Oct.24.2007 Journalism is stressful
Imagine the joy I felt when I saw the headline “Miami reporter arrested for bring gun to school.” Imagine the sadness I felt when it turned out to be this crap.
A television reporter investigating a story on school violence was arrested after carrying a loaded gun onto school property, authorities said.
Jeffrey Weinsier of WPLG-TV, an ABC network, was taken into custody Tuesday at Miami Central High School after ignoring several warnings not to walk on school property, Miami-Dade schools police said.
Weinsier began carrying a gun after he received death threats stemming from a series he did about unsanitary conditions at restaurants, according to the station.
There’s a fairly poetic quality to him getting arrested for carrying a gun while going to investigate school violence. It’s like a fable. Or a Darwin award.
I’m not saying Weinsier was on drugs or anything, but before his arrest, he was seen rambling about how his brother needed to stir the sauce and that helicopters were following him around.
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