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[–] fubo@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

TechDirt here is reporting and commenting on the existence of a news article by another source, namely Reason. The original article is here.

The underlying settlement and court order is here.

[–] Solemn@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 year ago

TechDirt is adding additional information that the Reason article didn't have, including some facts in addition to the commentary.

[–] PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Just FYI, but reason magazine is a center of right libertarian news source owned by the Reason Foundation.

In the past they have been highly critical of all things Urban, and were actively anti-mass transit, which I have found vexxing. Just keep that in mind when reading their media.

https://www.allsides.com/news-source/reason

Fun fact:

Reason Foundation cofounder Robert Poole is an MIT-trained engineer and the author of Cutting Back City Hall.[7] The book provided the intellectual support for Margaret Thatcher's privatization efforts in the United Kingdom.

[–] fubo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's true. On issues of police violence, right-libertarians and progressives tend to be pretty well aligned, though. Right-libertarian authors like Radley Balko have been beating that drum for many years.