Joe Concha: Media reaction to Kim Potter trial will be seen largely ‘through the prism’ of race
The Fox News contributor discusses the trial of former police officer Kim Potter who is charged with first and second-degree manslaughter.
Fox News contributor Joe Concha said Wednesday that the media coverage surrounding the trial of Kim Potter, a former police officer accused of manslaughter in the death of Daunte Wright, would likely be viewed "through the prism" of race.
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JOE CONCHA: We live in a media age where the race of the defendant and/or the victim or victims plays a major role in media coverage. We saw it with Waukesha, Wisconsin where many outlets moved on quite quickly from that Christmas parade massacre that left children and grandmothers dead and still some in the hospital as we speak. And that seemed to be because of the race of the suspect not jiving with the desired narrative of some in traditional media. And here the Kim Potter trial, if precedent is any indicator, will largely be seen unfortunately through the prism of race.
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