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[[category:Main stream media bias]]
===[http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/unarmed-white-teen-killed-by-police-family-wheres-the-outrage/ar-BBlsiwE?ocid=spartandhp Unarmed white teen killed by police. Family asks: Where is the outrage?]===
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More than a week after Hammond’s death, his family’s attorney says race is almost certainly playing a role in the disconcerting silence. Unlike the victims in the highest-profile police shootings over the past year — in cities from Ferguson and Cleveland to North Charleston and Cincinnati — Hammond was white.
“It’s sad, but I think the reason is, unfortunately, the media and our government officials have treated the death of an unarmed white teenager differently than they would have if this were a death of an unarmed black teen,” Bland told The Washington Post this week. “The hypocrisy that has been shown toward this is really disconcerting.”
He added: “The issue should never be what is the color of the victim. The issue should be: Why was an unarmed teen gunned down in a situation where deadly force was not even justified?”
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