Bloggers Need to leave Paris Texas and Shaquanda Cotton alone

Phillip Hamilton of the Paris News is a little upset with bloggers. Hamilton is a little upset to the bloggers who stated that Shaquanda Cotton sentence was seven years. Hamilton wants these same bloggers to know Cotton is not in prison, but a dormitory-style facility. And last but not least, Hamilton wants these same bloggers to know that Cotton's case is about a criminal act and not about racism.

How come so many bloggers reached the same conclusion and Hamilton didn't?

The problem is that bloggers and talk-radio blabbers in the Metroplex and elsewhere have taken the spark the Chicago Tribune story started and fanned it into flames of outrage against our community. Now, other media are flocking to Paris to write about what one CNN producer told me last week is the "broader story" about how Shaquanda's case is affecting Paris.

Shaquanda's case isn't affecting Paris, but outside influences certainly are.

And that's what got bloggers blogging.