Simon & Schuster Reverses, Won't Distribute Book By Officer In Breonna Taylor Raid

[crickets]

https://www.npr.org/2021/04/16/988024774/simon-schuster-reverses-wont-distribute-book-by-officer-in-breonna-taylor-raid

Simon & Schuster has scrapped its plans to distribute a book written by one of the Louisville police officers who shot Breonna Taylor, after news of its publication ignited widespread criticism.

Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly was not charged over his involvement in the botched narcotics raid that killed the 26-year-old Black woman last March. His plans to publish a book about the case were revealed Thursday by the Louisville Courier-Journal, which it said learned of them after he contacted a staff photographer seeking to use a photo from last year's protests. [snip]

It will be edited and published by Post Hill Press, a Tennessee-based company that says it focuses on "pop culture, business, self-help, health, current events, Christian, and conservative political books." Some of its high-profile clients include conservative commentator Dan Bongino, far-right activist Laura Loomer and embattled congressman Matt Gaetz. [snip]

But news of the book deal angered scores of critics, who said they viewed it as an attempt to seek fame and profit off of Taylor's name. [more]

*sigh* but somebody's still going to see that it's printed and distributed. Yech. I hope they lose tons of money over it.

[catrose]

1. I wonder if they paid a kill fee. For him, that's the best of both worlds: He gets paid but doesn't

Have to turn in a book.

[royable]

3. Working title: "Veni, ego iecit, me occidistis"

or something like that. ("I came, I shot, I murdered.&quot

[regnaD kciN]

4. Threats of boycotts work...

[Hassin Bin Sober]

5. Cancel culture!!