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James "Pat" Wonder has been released from jail on a $10k bond. Wonder is the 65-year-old kidney dialysis patient who was targeted and pursued by a muscular polygraph (lie detector) operator named Donald Pettit in the Pembroke Pines Post Office parking lot recently.

Mr Pettit, who may have been suffering from "roid rage," then aggressively confronted Mr Wonder and was shot by him. Mr Wonder has been charged via Grand Jury with manslaughter.

Wonder is only the latest in an endless parade of little old ladies, cripples in wheelchairs and other misfortunates monetized by the Broward County Justice system to fluff up their stipend while they demonstrate a sullen regard for habeus corpus.

Routine, everyday driving conditions in Broward County frequently include obscene gestures from other drivers, middle finger salutes, insults, epithets and other uncouth behavior. There was nothing unusual about this situation until Mr Pettit chose to pursue Mr Wonder.

But we do not have a comprehensive toxicological report on Mr Pettit, so that we do not know if he had steroids or other dangerous substances in his system. While it is possible that this was a "roid rage" incident, there is no supporting tangible evidence of that disclosed to us at this time, possibly due to slipshod processing. Roid rage cannot be completely eliminated from our contemplations as a contributing factor, however, because of the unusual aggressiveness demonstrated by the decedent, which is consistent with that condition.

In my opinion, The Miami Herald's coverage of this case to date has been tainted by a poisonous animosity toward Mr Wonder. The reportage by Todd Wright has received insufficient supervision by an editor.

Brian Haas' coverage at the Sentinel is more professional.

The Multiplication of Malevolence: Thus, the plan for The Miami Herald, Sun-Sentinel and Palm Beach Post to share "content" has worrisome implications.

"Content sharing" will include: "municipal, governmental, courts and political coverage, police reports and entertainment."

This could mean that maladroit coverage, such as that cited in the Wonder case, will be multiplied all over the state and beyond. "Details" being reported by the Miami Herald reporter in this case amount to little more than malicious hearsay. Misinformation like this will be multiplied in the near future to a pernicious degree, resulting in a lot more mistrials and changes of venue, not to mention defamation of character.

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