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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 11 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I do not see any of those details mentioned in the entire 5 paragraphs of the article. Is there more hidden behind a paywall or is there another article with that info?

[–] testfactor@lemmy.world 12 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I see no paywall, and I've loaded it a few time (though you do have to scroll past a huge ad to keep reading, which is annoying.) It's way more than 5 paragraphs though.

From the article:

Although Smith and Santana aren’t named in the film and weren’t involved in its production, the lawsuit claims that Santana was serving as the lead detective assigned to the real case, and Smith was the sergeant who supervised the investigative team. The film’s inclusion of real details about the case gives the impression that the characters are based on the plaintiffs, the suit said.

This, the lawsuit claims, has given friends, family members and colleagues the impression that the plaintiffs committed the criminal acts that appear in the film, which include (SPOILER ALERT) conspiring to steal seized drug money, murdering a supervising officer, communicating with cartel members, committing arson in a residential neighborhood, endangering the lives of civilians, repeatedly violating core law-enforcement protocols and executing a federal agent rather than making an arrest.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 8 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Well shit, now I gotta assume some extension in my browser is breaking the page. Gonna have to figure out what.

[–] RogueBanana@piefed.zip 4 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Do you see the read more button at the end? Ideally even ad blockers should not hide that.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 11 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

I see it now when loading with none of extensions enabled or just uBlock loaded, so it's not the adblocker at least.

Edit: After going through each one, it ironically turned out to be my paywall bypasser. Wtf

[–] RogueBanana@piefed.zip 6 points 18 hours ago

Lmao, ig it assumed the read more overlay as a paywall overlay.