wtf is up with these passively-worded headlines? They saw the guy pour out fuel and light it!
Everyone is a suspect or accused until convicted. That’s how you avoid libel lawsuits
There’s video of an individual spraying accelerant along the vestibule floor up to the office, then igniting the fire. It’s probably safe to call that arson.
They don’t need to accuse anyone to describe the crime.
Headlines about someone getting shot don’t say “Unauthorised discharge of a firearm suspected as cause of bullet entering [person]'s head”
Plus, the local police department just went out and directly called it arson.
This is how journalism has worked in the modern world, idk why you think it’s such a big deal?
They arrested a suspect. It’s a headline post elsewhere on Lemmy.
He just saw a spider nest and was trying to fix it for them.