Yesterday, I wondered if the Post-Dispatch printed a picture of the man who sexually assaulted a student in a Wash U dorm.
So I wasted the monetary equivalent of a delicious Jack in the Box taco to investigate. As it turns out, the paper did NOT print a photo of the suspect. Why?
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Criticizing the local daily’s crime coverage is usually Tony’s thing, but I’m swagger-jacking* today due to the Post-Dispatch’s coverage of a robbery and sexual assault that took place on Wash U’s South 40.
Curiously, the Post-Dispatch piece does not mention the race of the attacker.
Like most St. Louisans, I don’t subscribe to the Post-Dispatch, so I don’t know if today’s edition carried a picture of the attacker next to the article. But shouldn’t the article mention the race of the suspect anyway?
Maybe the Post-Dispatch assumes that we’ll automatically know his people’s continent of origin.
Or maybe the Post-Dispatch knows more about catching a criminal than I do, and thereby knows that the colors of his belt buckle (silver) and the piping on his gloves (red) is more important than his race (black).
According to a local television station, the girl was “beaten and bloodied” but is recovering well.
The suspect’s picture is here.
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*Speaking of the originators of the phrase, this may be one of the best workplace-safe photos Tony has ever used.
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– I hereby go on the record as supporting human cloning if we can start with Barbara Cooper. Under Barb’s direction, the Missouri Association of Republicans set a modern-day record for attendance at Lincoln Days. A beautiful venue, ample volunteers, and a Saturday night dinner program that honored not one man or one group, but rather dozens of the state’s grassroots leaders. Just what you’d expect from a weekend organized by Barbara.
– This speech was really funny.
– I had the honor of moderating Saturday morning’s Town Hall Forum, which drew every state-level Republican leader except Gov. Matt Blunt. Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder, Treasurer Sarah Steelman, Senate President Pro Tem Mike Gibbons, and Speaker Rod Jetton spoke and took questions from the crowd. They were preceded on the program by Sen. Kit Bond, who along with Congressmen Todd Akin and Kenny Hulshof gave us an update on D.C. goings-on and fielded questions as well.
– The heartiest helping of Republican red meat was served at the Missouri Young Republicans’ state meeting on Saturday. State Chair Monica Durrwachter’s meeting attracted Sen. Bond, Gov. Blunt, Lt. Gov. Kinder, Treasurer Steelman, President Pro Tem Gibbons and Speaker Jetton. State Reps. Nathan Cooper, Jason Smith, and Kevin Threlkeld were also in attendance. At the close of the meeting, Durrwachter presented the inimitable Gus Wagner with a plaque commemorating his six years of service as Missouri YR Chair.
– The MAR Gold Ticket Reception with Mitt Romney featured a sizable crowd, many of whom may support Romney in the primary — if the race isn’t already decided by the time Missouri votes.
– Coverage of Romney’s keynote speech is here. I thought it was a classy move on the part of the Blunt team to have the governor provide Barbara Cooper with a proclamation honoring her decades of community service. Equally impressive was the fact that Romney took time out from his speech to recognize Barbara and her work.
– The hospitality suites seemed less raucous than in years past, a perception which I concede could very well be attributable to my advancing age and ever-earlier bedtime.
– Looking for information on your county’s Lincoln Days? Click here.
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