The news doesn't report the unintended consequences

Topics: Civil Liberties
30 Jan 2006

From: Ervan Darnell

This observation is from Thomas. I'm writing it up for him.

A decade ago in Houston, a gang member savagely raped and killed two girls [1]. The news coverage of the incident consistently failed to mention that they were walking home along unlit railroad tracks to avoid being seen (and ticketed) on the street after curfew. Thus, a law intended to reduce crime in some ways aggravates it. It's oddly like gun control in that defense suffers as well as offense under safety regulation. Thomas' point was that the press wouldn't mention this as a evidence against the curfew.



[1] http://www.theeagle.com/stories/122805/texas_20051228024.php
[2] Houston Chronicle - Dec 28, 2005, http://news.google.com/url?sa=t&ct=us/0-0&fp=43decc7aaa30afb1&ei=r_neQ6HQL5igogK8nKDrCw&url=http%3A//www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/3553364.html&cid=0
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