Outraged at what they viewed a lenient penalty, some residents, including the president of the local N.A.A.C.P. chapter, accused the authorities of letting Ms. Potter off the hook to keep her client list secret.
In Middletown, members of the local chapter have accused a former commander, William Novak Jr., of using a tax-exempt charge card in the charity's name to buy personal items and of failing to file financial reports on behalf of the chapter for nine years.
"Hard Choices" doggedly works its way down that list.In the Benghazi chapter Mrs Clinton accuses conservative critics of mounting a "political slugfest on the backs of dead Americans".
On Thursday, the Brazilian chapter of Greenpeace accused the government of betraying its principles, selling out to big business and "disrespecting a commitment" made during last year's presidential campaign.
Rachel Dolezal, the white woman who masqueraded as a black woman and led a Washington state NAACP chapter, is now accused of welfare fraud.
But Leonard Buddington, president of the Yonkers chapter of the N.A.A.C.P., accuses city officials of paying "lip service to those issues".
Barbara Bernstein, the executive director of the Nassau chapter of the New York Civil Liberties Union, accused some protesters of ethnic profiling and drew a parallel between the anti-Muslim sentiment and discrimination against African-Americans.
Turf wars and smear campaigns accusing various chapter leaders of abusing and selling drugs or doctoring chat logs are cropping up weekly on Facebook.
The author focuses first on Dr Wakefield but dedicates a chapter to McCarthy, whom he accuses of having "worked methodically and relentlessly to undermine public health".
Maier, in the last chapter of his book, had accused Cramer of insider trading.
