After a grand jury’s decision not to indict white police officer Darren Wilson in the fatal shooting of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown sparked protests overnight in Ferguson, Mo. and throughout the country, the nation’s newspapers on Tuesday morning told the story.
Below, a compilation of front pages from 20 newspapers in Missouri and elsewhere that captured the stunning scenes out of suburban St. Louis.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Springfield (Mo.) News-Leader
St. Joseph (Mo.) News-Press
The Kansas City Star
The New York Times
New York Post
The Baltimore Sun
The Wall Street Journal
The Washington Post
The Boston Globe
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Chicago Tribune
Chicago Sun-Times
Detroit Free Press
Star Tribune (Minneapolis)
The Dallas Morning News
Los Angeles Times
San Francisco Chronicle
Oakland Tribune
The Seattle Times
(Photos via Newseum)
A shot of Brown’s body lying on the ground for four hours in the heat, even as an isnset, would have been a nice addition to the front pages.
Oh, COOL!! ‘Newsies’ is coming to the Hippodrome!!
Leave it to the Post to be the one to say the officer was cleared and show the officer’s picture above Brown’s. All the rest say the officer wasn’t charged or indicted - a different nuance - and focus either on Brown’s family, a photo of Brown, or the aftermath.
As for the racial divide that says whites supposedly think this verdict says the system is working just dandy the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports on - they didn’t ask me.
This sure does give a lot of glorious coverage to the (most likely) few derelicts who decided to light up or smash something. Nice job, media!
What, exactly, is a “slay cop”?