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About our coverage of the Copa shooting
Posted Monday, September 29, 2008, at 11:29 AM<< Previous | Read comments | Respond | Email link | Next >>
Early Saturday morning, as I stood on the sidewalk outside Broussard's following a gig, I knew something big was going down. I counted six Cape Girardeau police cars, a highway patrol car, a Scott City police car and an ambulance speeding away down North Main Street. My friends and I knew someone had been shot. Soon after, I found out the police were going to The Copa (a.k.a. Main Street Bar, a.k.a. The Camp, once upon a time). A short time later I was at a friend's house, where I got a call from the newspaper office. Our photography intern, Chuck Wu, just happened to be there when the shooting happened, and he called photographer Aaron Eisenhauer, who joined him at the scene. Chuck witnessed the shooting, but had little other information, so initially we just posted the photos on our site. Some may have found at least one photo, that of Jordan T. Modicue on the ground with gunshot wounds, a little graphic, but we made the decision to put it out there so people could see what happened. The next morning, our reporter followed up, getting information from the police about the incident. However, our photographers weren't thinking about getting comments that night, so we didn't have reaction from the people on scene. If you've been following this story you may have noticed the slew of comments that were posted on the first story about the incident are gone. This is totally intentional. Some people were leaving extreme, racist comments on our site, which isn't welcome. If you're one of them, we respectfully ask you keep that nastiness to yourself. Comments will be disabled on any follow up stories on the shooting, as well. Sorry to those who engage in a respectful dialogue, but we won't tolerate racism and ugliness on our forums. Comments Showing comments in chronological order [Show most recent comments first] |
Matt Sanders, former arts and entertainment editor and reporter for the Southeast Missourian, was appointed editor of the paper's online operation in 2008. In his blog Extra Edition, he gives readers an extra dose of news they won't find in our print edition or elsewhere on our Web site, and gives them a glimpse of the operation of the new seMissourian.com.
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Matt
Thank goodness there were other photographer reporters that did respond instead of leaving for a friend's house in all the commotion.
It's your call but I think you are making a mistake in shutting down the comment section of the story.
I found many of the comments to be offensive and agree they have no place on semissourian.com. Ad hominem attacks on people who had nothing to do with this incident should not be tolerated.
BABE,
Let's be clear here — I was not at the bar where the shooting happened myself, so I had no way of knowing exactly what was happening, so it wasn't as if I left the scene of the shooting.
Why are we talking about it here?
The man the officer shot had a gun. What was he supposed to do, wait to be shot? How could he know it was a BB gun? Who is stupid enough to pull a BB gun?
The officer should be commended for not shooting to kill. How can this be seen as a racial incident?
The crackers who left their racial comments are an embarrassment to everyone.
Matt
Most reporters have an inquisitive nature. LOL
BABE,
I have an inquisitive nature, too. But I was a bit too intoxicated to be representing the paper at that particular time. Better to let more sober heads do the work, which they did. ;)
Matt, You don't have to respond to comments like that. No reasonable person faults you.
Sounds to me as if you were out enjoying a night on the town with your friends Matt - as everyone deserves to do now and then! I have to agree with the last poster - no need to defend yourself :)
JOHNG: I am offended by the use of the word crackers. Quite ironic actually.
Matt:
Wouldnt the Missourian's filter catch any racial slurs? Did I miss something? I read most all of the comments and I really didnt see a problem. I saw the boy referred to as a "thug" Is thug now considered a "racist" term?
Seems much ado about nothing