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Police calls: Women with stun gun rob Safeway market in Menlo Park
Original post made on Oct 25, 2016
Read the full story here Web Link posted Tuesday, October 25, 2016, 10:58 AM
Comments
Posted by whatever
a resident of Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park
on Oct 25, 2016 at 12:00 pm
a resident of Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park
on Oct 25, 2016 at 12:00 pm
Hard to believe there was no description of the three women who allegedly robbed the Safeway store.
Posted by Pumpkin
a resident of Woodside: Emerald Hills
on Oct 25, 2016 at 3:07 pm
a resident of Woodside: Emerald Hills
on Oct 25, 2016 at 3:07 pm
Not only did they omit description but it would have been interesting to know time of day it happened too
Posted by gordyvon
a resident of another community
on Oct 25, 2016 at 3:51 pm
a resident of another community
on Oct 25, 2016 at 3:51 pm
The much lesser and non-violent crime of shoplifting beer was fully covered with a full description of the suspect... Hmmmm.
Posted by Dave Boyce
Almanac staff writer
on Oct 25, 2016 at 4:19 pm
Dave Boyce is a registered user.
Almanac staff writer
on Oct 25, 2016 at 4:19 pm
Dave Boyce is a registered user.
In crime reporting, the Almanac includes the suspect's race when the police or sheriff's office accompanies that information with other similar descriptive information, including height, weight, clothing, etc., information that the public could reasonably use.
A person's race is also important when it's relevant to the arc of the story, such as a story on the "Black Lives Matter" movement.
Posted by James Madison
a resident of Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park
on Oct 25, 2016 at 5:37 pm
a resident of Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park
on Oct 25, 2016 at 5:37 pm
Instead of attempting to stop the shoplifters, how about focusing on what make, model and color of car they get into, noting the license plate numbers/letters and reporting the information to the police.
