Cops Cuffed Me for Selling My Own Mac

Re:Cops Cuffed Me for Selling My Own Mac by nsxwolf on Tuesday May 17, 2016 @12:14PM (#11714817)

What's with pictures of him as a kid? What does that add to the story? Sympathy?

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Re:Cops Cuffed Me for Selling My Own Mac by ch4s3 on Tuesday May 17, 2016 @12:16PM (#11714835)

I assume it is to help you empathize with the person the story is about. Some people are interested in the human element of news stories, the photos are for those people.

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Re:Cops Cuffed Me for Selling My Own Mac by richmarr on Tuesday May 17, 2016 @12:32PM (#11714977)

I suspect they're also for the people who see a black man's face and react untrustingly.

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Re:Cops Cuffed Me for Selling My Own Mac by huac on Tuesday May 17, 2016 @12:30PM (#11714956)

Go look at any story about white murderers, and you'll find baby pictures as well. Of the shooter, not the victim.

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