- Maybe. For a month there was no chance of charges being filed. Then the story got picked up.
That is also a maybe. It could be that the facts of the case were so strong that charges were inevitable, and that the police really screwed up. And there are guys that should have gone to prison but never did, because of police misconduct. Hell, many of them are police. As it stands, there is enough evidence of a crime to bring murder charges. He may be guilty, he may be innocent. The important thing is that it gets decided in a courtroom. Speculating and insinuating that charges were filed baselessly merely to assuage the public is just that, -speculation and insinuation. From what we know, you could make just as 'strong' of a speculative case that the police didn't arrest him when they should have in the first place.There are guys who are in prison for 20+ years, then the story gets picked up and prosecution misconduct is discovered.
NBC already did what they needed to do. They outright fired the producer who edited the 911 tapes: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/04/07/nbc-news-reportedly-fir... As they should have. NBC also issued the obvious reiterations and reported on them. CNN has issued retractions as well. But all of that is the bare minimum that needed to be done in response to despicable reporting in the fist place, and frankly, THAT is the problem that is not going to go away. Our for-profit media outlets are defined by the need to sensationalize to grab eyeballs. It's all about the bottom line. Fast and loose Newzertainment that covers anything that will make you sit up at attention in 2 minute intervals. I don't think there is any accountability in the mainstream media which is why I don't watch it. I will reference it though. I get my news from a plethora of sources online. The major news outlets are just a few data points of many in this mix.
Your understanding of an issue will always be a function of how much effort you expend studying it.