Comments on: Student journalist arrested at University of Wisconsin during protest

By: Guy Freeman

Guy Freeman — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:12:11 +0000

Cameras are scarier than guns.
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By: Michaelk42

Michaelk42 — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:16:30 +0000

Hey, someone finally found the Godwin entry and thinks they’re clever now. Eternal September indeed.

Freelancers are members of the press. You don’t get to decide who “the press” is.
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By: akagoldfish

akagoldfish — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:09:29 +0000

I don’t want to watch the video since I can do without spiking my blood pressure (more than JL already did), but was this the Madison police or the UW cops?

The Madison police are usually extremely proffessional and have a lot of experience dealing with disorderly crowds without reenacting the 1968 Chicago Police riot, where as the University police are well known as over-glorified security guards who like to throw their weight around.

So if this was the Madison police, it would be surprising, while if it were the university police it would be completely expected.

By: akagoldfish

akagoldfish — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:03:58 +0000

Sovereign immunity, and the exact strength of that immunity for police officers exits on a state by state basis. Generally, the south and much of the southwest have strong immunity laws, where as the midwest and east have limited or no immunity from civil lawsuits.

I highly doubt Wisconsin has sovereign immunity, as they culturally have an extremely low tolerance for misconduct by public officials, be they police or politicians (a governor failing to report a Christmas gift worth a few hundred dollars was a major scandal there).

By: Rail Car Fan

Rail Car Fan — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:14:03 +0000

Did anyone here think “Johnny Law” would look at the situation any other way. As I’ve said before: in “Johnny Law’s” eyes the cops can never do anything wrong! After all.. they’re GOD’s and we’re just mortal beings.

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By: Jody

Jody — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:05:33 +0000

Just doing my job Johnny Law, just doing my job.
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By: Frank

Frank — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:00:53 +0000

You want this crap to end? Start prosecuting the pigs for kidnapping. The bonus is that a federal civil rights charge that includes kidnapping or attempted kidnapping is a death penalty case.

By: Johnny Law

Johnny Law — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:04:25 +0000

*chuckle* Didn’t take long for the Nazi comment to come up did it?

It’s obvious there had been a protest and the police were clearing the area. Since it was on university grounds I assume it got declared an illegal assembly. You can see the officers telling people to leave so it’s obvious what was going on.

This “journalist” was not acting as a member of the press. He was walking all around the officers and trying to get involved in the arrests being made. I’m surprised the officers didn’t hook him up sooner.

There is absolutely nothing on that video to warrant the types of comments made so far.
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By: KBCraig

KBCraig — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:17:58 +0000

The first arrest on the video had me chuckling: “You must be THIS TALL —-> to ride this ride”

…and I don’t think that officer measured up.