Everyone can agree that Nicole Aldrete-Ferrini is free to express her opinion on topics, especially when it is about a topic that has grabbed the community’s attention. On Saturday, El Paso Matters published an editorial by Ferrini discussing the recent arrest of community activist, Max Grossman. The problem with the editorial is not what Ferrini expressed as everyone can have an opinion, but rather what El Paso Matters did not do.
What the community knows about the Grossman arrest is that he has been accused of family violence against his former partner and the mother of his daughter. What is known currently is that Grossman has been accused but not convicted of any crime. He has no criminal record, and he and his former partner are going through acrimonious child custody litigation.
To insinuate that “for many women in this city,” Grossman’s arrest “was confirmation” of a violent man is not supported by any known facts…