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Six journalists could spend up to 10 years in prison after being arrested during protests against President Donald Trump's inauguration.
The Guardian identified the journalists as freelancer Aaron Cantú; Vocativ senior producer Evan Engel; Jack Keller, producer for the online documentary Story of America; independent journalists Matt Hopard and Shay Horse; and RT America reporter Alex Rubinstein.
The group was charged under a District of Columbia statute penalizing "every person who willfully incited or urged others to engage" in a riot causing more than $5,000 in property damage with the potential 10-year prison sentence and a fine of up to $25,000. More than 200 people in total were arrested the day of the 20 January 2017 inauguration; they were reportedly arraigned the following day and will be back in court in February and March.
[...] Another independent journalist and documentarian, Tim Pool, said on Twitter that he and two NBC News journalists were also arrested during the 20 January 2017 demonstrations but released without charges. Pool said that a supervising officer told him "no less than three times" that they were under arrest. NBC News has not responded to our request for comment regarding Pool's account.
(Score: 2, Informative) by khallow on Thursday January 26 2017, @09:49PM
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 26 2017, @10:03PM
You should have a /s at the end of your comment, but somehow I don't think you meant "Good times" sarcastically.
Well, they do have a bit of property damage
Please cite for that bit, all I'm seeing is:
The group was charged under a District of Columbia statute penalizing "every person who willfully incited or urged others to engage" in a riot causing more than $5,000 in property damage ...
So they aren't being charged with directly causing the property damage, they are just being put under the umbrella of "every person who willfully incited or urged others to engage" which is serious bullshit vaguery unless there is actual evidence. Trump made it clear he wants to clamp down on the press and shutdown anyone he doesn't like, and you'd be a fool to think the DC police is not influenced by the politicians that work there.
Those sting stories have nothing to do with the journalists, just more garbage being thrown around in this weird political battleground.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 26 2017, @11:50PM
From GP: Project Veritas
"Veritas" is Latin for "truth".
We're talking about a slimy bunch whose stock in trade is lies.
(This is a grand example of irony, Alanis.)
Reactionary Con Artist James O'Keefe Busted for Dirty Tricks Against Trump Protesters [alternet.org]
Another headline that may put a finer point on it for you:
GOP Con Artist Busted Trying to Bribe People to Riot at Trump Inauguration So He Can Blame Dems [latest.com]
This is the outfit that has repeatedly edited video deceptively and given it to Breitbart. [google.com]
-- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 27 2017, @02:40PM
Thanks for that.
COINTELPRO is effective. It's damned effective. And it's easy as shit. The most effective part is that even trying to make people aware that yes, there really are people who will do this shit, no it's not just being paranoid, just gets you labeled a paranoid nut. Getting video evidence is the only defense against COINTELPRO tactics.
With video evidence, some people might be willing to say, ok, well, this time there were people acting in bad faith. But next time they'll totally take everything at face value and tell you you're a paranoid nut all over again.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 27 2017, @03:43PM
We're talking about a slimy bunch whose stock in trade is lies.
CNN?
(Score: 2, Informative) by khallow on Friday January 27 2017, @06:29AM
Well, they do have a bit of property damage
Please cite for that bit, all I'm seeing is:
The linked articles in the story. One of them shows a burning vehicle.
So they aren't being charged with directly causing the property damage, they are just being put under the umbrella of "every person who willfully incited or urged others to engage" which is serious bullshit vaguery unless there is actual evidence.
I guess we'll have to see if there is evidence. I doubt the vehicle spontaneously caught on fire, but good chance that's on video. There seems to be a lot of video out there these days.
(Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Friday January 27 2017, @03:44PM
I doubt the vehicle spontaneously caught on fire
Well, that kind of depends. Was it an American company's car? ;)
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"