INGERSOLL: Viral Ring Video Sums Up Soul Of America In Less Than A Minute
Greetings, Dear Reader,
I’m going to keep this one short today. I’ve got a class to teach on the history of media this morning, and I have zero notes. I’m going up there cold. Just a minor outline and some raw journalism chops.
That’s it.
So let’s get to it.
WE CAN BE HEROES
There’s a lot of terrible news flying around basically all the time now. Virginia is nuts. Minneapolis is totally schized out. California’s a wasteland. Congress is more irrelevant by the day.
Every now and then in the sea of outrage content online, however, you find a gem. One worth saving, and certainly one worth highlighting.
John P. Johnson, 37, of Lorain, Ohio, was free on “community control” for a conviction in 2025 of marijuana trafficking, possession and weapons charges. Each count was a felony, which means he wasn’t carrying a small amount of marijuana when he was caught — at least 200g and possibly as high as a kilo or more. The weapons charge along with the trafficking and possession carries a sentence of up to 5 years.
For some reason, one which you can all probably guess, some judge in or around the Cleveland area decided........
