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Texas man arrested after allegedly punching poll worker who told him to remove political hat (abcnews.go.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by Powderhorn to c/usnews

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This is the craziness we face in Texas in one tidy package. There are a lot of well-meaning public servants below the state level. (And yes, I know this could easily trigger ACAB responses, but I like to reserve those for when someone is actually being a bastard. It's not like we're lacking opportunity.)

[Bexar County {home to San Antonio} Sheriff Javier] Salazar said there have been several minor incidents since early voting started in the county, including a "swatting-type call." He said he wanted to "bring down the tone of what's going on out there."

"Look, nothing here is worth getting hurt for going to jail for. This election is going to happen one way or another," Salazar said. "One side is going to win; one side is going to lose. That's just the nature of things.

"But there's no sense picking up a criminal case, picking up a criminal history -- or injuring or even killing somebody in the name of politics. It just doesn't make any sense."

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[–] Powderhorn 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Worth noting but not putting in the body is the amount of editing I had to do to make this adhere to any stylebook. Three grafs, and ABC apparently can't handle that professionally (not that the rest of the story was an improvement -- that's not the original hed, either ... there is a world of difference between "man arrested for allegedly" and "man arrested after allegedly" when the charges are unclear; the latter saves you from a libel suit in the event of exoneration).

[–] JimmyBigSausage@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Isn’t this yesterday’s news? Next item of outrage please ✅

[–] Powderhorn 11 points 2 weeks ago

I would encourage you to be more constructive. If you believe I'm peddling outrage, take a look at the sidebar.