Alabama publisher, reporter arrested, charged with disclosing leaked information - Committee to Protect Journalists

3 years ago by gAlienLifeform to c/politics

Washington, D.C., October 31, 2023—Authorities in Escambia County, Alabama, should immediately drop all charges against Atmore News publisher Sherry Digmon and reporter Don Fletcher and thoroughly investigate the motives behind their arrests, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Tuesday. Police arrested Digmon and Fletcher on October 27 on charges of disclosing leaked information, according to...
NocturnalMorning 126 points 3 years ago

Arrested for "disclosing information about the misuse of covid relief funds with the school board"... ohhh, probably important to mention the arresting officer was on the school board that was being investigated.

Edit: Misread the article. The last part isn't true.

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Endorkend 55 points 3 years ago

Am I the only one who's surprised how out and in the open corruption has become in states like Alabama?

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Telorand 22 points 3 years ago

No, you're not. It's 2023. We should have more progress than we do. It's like we stalled in 2010 and never really recovered.

On the other hand, Republicans love a strong police state, especially one they control.

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bus_go_fast 9 points 3 years ago
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circuscritic 4 points 3 years ago

I didn't see that mentioned in any of the three articles linked. Did I miss it? If not, can you please provide a source?

I did see that the charging DA spoke at the school board meeting in defense of the Superintendent who's contract was not being renewed. So that sounds like a conflict of interest...

I also like how they're looking for checks that literally say "COVID Bonus". If those actually exist, holy shit, that would be dumb dumb dumb.

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chuckleslord 1 point 3 years ago

I read in the article that one of the two arrested, the publisher, is a member of the school board, is that what you read?

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Coasting0942 40 points 3 years ago

Disclosing information? That’s their FUCKING JOB

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XCraftMC 15 points 3 years ago

they look like if you typed "old man and woman" into dall-e

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LastoftheDinosaurs 9 points 3 years ago
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SatansMaggotyCumFart 5 points 3 years ago

Fifty shades of beige.

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LastoftheDinosaurs 8 points 3 years ago
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Fades 5 points 3 years ago

Perfection

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SatansMaggotyCumFart 2 points 3 years ago

Can you take the clothes off too??

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aeronmelon 1 point 3 years ago

They look like characters from a recent graphical revision of Clue.

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coldv 0 points 3 years ago

Was thinking the same thing.

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SkybreakerEngineer 8 points 3 years ago

Atmore News publisher Sherry Digmon

Publisher, digivolve to: Plaintiff

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