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kpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 03:55 PM Original message |
BREAKING - All Charges Dropped Against Amy Goodman and Democracy Now journalists! |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
1. Good, cue the "False arrest" lawsuit |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 03:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
38. Damned straight! This can't be let drop. nt |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
2. So what about the bullshit they went through from being handcuffed to |
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Disturbed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 03:59 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I hope that she & the others sue the Police Dept. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 04:34 PM Response to Reply #4 |
23. After I was falsely arrested, my attorney advised that it would be pointeless to try to sue police |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
3. I just saw that too! |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 03:59 PM Original message |
Damn good thing! |
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MadrasT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
5. Woo hoo! |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
6. catch and release program. |
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Fuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 04:02 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Good description, catch and release |
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Sal Minella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 04:34 PM Response to Reply #8 |
22. Catch, intimidate, and release. |
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eowyn_of_rohan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 04:35 PM Response to Reply #6 |
24. exactly. Kept them from documenting the police which was their only real goal |
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Lost4words (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
7. It must have been my calls to the jail that did it! |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
9. Unlawful assembly for journalists????? |
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jayfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
10. The First Amendment: |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
11. WHAT!!! Why weren't they charged as Terrorists? |
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ProgressiveFool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
12. Good, now it's time for her to press some charges of her own, or bankrupt the fuckers /nt |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
13. If it's any consolation, they beat the shit out of a New York Post photographer... |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 04:18 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Seriesly!!11??? |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 04:19 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Yes, seriously. |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 04:28 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. And people think the Fairness Doctrine is dead... |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 04:28 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Maybe the cop beating the guy from The New York Post was the only Democrat on the force? |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 04:30 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. I saw someone with a Ron Paul shirt on today. Kinda surprised me, actually.. |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 04:32 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. It's probably the only shirt he hasn't sold to buy pot. n/t |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 04:43 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. That was the thing, This guy looked like a conservative old grandpa. I would have |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 04:53 PM Response to Reply #13 |
30. Good! Now he knows how it feels to be a liberal. n/t |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 04:56 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Probably not. I doubt anyone else in his jailcell would be his friend. n/t |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
15. Great news |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
16. I guess that settles it then. |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
25. Now charge the goddamn cops! |
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Royal Oak Rog (506 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
26. Good, now she can start her law suit |
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Sal Minella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
27. The message is clear: If you are a journalist, you can be teargassed, thrown on your face, cuffed, |
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dkofos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
29. That's great news. NOW FRY THEIR ASSES!! |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
31. Catch-and-release. The charges served their purpose: intimidation. |
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crickets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
33. "the city will decline to prosecute misdemeanor charges for presence at an unlawful assembly" |
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happydreams (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
34. This is exactly what the fascists love. ... |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
35. Finally some good news today. |
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jimlup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
36. This is great but... |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-08 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
37. Their arrest was simply a temporary stopgap measure to make them STFU in St. Paul. |
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