Quote (Goomshill @ Jul 16 2020 11:54pm)
[URL=https://thefederalist.com/2020/07/16/im-at-a-loss-for-words-the-unraveling-narrative-behind-the-atlantics-defund-the-police-shooting-tale/]https://thefederalist.com/2020/07/16/im-at-a-loss-for-words-the-unraveling-narrative-behind-the-atlantics-defund-the-police-shooting-tale/[/URL]
[URL=https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/07/how-i-became-police-abolitionist/613540/]https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/07/how-i-became-police-abolitionist/613540/[/URL]
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Yeah I saw this, stay tuned. I never draw hard conclusions over things like this in first few days, but it does look pretty fishy.
As someone said, the author (Purnell) replied that Atlantic has some responser, but nothing sent so far. I see 3 possible outcomes
1. Atlantic provides evidence: egg on Federalist face, Atlantic takes victory lap double-down, triple-down on racism. Play not just the race car but the race bower and all race face-cards. will be run 24-7 in US media.
2. Atlantic wrong, admits it: Will not be mentioned much in media. I would hope this would cause some kind of apology from The Atlantic.
3. The-best-defense-is-a-strong-racial-accusation-offfense strategy: Call it Smollet-style. Attack, attack, attack using Atlantic's advantage that they are more prestigious mag, and get rest of media to jump in. Who are you to believer, "The Atlantic" or your own lying eyes?
Reading article it reminds me of the Kavanaugh-attack, has similarities. Emotionally charged, terrible accusation, smears someone (not Kavanaugh, but a whole class of people, police) but very hard to dis-prove; long time ago, note it is not a killing it is shooting someone in arm, no location, no date. Also if you are skeptical you are painted as bad-person, as you are attacking "the victim".
BTW someone mentioned the George Floyd case. I see just about everyone saying totally police fault, but remember the US ideal of innocent until proven guilty. No matter how cut-and-dried a case looks everyone gets a day in court. This website lays out the defense case for the accused officers, pretty interesting.
https://medium.com/@gavrilodavid/why-derek-chauvin-may-get-off-his-murder-charge-2e2ad8d0911