From Thursday's story in the Sacramento Bee (Sam Stanton) (link added):
More than two years after a Sacramento-area businesswoman was falsely accused of posting racist and hateful comments on the Facebook page for Sacramento's Black Lives Matter chapter, her lawsuit against BLM Sacramento has been settled with the group's founder issuing a public apology….
"On behalf of myself and Black Lives Matter Sacramento, I deeply apologize for my reckless behavior and the harm that we caused Ms. Crowley, her family and her business," Faison said in a 98-second video posted on Facebook.
Faison acknowledged in the video that she should have removed her post about Crowley after Crowley contacted her in 2021 and assured her the messages had not come from her and that she did not hold racist views.
"Nonetheless, I posted on the Facebook website that I had verified Ms. Crowley's identity," Faison said. "I posted Ms. Crowley's city of residence and work and I asked the public to make Ms. Crowley famous.
"Terrible consequences for Ms. Crowley followed, including death threats. Black Lives Matter Sacramento and I were wrong.
"We should have taken the Facebook post down after Ms. Crowley explained to me that she had not sent them."
Here's my post from March 2022 about the federal court decision that allowed the case to go forward:
