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It's a political decision how to classify crimes these days. I think government agencies want to avoid exciting the public, inadvertently creating animosity aga
by Molitor5901 2y ago
It's a political decision how to classify crimes these days. I think government agencies want to avoid exciting the public, inadvertently creating animosity against groups of similarly identified people, but this obfuscation erodes public trust. The government, and the media reporting, should be much more transparent about these incidents, regardless of the participants.
- TMWNN 2y ago> It's a political decision how to classify crimes these days. The classic example is Nidal Hassan, whom Obama never described as a terrorist. The Department of Defense formally classified the Fort Hood massacre as "workplace violence"!
- mcphage 2y ago> It's a political decision how to classify crimes these days. A number of crimes are by their very nature political—terrorism, assassinations, etc.