Drag queen cleared of wrongdoing after heavily edited video circulated on social media (ID)

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A drag queen accused of indecent exposure in a heavily edited social media video has been cleared of wrongdoing after an investigation by Coeur d'Alene police and city prosecutors. #idleg #idpol

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No crime at drag show, prosecutors say
A drag queen accused of indecent exposure has been cleared of wrongdoing after an investigation by police and city prosecutors.
4:21 PM · Jul 2, 2022 from Boise, ID

https://bonnercountydailybee.com/news/2022/jul/02/no-crime-drag-show-prosecutors-say-snp/

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The edited video first appeared June 12 on The Bushnell Report, a North Idaho-based Facebook page operated by Summer Bushnell.

The Facebook post claimed the dancer’s genitals were exposed to the crowd and called for the dancer’s arrest, urging the public to contact police and the Idaho Attorney General’s Office.

The post garnered thousands of views, as well as hundreds of shares and comments expressing outrage.

What appeared to be an unedited version of the video, without blurring, surfaced on social media the following day. No genitals were visible.

“I obviously don’t agree,” Bushnell said Friday in a statement emailed to The Press.

The same statement appeared on The Bushnell Report Facebook page.

Bushnell maintained that the unedited footage — which prosecutors confirmed showed no genitals — is too graphic for her to share on social media.

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Bushnell is a sociopath. Endangered this performer knowingly, refuses to accept responsibility.

[Skittles]

1. the dancer should sue Bushnell

this is egregious

[exboyfil]

9. Idaho court though

You are right if a bakery can get $30M for college personnel handing out a few flyers, then what should this performer get for a false accusation of a crime?

[uponit7771]

10. +1,

[The Magistrate]

2. Ridiculous On Its Face, Ma'am

After all the work of tucking things in and flat, genital exposure is the last thing a drag performer might be expected to do....

[Nevilledog]

3. Speaking from personal experience?

Now I have a vision of you strutting around in high heels and a powdered wig.

[The Magistrate]

4. I've Been In Some Strange Rooms, Ma'am

It was quite the adventurous youth....

[Nevilledog]

5. 😍

[Generic Other]

6. Such crap

Makes me sick. Try to ruin people's lives like that.

edit to add: The photoshop must have been pretty lame. Like not merging foreground and background? Open the image in PS again and you can click on off the layers. Talk about morans!

[JI7]

7. Bushnell should be in prison . This was putting a target on someone

with false accusations .

[blogslug]

8. I wonder if Summer Bushnell has associations with Patriot Front?

Note, she posted that edited video the day after members of Patriot Front were arrested for attempted riot in Coeur d'Alene.

The arrest was June 11 in Coeur d'Alene: https://www.krem.com/article/news/local/names-of-31-arrested-for-conspiracy-to-riot-in-coeur-dalene/293-0d08a565-0431-49fd-bdc1-8158af217a32

Bushnell posted the edited video to her FB page on June 12: https://bonnercountydailybee.com/news/2022/jul/02/no-crime-drag-show-prosecutors-say-snp/

The questions I would ask:

1. Was Bushnell (and Patriot Front) part of a coordinated effort to foment violence against LGBTQ+ persons?

2. Or did she post the vid to deflect the attention, ridicule and ire that Patriot Front members earned by getting caught and arrested?

As for the editing of the video, is anyone familiar with Jimmy Kimmel's "This Week in Unnecessary Censorship" bit?