Marginalized Victims and Media Bias: The Untold Story of Serial Killer Samuel Little

Abstract

Media Coverage on assault/ Crime The story of Samuel Little unveils how individuals et away with heinous crimes without being notices. The media is an informative tool that we expect to hear from. From Littles case, it has proved vulnerable, and the minority in society faces the pangs of death without receiving justice. Little alludes that 68 of his victims were black, one transgender person, the disabled, sex workers, and drug users. He took pride in killing them, for he knew marginalization is real in society. He even confesses that he could not pick a white teenage girl since she would be missed. This analogy shows that the blacks and the poor in society have been marginalized, making them victims of violation, abuse, and lynching. A stereotype manifested by the media that victims and offenders of crime are black has proven to be true. Little was black, and he mostly offended his black colleagues and knew he wouldn’t be caught up. He killed people across cities and suburban areas and got away unnoticed. He murdered Brosely in cold blood unnoticed. Brosley was a divorced woman with drinking habits and no tied identity. This made it easier for Little to prey on her. Her death was not publicized, for it was dealt with as a mere homicide since she was an alcoholic. The media should be objective rather than subjective. There exists biasedness in the media. If the victim Little preyed on would be outspoken and feminists’ women, the media would be outraged about it. The media should not be biased in its reporting, dig out all the atrocities, and inform Americans. Little should not have performed 93 lynchings without being caught up. He confessed, which can imply that such people in society are silently executing...