The State re-publishes erroneous account

Why would The State newspaper re-publish an erroneous account of the blow-out at the April 28 executive session (assuming it was even a legal executive session) at that day's special-called board meeting.

In the May 22, 2022 "e-edition" of The State, viewable on www.thestate.com, the original article by reporter Bristow Marchant is re-published.

Did The State make errors in the first two paragraphs? 

Or did Teresa Holmes make a false report to the Richland County Sheriff's Department?

The first two paragraphs read:

"The chairwoman of the Richland 2 school board filed a police report claiming that another board member threatened to beat one of her colleagues during a heated exchange at a board meeting last week, according to the report. 

"Chairwoman Teresa Holmes filed the report with the Richland County Sheriff’s Department after a special called meeting April 28, during which another board member reportedly cursed another member and threatened to “beat (a third board member's body part),” according to the report."

Source: e-edition of The State.com, 5/22/2022, Page 6A

When I read the first newspaper article, about May 8th, I thought that three board members were involved: 1. Chair Holmes; 2. "another board member"; and 3. "one of her colleagues".

Pretty quickly I guessed that only two board members were involved: Teresa Holmes and someone else. Why else would Holmes be filing a report with the sheriff's department, just to tattle on two different board members?

And that is exactly how it turns out. Holmes accused McFadden.

Did the reporter mis-read the sheriff's department report? Or is the RCSD report wrong?

I'm still waiting for the sheriff's department to respond to my FOIA Request for the report itself. They gave it to The State. So where is my copy?

This all brought back to mind the false report on file with the sheriff's department after Holmes complained on March 19, 2019 that I had been harassing her. The deputy's report contained many false statements, which is why the case stopped abruptly when I pointed out the lies.

Did the deputy misunderstand each of Holmes' statements on March 19, 2019? Or did Holmes lie when she complained to the deputy? 

Unfortunately, the deputy failed to collect a written statement from Holmes. Had he done so, and if her written statement included each of the lies in the deputy's report, I would have had Holmes charged with Filing a False Report with police.

I can't wait to read the deputy's report of Holmes' complaint on April 28, 2022. I hope this time they collected a written statement from her!