Shooting of “Deeply Beloved” Rapist Angers Seattle NAACP
On Sunday, a man by the name of Che Taylor was shot and killed in a confrontation with Seattle Police.
How that shooting was characterized by different parties, however, is as different as night and day.
Seattle independent news outlet The Stranger spoke with Seattle-King County NAACP President Gerald Hankerson, and presented a story that portrayed Mr. Taylor as the mostly-innocent victim of racist police officers.
On Sunday, Seattle police shot and killed Che Taylor, a black man from Seattle who was well-known in the community and deeply beloved, Seattle-King County NAACP President Gerald Hankerson said this morning.
“I wouldn’t be surprised if he has one of the biggest funerals in Seattle,” he said.
…Hankerson decried the way some reports “are demonizing him as an armed felon… They’ve already depicted him as a monster.”
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How that shooting was characterized by different parties, however, is as different as night and day.
Seattle independent news outlet The Stranger spoke with Seattle-King County NAACP President Gerald Hankerson, and presented a story that portrayed Mr. Taylor as the mostly-innocent victim of racist police officers.
On Sunday, Seattle police shot and killed Che Taylor, a black man from Seattle who was well-known in the community and deeply beloved, Seattle-King County NAACP President Gerald Hankerson said this morning.
“I wouldn’t be surprised if he has one of the biggest funerals in Seattle,” he said.
…Hankerson decried the way some reports “are demonizing him as an armed felon… They’ve already depicted him as a monster.”
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