This distressingly tragic story is just in from Stratford, Connecticut. This poor little girl who had done nothing wrong except have zero communication with her parents, sneak outside to have naughtiness with her boyfriend from the “other side of the tracks“, then set off the motion sensor when she returned home and broke into her own house through the basement.
What is interesting about this story is how the media presents it. This wouldn’t be news otherwise, it would simply be an unfortunate accident, and thankfully she wasn’t killed because of it.
But let’s take a look at the multitude of ways the media presents a very simple story like this…
- Off-Duty copy shoots daughter who snuck out
- Cop shoots daughter mistaken as intruder
- Off-Duty Officer shoots daughter mistaken for intruder
- Police officer mistakenly shoots daughter
- Off-duty cop accidentally shoots daughter
- Off-duty police officer shoots daughter by mistake
- Cop shoots daughter, thinking she’s a burglar
- New Haven Officer On Disability Mistakenly Shoots Daughter
Put it all together and you’ve got -
Off-Duty New Haven Police Officer on disability accidentally shoots daughter who snuck out, mistaking her for an intruder.
And this is nothing compared to how the Anna Nicole Smith death was titled…
Here is the snippet and link to msnbc.com
STRATFORD, Conn. – An off-duty New Haven police officer shot and critically wounded his 18-year-old daughter, apparently mistaking her for an intruder after she sneaked out of their Stratford home and re-entered through the basement. [Link]
