A young woman’s killing in Georgia stokes a familiar rightwing war
by George Chidi in Atlanta, Georgia from US news | The Guardian on (#6K0TM)
The death of a college student is causing a political reaction - from the right, led by Trump - for all the wrong reasons
All murders are not treated equally.
The killing of 22-year-old nursing student Laken Riley on the campus of the University of Georgia on Thursday has drawn national media interest and political activity in ways that other homicide cases do not, in part because it provides an easy target for rightwing election sloganeering.
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