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New Jersey prosecutors drop charges over tweeting a cop's photo [Updated]:
Update (~4pm ET): Mid-afternoon on Friday, August 7, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office dropped its cyber harassment charges against all five defendants, the Asbury Park Press reports. These charges stemmed from an incident involving a Tweet attempting to identify a New Jersey police officer. Our original story on the situation appears unchanged below.
A New Jersey man is facing felony charges for a tweet seeking to identify a police officer. Four others are facing felony charges for retweeting the tweet, the Washington Post reports.
[...] The complaint against Sziszak claims that the tweet caused the officer to "fear that harm will come to himself, family, and property."
"As a 20 year old that simply retweeted a tweet to help my friend, I am now at risk of giving up my career, serving time, and having a record," Sziszak wrote.
(Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Sunday August 09 2020, @10:07PM (5 children)
That'll be nice for you until the police decide you're not on their team any more won't it?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 09 2020, @10:54PM (4 children)
What "team"? Liberal democracy is built on the rule of law, what is wrong with you?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 10 2020, @12:38AM (2 children)
There is nothing wrong with Parttimezombie. He simply sounds like he is more informed than you.
We do not have rule of law in the United States. If you are rich/powerful, the laws do not apply. If you are a cop, the laws do not apply. If you are poor or black, there many more laws that are enforced against you, and the punishments are harsher.
Qualified Immunity (why cops never get convicted of even the most egregious crimes):
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-police-immunity-scotus/ [reuters.com]
Policeman's Bill of Rights (one of its features [in California] is that cops are able to review all evidence and statements against them before making their own statement, so they can tailor their lies-- no one else who is arrested is given this privilege):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_Enforcement_Officers%27_Bill_of_Rights [wikipedia.org]
Black and other minorities disproportionately given harsh sentences:
https://www.sentencingproject.org/issues/racial-disparity/ [sentencingproject.org]
Rich people do not get jail sentences for driving violations:
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-bail-reform-20170816-story.html [latimes.com]
Rich people do not even get held in jail after committing murder:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/apr/25/california-bail-system-tiffany-li-joseph-warren [theguardian.com]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 10 2020, @02:55AM (1 child)
"Wealthy people commit less crime and can afford bonds and lawyers when they do". OMG - call the cops!
(Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Monday August 10 2020, @07:13AM
A “justice system” where you only get justice if you have enough money is not a justice system.
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 10 2020, @01:08AM
"Democracy" and "law" seem to be very elastic terms right now in the US.