Five times the RCMP, media catered to the shooter’s trans identity
When reporting on the Tumbler Ridge shooting, both the legacy media and the RCMP seem torn between showing sympathy for the shooter’s gender identity and focusing on the victims.
When reporting on the Tumbler Ridge shooting, both the legacy media and the RCMP seem torn between showing sympathy for the shooter’s gender identity and focusing on the victims.
Whether it is referring to Jesse Strang as a “gunperson” instead of a “gunman” or headlines calling the shooter “female,” the following are the most egregious instances of catering to the shooter’s preferred gender identity.
RCMP referred to Strang as “gunperson”
The RCMP took more than 24 hours to release the identity of Jesse Strang, whom they identified by the legal name, “Jesse Van Rootselaar.” Earlier reports by the RCMP only told the media that the shooter was a “female in a dress,” and other reports cited Strang as a “gunperson.”
The rationale for not releasing Strang’s identity sooner was for “privacy reasons” and to ensure the RCMP had “connected with the appropriate people.”
