The journalist was fired for being right. The truth is not politically correct. She committed the crime of noticing patterns.
Washington Post: Three months after gunmen descended upon a family barbecue in a Pittsburgh suburb, opening fire on nearly a dozen people with an assault rifle and a handgun in an orchestrated attack, authorities have charged with homicide two men they have suspected nearly all along.
On Thursday, Allegheny County officials announced at a news conference that Cheron Shelton, 29, and Robert Thomas, 27, each face five counts of homicide, six of aggravated assault, six of recklessly endangering another person, conspiracy and criminal homicide of an unborn child.
One of the fatal shooting victims was eight months pregnant…
About two weeks after the March 9 attack, WTAE-TV anchor Wendy Bell, who had covered the shooting and the city of Pittsburgh for nearly 20 years, opined in a post on her professional Facebook page about the profiles of the shooters. At the time, police had not released suspect descriptions or names.
“You needn’t be a criminal profiler to draw a mental sketch of the killers who broke so many hearts two weeks ago Wednesday,” Bell wrote on Facebook, words that were later deleted.
“They are young black men, likely in their teens or in their early 20s. They have multiple siblings from multiple fathers and their mothers work multiple jobs. These boys have been in the system before. They’ve grown up there. They know the police. They’ve been arrested.”
