An Olympia, Washington, interracial couple was attacked by a white supremacist on August 16, but one local news station blamed the attack on Black Lives Matter, and not on the white supremacist who stabbed the couple. Thirty-two-year-old Daniel Rowe stabbed the man in the abdomen and his girlfriend was grazed by the knife. Fortunately the couple’s injuries were not life-threatening as they were able to subdue Rowe who was arrested. According to Channel 4-KOMO News Rowe was very forthcoming with his motivations for the attack and told police:
“ ... he was part of a white supremacy group and had come to downtown Olympia because he had heard that the Black Lives Matter movement had left anti-police graffiti downtown. (Graffiti urging violence against police was left in downtown Olympia on Sunday, but police have not blamed Black Lives Matter protesters for the graffiti.)
The suspect said he "took a blood oath to fight on the street, and if he was let go tonight, he planned on heading down to the next Donald Trump rally and stomping out more of the Black Lives Matter group," court documents say.
He told police several times that he was defending them and that he had their backs. "At one point he stated that he knew we couldn’t hurt the black groups on the street so he wanted to let us know that he takes care of them for us. That he is able to fight those fights and will continue the fight against all of the Black Lives Matters people," court documents say.”
Sounds pretty cut and dry, clear and concise, doesn’t it? So why did news station KING5-Seattle choose to title their broadcast of the incident “Black Lives Matter may have led to stabbing” ?
Can you say #EpicMediaFail, boys and girls?