November 2006

by Jake Erwin

In the Oct. 12 issue of The Stranger, Sarah Mirk reported on the arrest of three (or "two") Olympians at a World Can't Wait rally in Seattle. The arrests occurred after a police officer stole an anarcho-syndicalist flag under the pretense of maintaining peace and order. Mirk, described by The Stranger as being "paid to cover the news stories no one else wants to write," lived up to the description by relying solely on the police report prepared by the officer who instigated the incident for her article. Aside from getting the facts wrong and playing off stereotypes about anarchy, . . .