The Washington Post dubbed the 41-year-old New Jersey man arrested for alleged intent to “kidnap or injure” outside of a judiciary-themed Catholic mass traditionally attended by Supreme Court justices a mere “demonstrator.”
Louis Geri was not simply a protester who set up camp on the steps of the Washington, D.C., Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle ahead of the special “Red Mass” service dedicated to kicking off the judicial year.
Investigation by the Metropolitan Police Department’s Explosive Ordinance Disposal team and Arson Task Force following Geri’s arrest yielded at least one Molotov cocktail, an incendiary weapon often described and treated by law enforcement as a “crude bomb,” tucked away in his belongings.
As the news developed, WaPo debuted an updated version of the same headline, which further downplayed Geri’s plot and arrest by referring to him as a mere “man with a tent.”