Police Report: Hit-Run Suspect Told Friends 'I Hit This White Man'

March 8, 2002 7:33 PM

Police Report: Hit-Run Suspect Told Friends 'I Hit This White Man' I heard this story last night. This incident happened last October...why did this story take so long to make national news?
posted by Oxydude (6 comments total)

We've posted it on MeFi twice, if that helps.
posted by jragon at 7:35 PM on March 8, 2002

Its being discused
posted by Trik at 7:36 PM on March 8, 2002

sorry....Matt please remove.
posted by Oxydude at 7:46 PM on March 8, 2002

Despite the previous discussions...

Because the friend who the woman told only came forward to police on Feb. 25th.
posted by digital_insomnia at 7:46 PM on March 8, 2002

why did this story take so long to make national news?

Hopefully because its only "national" significance is shock value.
posted by aaronetc at 9:03 PM on March 8, 2002

The "why" is that nobody except the perpetrator and friends knew the shocking details until this week. In October, he was just a body found in a vacant lot, apparently a hit-run victim. No stunning lapse in our national empathy engine. Nothing to see here, citizen -- move along.
posted by dhartung at 10:52 PM on March 8, 2002