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CNN Reporter Quotes Tulsa Shooting Suspect’s ‘F*

Two suspects are in custody over a shooting spree that left three dead and two critically wounded in Tulsa, Oklahoma on Friday. All 5 victims were black, while the suspects are both identified as white, although the AP reports a family friend described 19 year-old suspect Jacob England as “Cherokee Indian.” In reporting on the arrests this afternoon, CNN reporter Susan Candiotti read, uncensored, a Thursday posting from Jacob England’s Facebook account, which said “Today is two years that my dad has been gone, shot by a fucking nigger.” Candiotti warned viewers beforehand to “Please excuse the language, it’s very sensitive,” then read aloud from that (now-deleted) Facebook account. Here’s the uncensored clip of Candiotti’s report, from CNN: In addition to anchor Fredricka Whitfield‘s apology, TV Newser reports that Candiotti also later apologized, saying “In quoting someone else’s words, I repeated their offensive and inappropriate language. I deeply regret it.” Ironically, th...