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Part of the problem:

It's never a good idea to post in anger, so I held back early this morning after reading this story. Now, fourteen hours later, I'll leave it to you to decide if it was irresponsible for the Herald to publish early and unsubstantiated information that could fan the flames of gang retaliation, going so far as to casually single out an individual. And shame on the so-called un-named "police sources", if in fact they exist, singly or in plural.

No one expects crime reporters to sugarcoat reality but it's too bad when the greed for a scoop overwhelms common sense and good old fashioned public interest.

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