Merino 1919400

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I&#39;m still wondering what exactly these people are protesting? Just another one of many false narratives.

2016-09-23T23:27:43-04:00 2016-09-23T23:27:43-04:00 Sgt Joseph Baker 1919495

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Well, the home video shown to the public reveals essentially nothing. So the public has no idea what happened yet. I support people calling for a proper inquiry, but it should be done peaceably. Anyone looting during these times of crisis should be given the harshest possible punishment. They are thieves and opportunists that detract from the public discourse that needs to happen in these situations. Even if the guy had a gun, we don&#39;t know what role it played, if any. The wife in the video tells police he has Traumatic Brain Injury. That is a whole other factor that could change everything. Did he become confused by officers orders and responded in a manner they interpreted as hostile? Was it suicide-by-cop? I work with a man whose son was a Marine who served in Iraq, and his parents believe he committed suicide-by-cop to escape his PTSD. They didn&#39;t blame the police. They are white. These things happens to white families too. We may not live the &#39;black&#39; experience, but we understand tragedy and loss and feel for this family as well. The media drives whatever narrative they choose for either ratings or to push a political agenda or both. People have to think for themselves, understand what you know and don&#39;t know about a situation, and listen to different sources or you will be led around by the nose.

2016-09-24T00:32:01-04:00 2016-09-24T00:32:01-04:00 LTC Private RallyPoint Member 1919564

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I haven&#39;t seen the media driving a false narrative. From the very start, I saw many stories that clearly indicated that the family states that he did not have a gun AND that the police state that he did have a gun. And when a photo came out ( from a news org, not the police, btw) that appeared to show a gun, that was published as well. So I don&#39;t see how anyone could claim the media was &quot;driving&quot; a false narrative. The story to be reported was that there are conflicting accounts of what happened, and that&#39;s what&#39;s been reported.

2016-09-24T01:49:24-04:00 2016-09-24T01:49:24-04:00 Barry Davidson 1919767

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The talking heads on camera do what their producers tell them to. Those producers get their marching orders from corporate who get their stories from the Associated Press in most cases. The A.P. edits and adds whatever context to a story that will sell. A story about Marines heroically storming an enemy fortress here will be edited and sold to Al Jazeera as, &quot;Coward US Forces Attack School for Children.&quot; Well, it used to be that way. Now, they sell both to the big six media companies, and only a very few will run the former. <br /><br />All of you who have been to, or are now in, the sandbox know the reality. You know that most of the acts of terrorism over there are carried out by Muslim males aged 15 to 35. So, you watch them ALL. It&#39;s common sense. You just have to keep it under wraps because some PIO (expletive deleted) or civilian (expletive deleted) reporter will take it, and attempt to crucify you - accusing you and the services of everything from genocide to eating babies for breakfast, and then calling for your hands to be tied even tighter behind your back. (I&#39;m surprised that the political left in Congress hasn&#39;t changed your ROE to, &quot;Don&#39;t shoot. Period. Soak up the casualties.&quot; ) Sorry. I&#39;m getting off subject here. Not enough coffee yet. <br /><br />It all boils down to yes, the media is absolutely driving false narratives and half-truths. If it bleeds it leads. They&#39;ve spent the last few decades driving a wedge between racial groups - especially in the last eight years.

2016-09-24T08:41:22-04:00 2016-09-24T08:41:22-04:00 SGT David T. 1919860

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Remember this, the media and the politicians both have an agenda. The politicians want to get reelected so they harp on emotion and not on logic. The media does the same thing to drive up ratings and sell more ads. Racism and blood on the walls so to speak sells and they both us it to great effect. Now, I am not suggesting that there isn&#39;t racial problems in this country. We all know there is. However, we need to be skeptical of what the media and the politicians say. I bet if we drilled down into the evidence, we would see that most police involved shootings are justified IAW their protocols. For the ones that are not justified, those officers should be held accountable. However, those pushing the false narratives should all be imprisoned and fined heavily. Even if a cop is found to be justified, they become unemployable. Where is the justice for them? We speak of justice for those wrongfully killed, but in the interests of justice we need to have justice for those wrongfully accused as well. You can&#39;t have it both ways. Either you are for justice or against it.

2016-09-24T09:55:37-04:00 2016-09-24T09:55:37-04:00 SFC Joseph Weber 1919890

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Hard to argue with some of the killings. The guy in SC running away, the man in Oklahoma getting killed. The young man executed in Cowley County Kansas.

2016-09-24T10:21:39-04:00 2016-09-24T10:21:39-04:00 MAJ Private RallyPoint Member 1920167

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The medias use of sensationalism is nothing new. Let us not forget that Pulitzer and Hearst are often adduced as the cause of the United States&#39; entry into the Spanish–American War due to sensationalist stories or exaggerations of the terrible conditions in Cuba. The facts don&#39;t matter the modern day Pulitzer and Hearst are pushing their own variety of yellow journalism.

2016-09-24T13:28:04-04:00 2016-09-24T13:28:04-04:00 PO3 Gary Hadden 1920642

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Had it been a white officer, wouldmake a difference?<br />Charlotte = good decision<br />Tulsa= bad decision.

2016-09-24T18:12:06-04:00 2016-09-24T18:12:06-04:00 PO3 Gary Hadden 1920643

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Had it been a white officer, wouldmake a difference?<br />Charlotte = good decision<br />Tulsa= bad decision.

2016-09-24T18:12:26-04:00 2016-09-24T18:12:26-04:00 MSgt Wayne Morris 1922223

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>He could have exited the vehicle with a cannon and he would still be innocent in the eyes of the mob.

2016-09-25T15:17:58-04:00 2016-09-25T15:17:58-04:00 MSgt Wayne Morris 1922225

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>He could have exited the vehicle with a cannon and still be innocent in the eyes of the ignorant mob.

2016-09-25T15:19:48-04:00 2016-09-25T15:19:48-04:00 2016-09-23T18:13:08-04:00