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Posts from January 2008

4 years ago

Newark Police sued twice in one week over First Amendment issues

Carlos Miller Using subpoena power that you think would be reserved for criminal investigations, Newark Police obtained the IP address of four police officers who posted anonymous criticisms against the department on a website that discusses local issues and politics, according to the New Jer [...]

4 years ago

Dooces are wild and lawsuits are flying

Carlos Miller With so many people losing their jobs over their blogs these days, it’s no wonder why South Florida blogger Rick was so insistent about remaining anonymous. On Monday, a Miami Realtor named Lucas Lechuga was fired over something he posted on his Real Estate blog, accordi [...]

4 years ago

Miami reporter sues police for false arrest

In an incident that was captured on video, Local 10 reporter Jeff Weinsier was arrested in October on charges that he was “trespassing on school property”. However, the unedited video of the incident shows that at no point was Weinsier ever standing on school grounds. The Mi [...]

4 years ago

Once hailed as an "activist", now accused of being an "elitist"

Marc Sarnoff’s next memo to himself should be a reminder to think before he speaks. The Miami City Commissioner, who ran for office as a voice for the people, revealed that he is just as discriminatory against lower-income folks as any Miami politician who is in the pocket of develop [...]

4 years ago

Seattle police dish out $8,000 after wrongful arrest of photographer

Armed with nothing but a camera, Seattle photographer Bogdan Mohora was thrown in a jail cell last November and told he could be charged with disorderly conduct, inciting a riot and endangering a police officer after he photographed police making an arrest on a public street. He was stan [...]

4 years ago

Another New Jersey photographer gets arrested for photography

New Jersey police have apparently taken on a Soprano-like attitude towards photographers. Today’s article is about a photographer from the Herald News, a paper based out of Passaic County, who was arrested after taking pictures of a house fire. Yesterday’s article is about a [...]

4 years ago

Editor sues Newark police after getting arrested over photographs

Update: The photographer’s name is Geraldo Carlos. As of today, he has not been deported. Carlos Miller What is it they teach these officers in the police academy anyway? Obviously not basic First Amendment rights because these arrests continue to happen. But this case will prob [...]

4 years ago

A sign of the times for the L.A. Times (and the Sun-Sentinel)

It wasn’t too long ago that I considered The Los Angeles Times the best newspaper in the country. It was just as thorough, compelling and international as The New York Times, but with much better writers. Whereas the New York Times maintained a degree of Fifth Avenue pretentiousness, [...]

4 years ago

Snubbed by the Palmetto - Episode V

The Saga Continues Episode I Episode II Episode III Episode IV By Carlos Miller One month after he announced he could no longer blog because his anonymity had been threatened, Stuck on the Palmetto blogger Rick made another announcement: That he is launching a new blog. Th [...]

4 years ago

Miami police officer says, "They can stick that blue line up their ass"

Carlos Miller Miami Police Officer Geovani Nunez is one of those rare breeds of officers who doesn’t give a damn about that Blue Code of Silence that requires officers to remain silent about the misconduct of fellow officers. Not surprisingly, he ended up getting reprimanded by the de [...]

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