News Comment #7

Title: Traffic stop yields record amount of marijuana

Lead: A traffic stop Monday night on Nebraska 92 resulted in what likely is the largest amount of marijuana ever confiscated in Saunders County.

I believe this a well-written article with a good lead. I do believe it is lacking in body text a little bit. It has information about the traffic stop.

This is what it says about the stop: “A deputy with the Saunders County Sheriff’s Office stopped a U-Haul truck for speeding just east of Wahoo. Deputies became suspicious that the truck’s occupants might be involved in criminal activity, Sheriff Kevin Stukenholtz said Wednesday.” I feel as if it is lacking in some information. It says that “deputies became suspicious that the truck’s occupants might be involved in criminal activity.” Why did they become suspicious? How they know to search the U-Haul? I feel as if not all questions were answered here.

I also feel it is lacking when they talk about how they used a K9 to help them indicate there was marijuana on the truck. The article never says if the K9 was riding along with the officer or if they had to call in backup and the back up brought the K9 unit with them.

The writed added a great quote from Sheriff Stukenholtz but never added a quote from the deputy that pulled over the vehicle. I would like to hear from the deputy that actually made the stop and “became suspicious” that there was something weird about the men in the U-Haul. A quote could have been a great chance to answer the question that I stated earlier. What made the deputy become suspicious of the passengers? With leaving that information out, it almost makes it seem like the officer was profiling in some sort of way, which I hope was not the case.

Read more at: https://wahoo-ashland-waverly.com/ashland/news/traffic-stop-yields-record-amount-of-marijuana/article_2436a75a-27bb-11ec-935d-2fd4db4081be.html

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  1. Suspicion = Gut instinct? Experience? Or something less acceptable.
    Good questions, Carlie, and related to the idea of showing rather than telling. The writer here is just using police speak rather than translating for the readers.