After 48 hours following the acquittal of Virginia Tech black football player Isimemen Etute for beating to death his white transvestite date Jerry Smith on manslaughter grounds, neither the New York Times nor the localish Washington Post have weighed in on the news to tell their subscribers How to Think about the event. (The Post, which covers Virginia sports teams, has reported on the early aspects of the story in the past.)

But it’s Memorial Day weekend and Etute didn’t kill Smith with an assault rifle, so it’s not a high priority. By the end of this week, though, what will emerge as The Narrative of this news?