Thread:Bratpack/@comment-2041242-20150708203648

I had a question about the sentence:
 * 1) The officer standing next to him told Peters that the kid was blind.
 * 2) The officer standing next to him told Peters that the kid is blind.

I personally read the first sentence like the 2nd officer tells Peters that the kid used to be blind, but isnt anymore. I see the word was in that sentence in a way that implies the kid isn't blind anymore at the moment that it happens (the moment he tells that to Peters). the 2nd sentence I read in a way that shows that even though it was in the past (what the word Told shows) because Matt is blind at that moment it is "is". The officer told (in the past) peter that the kid is (at that moment of time, still in the past) blind. 