Thursday, April 19, 2007

At least let us know.

Someone tell me, what is up with the media? Or shall I say, what is up with the police who are supposed to be reporting necessary events to the media?

A couple of days ago, a friend of mine was standing outside of the preschool he teaches at, talking to one of the mothers, when all of a sudden, some random guy raced past him in quite the hurried manner, not even looking before flinging himself across a busy street.

Apparently, this man was running for his life. Not running to save it, but running to keep himself out of jail. Turns out, he's a wanted rapist from California who decided to come hangout in Reno for awhile.

Not only did this man get away from the police, but a local elementary school was put on lockdown, as well as several city blocks closed down in attempts at protecting the nearby citizens from this heinous criminal. Sounds like a pretty big deal that's worthy of warning the public about, right? Apparently not.

There was no mentioning of this event in the local newspapers whatsoever. So you tell me - what other vital information are we missing out on? What else is being kept from us? And why? Because it would seem that as a community, we have the right to know if there's a dangerous rapist on the loose that's causing our schools and streets to be temporarily shutdown. Just a thought.

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