Manuel Longoria was fatally shot by Pimal
County, Arizona sheriff’s deputies at the end of a police chase a
month. Cellphone video of the incident appears to show cops
shooting at Longoria while he’s facing them with his hands on his
side, and then continue to shoot after he manages to get his hands
in the air. The video and the story, both compelling, was picked up
by local TV stations. Now, the county sheriff’s office is upset
with the way the Phoenix CBS affiliate edited the video for air.
Media Bistro reports:
In emails obtained by TVSpy between Pinal County
Sheriff’s pubic information officer Tim Gaffney and KPHO
reporter Morgan Loew about the CBS affiliate’s coverage
that began airing January 22, Gaffney tells Loew, “the fact you
freeze the video at the exact split second the suspect raises his
hands and then delay the sound of the shots being fired, is both
unethical and completely misleading.”Loew tells Gaffney, “It does seem that you are going out of your
way to clear your deputy in the shooting before the homicide
investigation is complete. ““You have done at least 3 stories now on the deputy involved
shooting which occurred on January 14th, 2014,” Gaffney writes in
another email exchange on February 12. “I have asked for two
corrections already related to the stories and you have agreed and
updated the stories after they have already aired for your viewers.
Last night you once again did another critical story. The issue I
have with the story last night is you continue to alter the cell
phone video. Instead of playing it at normal speed so your viewers
can see things as they actually occurred, you freeze the video the
moment the suspect throws his hands in the air and then you delay
with the sounds of the shots being fired.”Loew replies, “[I]t isn’t our intent to make it seem like the
amount of time the officers had to decide whether to shoot lasted
longer than it actually did.”
Media Bistro explains that the TV station appears to lengthen
the time before the shots by under a second. Gaffney also
said he sent a letter to the CEO of the parent company of the TV
station, Meredith Corporation. If that doesn’t work, he tells Media
Bistro his “next step is to file a complaint with the FCC against
their broadcasting license.”
You can’t say he’s not trying to earn his pay, but you can say
Tim Gaffney doesn’t seem to know how the First Amendment works.
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