In 2014, images of Brown showed him holding a peace sign, which some tried to characterize as a gang sign. Some 2012 stories of Martin showed photos of him wearing a hoodie, smoking, wearing a grill, or raising his middle fingers. In previous high-profile murders of Black teenagers, such as Trayvon Martin and the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown, the media used photos that portrayed the teens negatively. It’s why I believe so much in having our own outlets, our own platforms, our own morning shows, where we define our own stories and narratives without that type of ugliness.” “Even in death, local news media finds a way to demean us. She literally posted nearly 1,000 wonderful photos of her life on Instagram and Facebook, and they chose that one,” writer Shaun King, who has boosted Wilson’s story throughout the search for her murderer, wrote on Facebook. It was a basically a gag-and the local news showed it like it said something about Nia’s character. “Why did they share that image? What were they trying to convey? And, as it turns out, she wasn’t holding a gun in that image, it was a cell phone case with a gun handle. Many have bashed the station for depicting Wilson, the victim of a murder, in a way that characterizes her as a troublemaker or a criminal, contributing to the narrative that Black people who are victims of violence are “deserving” of violence, or “contributing” to the violence against themselves. We have to stop criminalizing black victims in 2018!!!- Nia Joyner July 23, 2018

Someone needs to be fired at for choosing a picture of Nia with a gun in her hand when dozens of innocent and beautiful pictures available.

We demand an apology ASAP /LpNIRimUh1- Black Soulutions July 23, 2018 So decided to put this picture up about Nia Wilson MyQ7p2GVBw- Brotha B July 23, 2018Įveryone please call and demand that they issue an apology for this shameful coverage, two young black women victims of white terrorism and this is how they choose to depict them? Unacceptable, Call them now! (510) 874-0242 #NiaWilson #JusticeforNia #justiceforniawilson /gXUrNc8wXP- Kenny Foster July 23, 2018 A Black woman was brutally murdered by a white terrorist and this is the photo you decide to show? Y’all are disgusting. It seems the photo is from Wilson’s Facebook page, where she has posted tens of other photos that news outlets could have used for stories regarding her death.įuck you this is beyond unethical. Her sister was hospitalized overnight, and after a day-long manhunt, BART police arrested Cowell on Monday evening, according to SFGate. So far, the stabbings have been characterized as “random,” though police haven’t eliminated the idea that the crime was racially motivated.Īcross social media, critics of the news station have shared snapshots of the broadcast’s use of the photo. On Sunday night, 18-year-old Wilson died after she and her sister, 26-year-old Lahtifa Wilson, were stabbed in the neck by 27-year-old suspect John Lee Cowell while they were attempting to get onto a BART train. She was immediately dashed to a hospital in the vicinity for treatment, but couldn’t be saved, The Times of India reported.Viewers of local Oakland news station KTVU are expressing outrage after the station used a photo of slain teen Nia Wilson holding what appears to be a gun during a broadcast about her murder. Hearing the gunshot sound, the family members rushed to the spot and found that Radhika had sustained a gunshot injury. Holding the loaded firearm, the newlywed woman allegedly accidentally pulled the trigger and shot herself around 4 pm, according to her father-in-law. On Thursday, Radhika decided to click selfies while posing with the family’s 12-bore single-barrel gun that was kept in a room on the second floor of the house. The Gupta family runs a small jewellery businessman. In May this year, she got married to Akash Gupta, son of Rajesh Gupta. The deceased was identified as 26-year-old Radhika. Her father, however, suspects foul play in her death and has filed a police complaint in connection with this.

Lucknow: A woman died from bullet injury while posing for a selfie with a loaded gun, which apparently went off accidentally, at her matrimonial house in Hardoi district of Uttar Pradesh on Thursday. Police have seized the firearm and the deceased woman’s mobile phone.

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