After careful review of Keith T. Barber's interview with Forsyth County District Attorney Tom Keith, we have determined that Mr. Keith was misquoted in a single instance.
The piece ran in the Aug. 26 edition of YES! Weekly under the headline, "Forsyth DA: Racial Justice Act inherently flawed."
The quote we reported:
"If you're African American, you're six, seven or eight times more likely to have a violent history. I didn't go out there and put a gun in your hand and say, 'You commit eight crimes and I'm a white man and I'll commit one.' That's just instincts, that's how it is."
The actual quote:
"If you're African American, you're six, seven or eight times or some figure more likely to have a violent history. I didn't go out there and put a gun in your hand and say, 'You commit eight crimes and I'm a white man and I'll commit one.' That's just statistics. That's how it is."
The differences between the two quotes have been noted with italics.
YES! Weekly regrets the error. Audio of the full interview will be available here at the YES! Weekly blog momentarily, soon to be followed by a full transcript.
5 comments:
"That's just statistics. That's how it is."
It's hard facing facts isn't it.
Hello Egg. Meet face.
Yeah, yeah, okay we will have our snickers, but at least Yes! is owning up to it and correcting the record.
Spoken like a true editor.
Yeah the N&R doesn't correct their errors, they just pretend to be perfect. Appreciate YW's honesty!
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