Busybody
We are ALL BUSYBODY!
- Joined
- Jan 23, 2011
- Posts
- 55,323
NY Times Scrubs Part Of Article Where Cop Shooter’s Family Confirms He Was Protester, Re-Inserts It After Being Caught
Screen Shot 2015-03-15 at 3.31.57 PM
Via Breitbart:
In a story published Monday, The New York Times reported online that family members of Jeffrey Williams, the 20 year-old man suspected of shooting and wounding two Ferguson police officers, confirmed that Williams had been one of the Ferguson protesters. This morning, at the same url, that crucial piece of news disappeared from the story. No update or editor’s note explained the removal (that has now been returned).
The original New York Times report informed readers of Williams’ role in the Ferguson protests:
“After Michael Brown, he was out there protesting,” an uncle, Mark Mooney, 35, said, referring to the black teenager who was shot and killed by a white Ferguson officer in August. “He had his shirt on. He had his signs up. After that, when things died down, he died down with it.”
Relatives and friends of Mr. Williams said he had taken part in demonstrations but said he was not a protest leader or organizer.
Keep reading…
We exposed the protesters’ efforts to disavow him and the media’s seemingly blind acceptance of their word. We found information almost immediately after Williams was named as the suspect that he was a protester, noting that Bassem Masri, a protest leader, recognized him, although tried to create distance by saying he wasn’t a “regular protester”. Additionally, Williams was a friend of witnesses Dorian Johnson and Piaget Crenshaw, and had at least a few posts referencing the protests. He even had a post suggesting he was about to go loot.
Screen Shot 2015-03-15 at 3.31.57 PM
Via Breitbart:
In a story published Monday, The New York Times reported online that family members of Jeffrey Williams, the 20 year-old man suspected of shooting and wounding two Ferguson police officers, confirmed that Williams had been one of the Ferguson protesters. This morning, at the same url, that crucial piece of news disappeared from the story. No update or editor’s note explained the removal (that has now been returned).
The original New York Times report informed readers of Williams’ role in the Ferguson protests:
“After Michael Brown, he was out there protesting,” an uncle, Mark Mooney, 35, said, referring to the black teenager who was shot and killed by a white Ferguson officer in August. “He had his shirt on. He had his signs up. After that, when things died down, he died down with it.”
Relatives and friends of Mr. Williams said he had taken part in demonstrations but said he was not a protest leader or organizer.
Keep reading…
We exposed the protesters’ efforts to disavow him and the media’s seemingly blind acceptance of their word. We found information almost immediately after Williams was named as the suspect that he was a protester, noting that Bassem Masri, a protest leader, recognized him, although tried to create distance by saying he wasn’t a “regular protester”. Additionally, Williams was a friend of witnesses Dorian Johnson and Piaget Crenshaw, and had at least a few posts referencing the protests. He even had a post suggesting he was about to go loot.
Similar threads
