REV is Right – This is Appalling

This is some fucked up shit wrapped in racism and money:
Last week state Senator Darius Brown was arrested on charges of offensive touching and disorderly conduct after police claim he punched a woman with whom he was dining at a North Wilmington restaurant and threw a water glass, breaking it, before leaving the establishment. Brown turned himself in to the Delaware State Police a few days later.  The State Police issued a press release including Brown’s booking mug shot and held a press conference regarding the incident.  The local media accordingly ran the police narrative and many outlets included the mug shot.  DelawareOnline had to subsequently add this editor’s note exposing the fact that they had simply reported exactly what the police gave them:
This story has been updated to reflect the correct date. Delaware State Police initially gave an incorrect date for the incident in a press release.
The story was picked up by the Philadelphia affiliates of NBC, ABC, CBS and FOX,  All duly ran the mug shot as well.

DL Open Thread Tuesday May 25th 2021

Florida and Texas are like two drunks at a wedding boastfully yelling about being the biggest drunk at the wedding. In this week’s episode, Texas says even the most meager attempts to keep guns out of the hands of school shooters is tyranny. Florida answers by attacking ‘Big Tech’ and stroking Trump’s fragile ego. Also, what happens if the Cyber Ninjas report that Donald Trump really was the winner of the election? I mean, other than Chris Coons releasing a statement announcing the Super Secret Bipartisan Caucus is about to spring into action and release a sternly worded statement – what happens? But first, the worst song in the modern era is…