by sumac | Oct 9, 2024 | Personal Apologies, True Crime Apologies
In the summer of 2023, a fervent advocate for mistreated dogs got emotional on social media about a case in Fresno that was frustrating her. In the process of trying to arouse outrage, she made a suggestion which turned out to be false. Wrong. A dangerous lie. In an...
by snarly | Mar 14, 2017 | Bropology, Institutional Apologies, True Crime Apologies
…you should probably step down. Apologies can only do so much. On that note: Meet Robin Camp! A provincial judge in Canada, he asked the accuser in a rape trial, “Why couldn’t you just keep your knees together?” He also informed her that...
by snarly | Oct 7, 2016 | Institutional Apologies, Personal Apologies, Political Apologies, True Crime Apologies
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) formally apologized for decades of harassment of female members. The apology was accompanied by a $100-million (approximately $75 million American) settlement, ending two class-action lawsuits against the force. And it is a...
by snarly | Jun 6, 2016 | Bropology, Sports Apologies, True Crime Apologies
You all know Brock Turner? Convicted three-count felon? Stanford swimmer? Recipient of an astonishing, articulate and heart-rending victim impact letter, read aloud in court by the woman he sexually assaulted? Dude who could have gotten 14 years in prison but was...
by sumac | Jan 25, 2016 | True Crime Apologies
On the subject of an upcoming Black Lives Matter march scheduled for Martin Luther King Day in St. Paul, MN, someone who called himself “JM Roth” posted on Facebook. JM Roth had advice for people who were inconvenienced. “Run them over. Keep traffic flowing and...
by snarly | Jan 5, 2016 | Religious Apologies, True Crime Apologies
On Christmas, my non-SorryWatch-non-Sumac colleague Mark Oppenheimer published a piece in the New York Times about a New Age spiritual leader named Marc Gafni. Gafni advises such luminaries as John Mackey (of Whole Foods), John Gray (of Men Are From Mars, Women Are...
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