Coverage of the shooting of Daniel Shaver in Arizona at the beginning of the year.
USA Today:
In USA Today's recap article covering the shooting in an Arizona La Quinta Inn, the really put a lot of emphasis on the family's involvement after his death and made a point to include several pictures and even a sideshow of Shaver and his kids. They also neglected to mention his possession of pellet guns in the room until one sentence at the very end. This is obviously an attempt to downplay any police justification there may be. They drew attention away from Shaver being intoxicated in a similar fashion.
PhotographyIsNotACrime.com:
This is an activist site centered around documenting scrupulous police actions. In their article, they included digital copies of past reports regarding the officer in question along with other public records about him. Throughout the article, the author rails on police and government officials for not doing enough, yet does not mention what they had done to prevent this from happening. The article also mentions that the officer killed Shaver with an Armalite AR-15 when a quick skim of the Armalite website reveals that they don't even sell an AR-15, let alone manufacture any.
Fox 4 Arizona:
I found this article to be the best presentation of the story, but it still has some framing issues. The author mentions right away that Shaver had a pellet gun and even includes WHY he did, which was for his job as an exterminator. Also, the story included a play-by-play of the recorded events and reinforced that the officers were very lenient with Shaver, but included no sources for this information. They also made an effort to mention multiple times that Shaver was resisting, which seems to be a matter of opinion as I read more stories.
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