Comments on: Man arrested for Tweeting, which leads to raid on home

By: Frank

Frank — Sun, 02 May 2010 11:01:17 +0000

And parting out their organs after they’re dead, if you’re in New York.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:59:02 +0000

This is crazy! Who would of thought 140 characters could get you arrested. I must be more careful from now on.

By: Randall A. Gordon

Randall A. Gordon — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 05:37:03 +0000

As Jon mentions, the State Department’s involvement with Twitter during the Iran protests create a double standard that is…especially infuriating. Granted, this is an entirely separate agency, but the disconnect is simply ridiculous!

The list of objects seized does cause me to hang my head, but with a slight grin. Makes me wonder what the reaction of modern law enforcement would be to search the homes of, say, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, etc. Or, better yet, da Vinci, Maxwell or other giants of the scientific world. They’d be scared shitless—everything would be a terrorist’s tool!

By: Jon Quimbly

Jon Quimbly — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:53:53 +0000

MP3 of interview with Elliot Madison’s attorney Martin Stolar:

http://archive.wbai.org/files/mp3/091007_190001oth.MP3

The story and interview begin at 15:20.

By: TL Winslow

TL Winslow — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:04:39 +0000

The Achilles heel of the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights is absence of a law allowing the govt. to be arrested and prosecuted by itself. Welcome to my world.

By: Rob Molecule

Rob Molecule — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:21:01 +0000

CNN posted a good updated article on this:

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/10/06/G20.tweeters/

By: Jon Quimbly

Jon Quimbly — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 23:42:23 +0000

An interview with Elliot Madison’s attorney is happening at the moment, check in here after 8pm-

http://archive.wbai.org/

Look for show ‘Off The Hook’ (a show run by 2600 Magazine.) Lots of issues covered, especially the constitutional angles, but also the merits of the search warrant, the items seized, why Twitter was an issue etc.

The State Department protested to the government of Iran when they shut down access to Twitter during the election protests this year.

Yet, when the same thing happens here, use of Twitter to assist protesters … criminalized.

By: Jon Quimbly

Jon Quimbly — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 04:45:57 +0000

Check this out, others during G-20 monitored police scanners, made recordings and posted them on the web:

http://kdka.com/local/g20/G20.police.recordings.2.1229524.html

They claim to have proof of police giving protesters an order to disperse while coordinating over the radio to move in and arrest them.

`The thing has been designated ‘hammer and anvil’ and it is essentially an almost military-like maneuver that is used to indiscriminately sweep an area of people who have a legitimate right to be there and have a legitimate right to express their Constitutional rights,” Albert Petrarca, an activist, said.’

Here’s the capper: “…but police are working with the District Attorney to dismiss charges against any people wrongly arrested.”

Kinda puts me to mind of the NYPD’s plan during the RNC, same kinda tactics.

By: Jon Quimbly

Jon Quimbly — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 04:23:45 +0000

Carlos,

The hilarious thing about the police scanner-internet connection that the cops are pushing, is that live police scanner streams have been available online for years:

http://www.dxzone.com/catalog/Internet_and_Radio/Police_Scanners/
http://www.google.com/search?q=nypd+scanners+recording+OR+listen+OR+audio+OR+video+robbery+OR+protest+OR+shot+OR+shooting

During most large scale protests I’ve covered, there’s usually been an SMS service (run by demonstrators) that delivers updates about protest locations, police presence and whatnot. Whether it’s police scanners, or people on the street posting updates from their iphones, or people just calling each other – it doesn’t matter, the word gets around.