Feder: Tribune's Eric Zorn regrets 'chilly tone' of column on shooting of 13-year-old
Posted April 09, 2021 1:00 am
Saying he "should have done better," Chicago Tribune columnist Eric Zorn is expressing regret for what he called the "chilly, analytical tone" of his piece about the fatal shooting of a 13-year-old boy by Chicago police.
Zorn's Tuesday column, headlined "Let's wait before turning slain 13-year-old Adam Toledo into a martyr," urged people to withhold judgment until more facts are known. He argued that it's too early to say whether police acted in justifiable self-defense, but "it's not too early to stop romanticizing and infantilizing 13-year-olds." Read the full story at robertfeder.com.
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