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Friday, December 9, 2016

The Media is Upset over this Fake News by Santa Maria PD?

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The media and press in Santa Maria, California is feeling abused over being fed fake news. In order to prevent two murders and round up a dozen murderers, the Santa Maria Police Chief said two gang members had been deported. In fact they were placed in protective custody. The media screams foul and cites trust. The same media that runs false narratives about police brutality. Do you think the police chief did the right thing?
As Reported by the Associated Press:
Police investigating a notorious gang in a city on California’s central coast issued a fake press release that the chief credited with saving two men by deceiving gang members who wanted to kill them, but the ruse was criticized by news organizations who reported it as fact. 

Santa Maria Police Chief Ralph Martin defended the rare tactic this week when it came to light, saying he had never done such a thing in his 43-year career, but he wouldn’t rule out doing it again.
“It was a moral and ethical decision, and I stand by it,” Martin said Friday. “I am keenly aware and sensitive to the community and the media. I also had 21 bodies lying in the city in the last 15 months.” 

The phony announcement issued in February was discovered in court documents and only reported this week by the Santa Maria Sun, a weekly newspaper in the city 140 miles northwest of Los Angeles.
The daily newspaper and local television stations were unaware the information in the release was false when they reported that two men, Jose Santos Melendez, 22, and Jose Marino Melendez, 23, had been….
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News from The Associated Press

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