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No doubt police should not be above the law and we should call that out. However this article reads more like hyperbolic slander.
by lasky 6mo ago
No doubt police should not be above the law and we should call that out.
However this article reads more like hyperbolic slander.
- john_strinlai 6mo agowhich part is hyperbolic, and which part is slander? (remember that a statement has to be false to be slander)
- singleshot_ 6mo agoIt also can’t be written, or the defamation would be libel, not slander.
- tencentshill 6mo agoThey're leveling some hefty accusations and signing their name on it. It would be monumentally stupid for J.K. Trotter, the author, to say these things without having any proof that holds up in court. If it's false, they would be sued and lose quickly. The data is pretty much all public record combined with standard journalism work.