Why is it that the snipers who shot at emergency rescuers trying to save people in hospitals and shelters are never mentioned except in passing

Well, they're not just mentioned in passing. They're harped on over and over and over and totally sensationalized by the media. And the sad part about that is that there really were no snipers shooting at emergency rescuers. The people who were shooting were not shooting at the rescuers. They were shooting in the air in order to get the attention of rescuers, so the rescuers would know they were there. I think there's a certain amount of racism inherent in the media's distortion of that story and in the way they have sensationalized it.