Dayton Daily News: Targeting a Troy judge
Posted by DarthDilbert at 5/20/2008 11:17:00 PMI agree wholeheartedly with someone who commented in Sunday's Speak Up column "Scott Niesley should have been fired, charged with aggravated menacing and put in jail for threatening to "put a cap" in Miami County court employees." Unfortunately though, it seems the Dayton Daily News would prefer that Judge Mel Kemmer abandon his black robe, and wear a t-shirt with a target on the front and back. In today's editorial they attempt to disavow their earlier articles about this incident by saying that Niesley's threats "possibly" included Judge Kemmer.
In the two articles by DDN reporter Nancy Bowman, there was no ambiguity whatsoever. She clearly described the threat posed by Niesley against Kemmer and others. In one article, Bowman described Niesley's threat to kill Kemmer as a "personnel tiff".
They then deliver a jaw-dropping line by saying "Who's more at fault is hard to say." In this, they attempt to portray Judge Kemmer as the one at fault and not the bailiff threatening the life of a judge. Rather than being fired, Niesley received a two-week suspension and counseling. I wouldn't be surprised if Bowman and the rest of the Dayton Daily News editorial board were there to console Niesley and sing Kumbaya.
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