Word: derwin
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Manhattan psychologist Steven Fishman: "A lot of people have pent-up emotions, so it's cathartic for them to observe such violent action." But, says Sissela Bok, an ethicist at Harvard: "That just shows that the lines between news and entertainment have become very blurred." Former TV news producer Derwin Johnson, a professor at the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, is appalled. "It's a classic case of technology running the beast instead of a clear editorial process. I don't think there was any reason to go live with this...
...BEGAN AS A HAIL OF GUNFIRE NEAR A NEW York City subway continues as a war of words over police training and attitudes. Two white transit cops sprayed 21 shots at a man in a dispute they deemed dangerous -- only to find the man was a black plainclothes officer, Derwin Pannell. The white officers involved claim Pannell had his gun drawn (he was stopping a fare beater). He says his weapon was holstered and he was startled when his colleagues fired at him from point-blank range. Partially paralyzed, he is suing the city for $70 million...