He has been a journalist for more than 30 years, and has worked at the Washington Post and USA Today. He is currently a Senior Writer at Bloomberg. But I'd like to address more the coverage of police and minority issues. And then the Los Angeles police corruption cases and profiling have made what is seen by the mainstream public as farfetched or complaining by minority groups much more credible. At that level, those events and the issue of profiling are more legitimate mainstream issues.
More credibility is given to minority complaints about mistreatment.
But the video of King was so shocking to see, and yet the police officers managed to get off. In the Diallo case, the officers got off. The man was shot 40 times. It's still very difficult to get convictions, but at least in press coverage, more credibility is given to minority complaints. They are immediately suspect because of color.