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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.

Original Submission

1. "upstart" - https://soylentnews.org/~upstart/
2. "New Jersey prosecutors drop charges over tweeting a cop's photo [Updated]" - https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/08/five-charged-with-felonies-for-tweeting-or-retweeting-a-cops-photo/
3. "dropped its cyber harassment charges" - https://www.app.com/story/news/local/courts/2020/08/07/nutley-nj-black-lives-matter-protest-police-charges-cyber-harassment/3321186001/
4. "reports" - https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/08/07/black-lives-matter-tweet-police-felony/
5. "Original Submission" - https://soylentnews.org/submit.pl?op=viewsub&subid=42586

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