"Back in the day, I was a reporter on the police-fire-courthouse beat. UPI New England thought enough of my work to give me an award.
Unlike several of my colleagues, I never made it to a top market daily, or on one case, to a weekly news magazine. However, I think I know a terribly biased,
poorly written piece of journalism when I see one.
What sort of copy editor reviewed the following? I.e., noting the sheriff assailed sanctuary community laws but did not explain how those might have been complicit in the officer's death?
Stating: "Gustavo Perez Arriaga, a 32-year-old undocumented immigrant" has been charged with the crime3? Authorities have said that that Perez Arriaga was in the United States illegally. Also that he "publicized his gang affiliations." How does that reduce to "undocumented?" He is documented; by his own words, he is a gang member, and by authorities' statements, he's an illegal.
And, does this belong in a news story or on the opinion page, "While Trump has suggested that sanctuary cities “breed crime,” there’s little research on the connection?"...
Read on.
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