March 22, 2011

Irrelevant Facts Reported

The suspect shot by police "was unemployed, and had a history of mental illness and a lengthy arrest record." Do those three attributes taken together mean that a person so situated will likely use a knife to attack police? Will any one of them make a person dangerous and violent? Was this man taking any psychiatric drugs, a more likely cause of violence than any of the three mentioned. How many more times will irrelevant facts be reported as if they were a cause of a crime?

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/bronx/cops_kill_knife_nut_in_bronx_hjGokzjdm8ijXxc8ZjFtkK

Cops kill knife nut in Bronx
By LORENA MONGELLI and JESSICA SIMEONE
New York Post
Last Updated: 4:20 AM, March 22, 2011
Posted: 12:53 AM, March 22, 2011

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