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...
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.