U.S. Media "confused"

[Saint in Paradise]

Oh dear, it appears that some of the huggy fluffy liberal U.S. Media are in a quandary about the very sad case of the murder of a teenage girl ( may she R.I.P. )

 

When Nabra Hassanen was brutally murdered in Virginia this past Sunday, the media's collective ears perked up. She was a studious, friendly, innocent 17-year-old, a devout Muslim

who was killed while approaching her mosque.

 

Almost immediately, The Atlantic ran with this headline: "Muslims Feel Under Seige." The magazine instinctively linked Nabra's killing with the London incident in which a man plowed

his car into a group of Muslims leaving their mosque.

 

"Muslim Americans are mourning and terrified," The Atlantic breathlessly reported, "after two violent incidents left worshippers dead over the weekend during the holy month of Ramadan."

 

USA Today and the Huffington Post both headlined Nabra's religion and her proximity to the mosque, clearly implying that this was a "hate crime" perpetrated against Muslims.

 

The Council on American-Islamic Affairs, naturally, suggested bias and claimed there is "rising Islamophobia and anti-Muslim hate attacks nationwide."

 

We are not accusing media types of celebrating the killing, but they were enthused because this seemed to fit their narrative that America is a hate-filled country and Muslims are frequently

targets of violence.

 

But that familiar and comfortable story line fell apart almost immediately. Police reported that the young girl's killer was 22-year-old Darwin Martinez Torres, who apparently pursued a group

of teens who were blocking his car. This was a case of road rage, not anti-Muslim animus.

 

Even more inconvenient for the left-wing media, Torres is in this country illegally. Whether you prefer the term "undocumented immigrant" or an "illegal alien," this loathsome killer came here

from El Salvador and never should have been able to cross the border.

 

On the night of the murder, Torres grew enraged when the teens were impeding his path. He got out of his car, chased them with a baseball bat, and smashed Nabra Hassanen in the head

when she tripped and fell. He then abducted the young woman, beat her a second time, killed her, and dumped her in a pond adjacent to his apartment complex. There are new reports

suggesting that Nabra was also sexually violated.

 

So you can see the dilemma facing mainstream media outlets. A crime against one of their prized victim groups was committed by a member of another victim group. What to do?