That is only true if you believe that (a) our laws are just, (b) the police only ever make honest mistakes, and (c) that it is right to arrest anyone who breaks the law. In other words, you have to be so far down the right side of the political spectrum that anything short of a fascist tyranny would appear "leftist" by comparison.

The fact that social media sites often link to biased stories that exaggerate a situation has nothing to do with the political leaning of any particular reader. Please leave the personal attacks on your make-believe political opponent to other forums. Neither rayiner nor jrockway said anything that implies they're "to the right" or don't believe abuse of the law ever happens; they just asked for some other reporting of the situation than a petition site for the defendant.

All reporting is biased in some way; reporters have to choose what facts to report about a story and what sort of wording to use when reporting them. What I responded to was a broad claim that nearly every story about abuses of police power is misconstrued and distorted. That is not merely an accusation of bias; it is an accusation of deliberate bias, and it suggests that the police and prosecutors are victims of a hostile media.

There is nothing wrong or outrageous about assuming that someone who makes such claims has far-right political leanings.