Language Matters: a four-part break down of Chief Brackney's press conference

C-Ville Weekly - "After sharing the results of the investigation, Brackney demanded that Unitarian church leaders “apologize or be terminated,” calling the church’s claims “baseless and race-baiting.”

Is Chief Brackney the Terminator? "Church leaders, apologize or be terminated!" I mean, at first I thought this was just a funny grammar mistake, but then I noticed that The Daily Progress ["Brackney...called on the church’s leadership to apologize or be terminated..."] and Charlottesville Tomorrow ["....Police chief calls for church leaders to ‘apologize or be terminated’ for ‘race baiting’] did the same thing. What's going on here?

Let's roll the tape:

Chief Brackney: "There is an aspect to this complaint to which I whole heartedly agree with Rev. Olson Peebles. Action and accountability are needed...the call to apologize or to be terminated for their actions should start with Rev. Peebles and their board, who all signed off on this...to included [names of board members]...as well as the…