Reinforcements Coming! Lake Worth PBSO Haters get help from the New Times

Click title above for video from November 2010 when Lake Worth PBSO District 14 Captain Silva volunteered to go to Haiti and help after that devastating earthquake. Do you remember that video?

Screen grab from 2010 YouTube video

This story by Ray Downs at the New Times comes just in the nick of time for our Lake Worth PBSO Haters. With our municipal election only 23 days away they needed some help. When you read the story note the logical leaps and outright deception similar to a former writer at the New Times, Fire Ant.

Here is a sample from Ray Downs' "story":

In Haiti, anti-goverment [sic] protests have rocked the island nation over the past two months as thousands of people have taken to the streets over a wide range of issues, including delayed elections and high fuel prices. Often, Haitian police have fired tear gas to suppress the crowds, which gives the Palm Beach Sheriff's Office a direct link to the unrest in Haiti, because it donated some of the gas masks police wear [in 2010] when firing tear gas on protesters.

See now how journalism works at the New Times? This is a propaganda tactic called Affirming the Consequent. It works like this:

1. If P, then Q.
2. Q.
3. Therefore, P.

Now applied to Ray Downs' article in the New Times:

1. Haitian police are suppressing protesters with PBSO donated supplies.

2. PBSO donated supplies are helping the Haitian police suppress protests.

3. Therefore PBSO is engaged in the suppression of the Haitian people.

See how easy that is? This is the kind of "yellow journalism" the little City of Lake Worth has to put up with every election cycle. Make no mistake, this article by Ray Downs is specifically written to help a certain Lake Worth Commissioner and another Lake Worth candidate. No doubt about it. Should I name them?

Here is how Ray Downs ends his ridiculous article:

It's unclear how much crowd control gear PBSO has donated to the Haitian police force. PBSO did not comment on the volunteer effort.

Meanwhile, the tense situation in Haiti is expected to continue.

Amazing, how did this get article get past the news editors at the New Times?