Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Daily Mail Columnist Sets Off Storm Calling Michael Brown 'Animal' Who Had To Be 'Put Down'

On Saturday, Don Surber, the West Virginia paper's lone editorial columnist, took to his personal blog to offer his thoughts on "police brutality" and the killing of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown.

"This summer I had an epiphany as I watched packs of racists riot in Ferguson, Missouri, in support of a gigantic thug who was higher than a kite when he attacked Ferguson Police Department Officer Darren Wilson, who unfortunately had to put this animal down," Surber wrote.

By Sunday morning, Surber appended an update to the top of the post and crossed out the final phrase of the sentence .... http://talkingpointsmemo.com