Charges against Michael Schwern were dropped and not pursued by the DA, but this is not the same as an exoneration. That fact is not a statement on guilt or non guilt. If organizations don't want to be associated with him because of that, they do not have to.
> The Ada Initiative continues to host a page devoted to the charges which have been fully dropped against the man in question.
Wouldn't we expect them to keep their pledge not to work with him up and public? What the charges were factored in to their decision, and those factors should be listed.
> There are courts and a justice system for a purpose, and while they may be imperfect, taking the law and justice into your own hands, publicly, in what is almost always a very, very messy situation, is crossing a line I cannot countenance.
Are you serious? The rates of successful prosecution for domestic violence and rape are laughable, people have a right to protect themselves though other means if that's all they have available (that includes rumors).
> The Ada Initiative continues to host a page devoted to the charges which have been fully dropped against the man in question.
Wouldn't we expect them to keep their pledge not to work with him up and public? What the charges were factored in to their decision, and those factors should be listed.
> There are courts and a justice system for a purpose, and while they may be imperfect, taking the law and justice into your own hands, publicly, in what is almost always a very, very messy situation, is crossing a line I cannot countenance.
Are you serious? The rates of successful prosecution for domestic violence and rape are laughable, people have a right to protect themselves though other means if that's all they have available (that includes rumors).