CNN calls brutal murder of South Asian DC Uber Eats driver an 'accident'

An Uber Eats driver was murdered in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, and the horrific events were caught on video. CNN called this crime, for which the suspects are charged with felony murder, an accident. The video does not appear to show an accident. The assault, instead, appears to be very intentional.

Two girls get into Mohammed Anwar's car, and then refuse to get out, driving away with him trying to get the car back before crashing the car, and killing the man.

Yet CNN wrote that "Police said the girls, 13 and 15, assaulted an Uber East driver with a Taser while carjacking him, which led to an accident in which he was fatally injured."

"The scene of the accident that killed Mohammad Anwar after police said he was carjacked," offers the caption on an image showing the crime scene. Police said he was carjacked. CNN said that led to an accident.

And the text reads "The girls, 13 and 15, assaulted Anwar with a Taser while carjacking him, which led to an accident in which he was fatally injured, police said. The girls were charged with felony murder and armed carjacking, police said."

It is unclear how felony murder and carjacking could be considered an accident.

It was pointed out that this is a vastly different take on murder than CNN has otherwise taken. In the wake of a mass shooting in Georgia, CNN jumped to the conclusion that it was an anti-Asian attack, though police reports indicated that the shooter had more personal motivations.

Anwar, who died as a result of being attacked, was Asian, but his murder was not considered by CNN to be part of anti-Asian violence. Why? Writer Asra Q. Nomani pointed out this peculiar phrasing.

The Post Millennial's Ian Miles Cheong noted that CNN has a long history of glossing over violence to suit their narrative.

So did Glenn Greenwald.

Stephen Miller of Spectator US called Twitter's editorial decision into question, as the platform included the modifier "allegedly" in their description.

Comic Tim Dillon sarcastically said "Total accident." And of the suspects, he wrote "They were in wrong place at wrong time! They're good kids! Kids murder in cold blood/ make mistakes."

Two girls, ages 13 and 15, allegedly assaulted the driver, Mohammad Anwar, with a taser and then crashed his car. Anwar was killed, and the two girls are facing felony charges. The girls are from Southeast DC and Fort Washington, Mary., and due to their juvenile status, neither of their names have been released.

There is a GoFundMe to help the family, and Anwar is described as a "hard-working Pakistani immigrant who came to the United States to create a better life for him and his family." Anwar is survived by a wife and two children in the United States, and an adult son and four grandchildren in Pakistan.