What is a “McElree”?
an unidentified McElree approached
this post was submitted on 04 Mar 2026
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"the borough’s police chief and borough manager, Scott McElree"
Sounds pretty identified to me.
Unidentified as in plain-clothed.
Nah they called that out separately.
an unidentified McElree approached students while in plain clothes
I'm not defending how this was written, but they were clearly reinforcing how the person was unidentifiable from the students point of view.
"They didn't know he was with the police? How??"
"Well he was unidentifiable."
"What??"
"He was in plain cloths, how would anyone in the public, who doesn't already know what the person looks like, identify him as part of the police?? Also why would a member of the police put a child in a choke hold, in addition to not identifying themselves??"
"Oh. Yeah, I guess you're right"
He wasn't identified by the students before or during the assault to those minors?
Sure, it’s just very odd phrasing.
Better as something like “McElree approached the students without identifying himself”
It reads like “I don’t know what that is but I’m sure it’s a McElree!”
Hey no worries, it was a bit odd.
the whole source is fairly shitty, i mean i don't actually disagree with the opinions it injects into this "news article" but it makes me have questions. it also says that the dude made "explicitly racist remarks" and then goes on to quote something that is implicitly racist at most. i guess if Dave's Big Communist Web Newspaper is the only place making updates on this story then that's what we're posting though