Originally Posted by
J. Barron DeJong
I agree, for the most part. In this instance none of the statements in the Tweet are incorrect, but they may lead the reader to assume a scenario which was even worse than the actual case. (I said it was ‘biased’ earlier, but I don’t think that’s actually the best description.)
Is that intentional? Due to limitation of tweet length? Hastily written?
But if you read the tweet and then the article, and come out thinking you were misled and the police didn’t do anything wrong, I’m not sure how open you are to being convinced of the need for reform.