It is well known by both of this website’s regular readers that I like to cite newspapers as my sources. Part of the reason is that I am mostly deaf; I simply don’t get my news from television, because it is much easier for me to read the news than listen to it. And newspapers […]
It was just ten days ago that we reported that Lexington had tied it’s then-record of 30 homicides recorded in 2019, a record rewritten with 34 killings in 2020. Alas! that number 30 didn’t last for long. The Lexington Herald-Leader reported a 9:50 PM Monday assault in the Victorian Square Parking Garage at 350 West […]
I have been critical enough of the Lexington Herald-Leader for not publishing mugshots of black criminal suspects, due to McClatchy’s mugshot policy. I specifically noted the failure to publish the mugshot of Juanyah J Clay, even though Mr Clay, an accused murderer, was on the loose, and publishing his mugshot might have helped the Lexington […]
I suppose that this ought not to be a surprise. We have previously noted the McClatchy Company’s mugshot policy, the one which doesn’t seem to be actually available on McClatchy owned newspaper websites, or McClatchy’s site itself. I only found documentation through a tweet. Now it seems that the Associated Press has come up with […]
It has become somewhat of a passion with me to provide the information the Lexington Herald-Leader will not. We have noted the McClatchy Company’s Mugshot Policy and how the local newspaper has honored it by declining to publish mugshots of non-white criminal suspects but doing so when the accused are white. And we noted Robert […]
In keeping with the McClatchy policy of not publishing mugshots, the Lexington Herald-Leader told us about two of the #BlackLivesMatter protesters going to jail: Lexington men who pleaded guilty in summer protest altercation sentenced to jail time By Morgan Eads | June 10, 2021 | 11:49 AM EDT Two men were sentenced Thursday to a […]
I have been generous, shall we say, in my criticism of The Philadelphia Inquirer, so when the paper does something right, it is incumbent on me to note that. The newspaper reported on yet another homicide of a victim in the city: Dunkin’ Donuts manager shot to death during robbery in North Philly Police released […]
Once again, the Lexington Herald-Leader has adhered to McClatchy Company’s mugshot policy. 2 teenagers charged with murder, robbery in the death of another Lexington teen By Jeremy Chisenhall | June 4, 2021 | 7:00 AM Lexington police have arrested two teenagers and charged them with the murder of another teen after a fatal shooting in […]