Outrage as Police Wait 6 Days to Arrest NFL Star’s White Killer
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Former New York Jets running back Joe McKnight was shot dead Thursday by a white man. | Photo: Reuters
People on social media compared the case to that in which a Black man was arrested immediately and handed a more serious charge over a similar shooting.
A man suspected of fatally shooting former NFL player Joe McKnight in a road rage incident near New Orleans was arrested Tuesday and charged with manslaughter six days after the murder and his confession Thursday, sparking outrage online as people charged the arrest was delayed because the suspect is white.
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