What year are you living in? 1955?
It is absolutely not "one or the other". WAPO has no idea of the facts.
They are constructing the Narrative. For the architects of the Narrative, what actually happened, what the law actually says, and what precedent from other cases dictates is of ABSOLUTELY NO SIGNIFICANCE WHATSOEVER.
Sorry if my comments went over your head. The basic meaning is 100% consistent with what you parroted back.
Living in 1955 sounds pretty good.