I'm sure that any one of the numerous white people on Gawker's staff would have no problem approaching two armed police officers in a rural area and pulling this gun slowly out of his waistband. If he's still around after, he can write a post on how it all went.

"Other facts you seem to be missing: Darren Wilson stopped Brown for jay-walking. He did not know about the theft. "

When you wrote that you were wrong, you linked to the more moderate story and should have linked to your initial story: "Is the UVA Rape Story a Hoax?" Asks Gigantic Idiot. That story is found here (http://jezebel.com/is-the-uva-rap…).

Any thoughts on the litigation privilege in California which protects not only statements made during the course of litigation, but also things said in anticipation of litigation?

Gawker doesn't really sell news anymore, it sells outrage ... real, manufactured or other ... that and cats on a roomba now and then. No, there is no introspection and will never be any. Max, the editor, knows something about how Gawker is run: "To be clear, ...Gawker is not, and never has been, 'classy' or…

"He gets things wrong a lot ... The monstrous travail turned out even worse than expected; he appears to have doxxed the wrong girl."

Uber blatantly violates, and has made little attempt to comply with, any of the city Municipal Code sections that regulate taxis and livery services. Sure, it argues that it's not a taxi service, that it's a "ride sharing service," but that claim doesn't hold water under even the lamest of scrutiny. These code…

I'd be interested to know to what extent the media's initial portrayal of the story influenced the end results of the poll. After all, Gawker reported the officer of being guilty the day after the shooting took place, with very little details available and based entirely on the account of Dorian Johnson, which was…

Yeah, actually the apology was quite good. I guess I would have liked equal dignity with the original takedown piece and a headline acknowledging the screw up. You're probably right about the demographics, but I have this uncomfortable gnawing suspicion that a lot people see this site as actual news.

The Gawker family of blogs has an entire business model around taking the sketchiest initial accounts of a controversial event and then immediately running a strongly worded piece based on an incomplete picture with zero independent fact checking. That's what Gawker does. This is all done in exchange for clicks of…

I think my general take on this (and reasonable people can disagree) is that Dorian simply isn't credible on a lot of key points, he has to be the main witness. And basically I'll rest on the previous points I made in support of that position, along with the links I sent over. There was a lot of certainty and strong…

While it's not testimony and he wasn't under oath, people got fired up on statements made by Dorian Johnson. The outrage was based on his TV appearances. We wouldn't be talking about this were it not for his TV accounts. So the accuracy of those matters a great deal. Looking back at the Washington Post article, on the…

"Of particular interest for evaluating Wilson's testimony is the location of the 12 shell casings recovered. Two of them were recovered close to Wilson's car, conforming to his testimony about his firing two shots there (vol. V, 226:4). After that, the remaining 10 casings were recovered adjacent to (or behind) the…

I actually don't think the facts have mattered much in this case. After all, this blog convicted the officer on the day after Brown was shot. (http://tinyurl.com/pkh6prz) Mike could have been charged with a strong-arm robbery, which is a felony, for what he did at the corner store. Another felony is attacking an…

The prosecutor has the burden of proof and it starts out at probable cause and then makes its way up to beyond a reasonable doubt. Witnesses aren't perfect and I think juries understand that, but I do think Dorian Johnson hobbles any decent case that a prosecutor might make. Fresh out of the gate, he does the TV…

Yeah, from a practical standpoint and rightly or wrongly, I just don't think someone is going to disturb the findings of the grand jury. My recollection is that there's an outstanding civil rights investigation against the Department and a possible civil trial, although that might have its own problems despite the…

My two cents as to your comments is that the criminal justice system rarely provides (and isn't required to provide) a perfect process, only a fair process. So you have pointed a number of failures in the process (bagging of evidence, handing out the wrong statute, etc.) and the question will be whether the overall…

It says a lot about this country that in order to stay alive, you have to bank on your dog to jump in front of bullets for you.

What questions would you propose asking the prosecutor? The two big complaints seem to be (1) while the prosecutor presented 5 different charges, he didn't specifically recommend one and (2) he presented too much evidence. What's your complaint(s) besides you don't agree with the outcome?

The link I posted cites less to opinion and more from verbatim testimony before the grand jury. I added it for the purpose of basically linking to the transcript.