The San Antonio Observer has decided not to move forward with a threat to publish the names and addresses of every police office in the city.
The announcement made by publisher and editor-in-chief Stephanie Zarriello followed a statement she made over the weekend during a press conference that drew criticism from across the country.
Zarriello said on Saturday that the staff of the Observer "are looking into the future prospects of publicizing the names and the addresses of all San Antonio Police Department officers in order to protect our community" during a news conference held following the death of Antronie Scott.
She told WOAI-TV that the newspaper has no plans to follow through with the threat.
Instead, she said her intention was to "make an officer think twice before shooting so fast and killing an unarmed person."
The Observer's small staff was inundated by phone calls and voicemails on Sunday from California, Florida, New York and other states as people voiced distain for the newspaper's plans.
