Passion and Prejudice - A

Passion and Prejudice - A couple has drawn big yuks for coming to blows over the movie 'The Passion of Christ':

"The two left the movie theater debating whether God the Father in the Holy Trinity was human or symbolic, and the argument heated up when they got home, Melissa Davidson said.
'It was the dumbest thing we've ever done,' she said.
Davidson, 34, and her husband, Sean Davidson, 33, were charged with simple battery on March 11 after the two called police on each other. They were released on $1,000 bail.

I first saw this on TV and heard this on the radio on Thursday.

And all the broadcast reports, as well as several internet ones, got creative on the next part of the story:

According to a police report, Melissa Davidson suffered injuries on her arm and face, while her husband had a scissors stab wound on his hand and his shirt was ripped off. He also allegedly punched a hole in a wall. "

The bolded part was removed from every story I saw until I read this story Sunday.

So who attacked who first? We don't know - but because the vast majority of the coverage ignored the injuries to the guy, the guy is guilty until proven innocent for a good chunk of the jury pool.

Posted by Mitch at March 23, 2004 05:00 AM