Monday, September 21, 2009

Can someone translate this News & Record article to English for me?

From an article today by Ryan Seals in the (Greensboro, NC) News & Record reporting that the Department of Justice has declined to prosecute the City of Greensboro for discrimination on behalf of black police officers, Seals writes:
"The lawsuit accuses the city, former Police Chief David Wray, former Deputy Police Chief Randall Brady and Detective Scott Sanders of a pattern of harassment and discrimination that included an alleged photo lineup or “black book” of black officers used in criminal investigations."
That is a meaningless jumble.  Try to answer this question: What is that paragraph describing as alleged?

This is the News & Record reaping the consequences of refusing to come to terms with the facts surrounding the "black book." The News & Record has now gone so far down the rabbit hole in avoiding admitting its previous reporting errors, that only gobbledygook can link its previous reporting with the common knowledge of its readers as informed by other sources.

[Update: The article has been edited.]

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