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alp227

(32,018 posts)
Sun Nov 30, 2014, 01:07 AM Nov 2014

No, the New York Times did NOT publicize Darren Wilson's home address.

Wow. Another right wing meme goes down in flames, as Snopes explains:

When the article drew scrutiny, the Times removed the image of Wilson and Spradling's marriage license and appended the following editor's note:

An earlier version of this post included a photograph that contained information that should not have been made public. The image has been removed.


That redaction led many readers to mistakenly believe that the Times had published Wilson's current residence address and then withdrawn that information due to public protest, but the address published by the paper in the since-edited article was for a law firm and not for the domicile in which Wilson is currently living.
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No, the New York Times did NOT publicize Darren Wilson's home address. (Original Post) alp227 Nov 2014 OP
And my apologies for posting an article earlier implying otherwise. alp227 Nov 2014 #1
So what if they had? ncjustice80 Nov 2014 #2
All due respect, the protesters need to be on McCulloch's doorstep morning, noon KingCharlemagne Dec 2014 #4
Why not both? ncjustice80 Dec 2014 #5
Not only that, the ass-holes turn around and post the NY Times reporters addresses Quixote1818 Nov 2014 #3

ncjustice80

(948 posts)
2. So what if they had?
Sun Nov 30, 2014, 11:24 PM
Nov 2014

There should be protesters on his doorstep, day and night, not giving him a moments peace.

 

KingCharlemagne

(7,908 posts)
4. All due respect, the protesters need to be on McCulloch's doorstep morning, noon
Mon Dec 1, 2014, 12:10 AM
Dec 2014

and night and making his every waking moment a living hell. (Presumably McCulloch's home address is known.) McCulloch is the figure most responsible for enablig the actions of killer cops like Wilson. As such, McCulloch should not know a moment's peace until he recuses himself and allows Governor Nixon to appoint a Special Prosecutor to put the case before a new Grand Jury.

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