Simply Gossip

Race, class, and misconduct at a Dallas traffic stop speaks of the media's attempt to "turn the issue into a racial conflict" in the Ryan Moats detainment. THe NFL player was "rushing his family to the hospital in Dallas to be with his wife's mother who they'd been told was near death." Because of the traffic stop, the family was not with the woman when she died. A dashcam records the officer as being a "bully and a jerk."
The blogger disagrees with the media, believing the white officer's behavior towards the black football player is not racial. Instead he believes the officer is simply displaying "police misconduct." He concludes with questioning why "this became a news story."
I have an answer. Had the detainee been any other African American from Dallas, man or woman, I do not think the media would have been "compelled [to] turn the issue into racial conflict." But the officer detained Ryan Moats (personally, I've never heard of this man), an NFL player- an instant celebrity just because of his occupation. This incident became a news story to satisfy the public's fascination with the lives of celebrities (no matter how little fame he/she may possess). A death was involved also; media reports are normally morbid these days.
Race did not compel the media; police misconduct did not compel the media. Death and gossip compelled the Dallas media.