By now everyone knows about the outcome of the first Michael Slager trial here in Charleston...

But did you hear about the protests? Did you see the pictures?

Here, courtesy of NBC's The Today Show:



NBC and The Today Show ran is photo to show the people of Charleston taking to the streets to protest the mistrial verdict. Apparently the truth just didn't make for good copy:



That's right...

They issued an apology today, offered no explanation as to how a photo of a Baltimore protest about Freddie Gray from 2015 could have possibly been mistaken for Charleston 2016...


How about they needed optics to better fit their narrative and the calm, restrained demeanor of the people of Charleston didn't work?