Shaun King Posts Bitter Exchange With Don Lemon's Booker, Promptly Gets His Account Suspended
LatestOn Wednesday, New York Daily News reporter Shaun King was asked to appear on CNN with Don Lemon via email. He declined, rather emphatically: “I will never appear anywhere with Don for the rest of my natural life.” King then posted the email exchange on Twitter and Facebook and promptly received cease and desist notices from both platforms, along with threats to freeze his accounts. What happened?
The story begins with a Fox Lake, Illinois, police officer named Lt. Charles Gliniewicz, whose death on September 1 was initially reported as a homicide during a foot chase.
However, on Wednesday, investigators revealed that Gliniewicz had not only committed suicide but that he’d also been skimming from a local youth program that he’d reportedly been helping.
According to NBC News, Gliniewicz had embezzled at least “five figures” from the Explorers youth program over the years and enacted an orchestrated suicide plan when investors got too close to his crimes. One investigator said the late cop used the funds for “mortgage payments, travel expenses, gym memberships, adult websites and loans to associates.”