Research has been conducted for several decades on the framing of stories in the media. This study furthers that field by analyzing the way newspaper articles report on the deaths of unarmed people of color at the hands of law enforcement and security personnel between 1999 and 2017 to determine if local and national print media frame these stories using similar terminology and concepts. Tabular and graphical analysis from the Leximancer program, as well as statistical analysis (Chi-square, p < 0.0001), all demonstrate that local and national newspapers do not use similar terminology and concepts when presenting these stories. Therefore, the null hypothesis is rejected.