Man who started anti-police Web site gets probation for weapons charge

[Dope]

According to Taylor, it was later discovered that White had several aliases...

I'm guessing one of those aliases is TRNewsome

If the story is true, it's pretty horrible, but it just seems really far fetched.

Dope

 

[gripper]

See why I left Massachusetts???All it takes is one ugly cop and your life can get interesting. Thjis huy may be a dirtbag;I wisjh I could tell more about the nature of the original call that sparked the raid.BTW,I do not consider ALL LEOs "ugly",or 'bad"...I have simply hadf a few bad experiences wher eI was NOT at fault;yet on or more were more than willing to take it in that direction.
I STILL can't figure out why they think they can shut down the website. Unless they can claim legitimately that he was inciting or soliciting illegal activity;running child porn or distributing Scottish cuisine (haggis ,anyone???) the focus on th eraind would have had to be the "911-DV" call and "Felon with GUN'( as in REAL felony,not a status change on old cases with new sentencing guidelines).
ANy othe rold Lowell guys here remember Shaunessy or Machado???Those two cops were legends....

 

[cassandrasdaddy]

tnr gilded the lily a bit too much nice try though

 

[cassandrasdaddy]

when you are on probation they can aak for quite a few special conditions

 

[Deavis]

That's some funny stuff, do you really expect anyone to believe it?

Only little kids and people who take their Internet life far too seriously.

 

[Pilgrim]

A SWAT team gets called for a domestic dispute? Isn't this a bit of overkill?

A few years in Lubbock, TX it was. SWAT was called to what was essentially a domestic dispute after the wife said her hubby had guns.

The SWAT sniper shot a team sergeant when he was trying to insert tear gas into the house.

The hubby spent a few nights handcuffed to his hospital bed until the shooting team figured out who shot their sergeant.

Pilgrim

 

[MarcusWendt]

divemedic:

3 Since when does a cop being undercover trump a citizen's right to take a picture and post it on the internet? How does taking a picture compromise an investigation? Secrecy is the handmaiden of tyranny. Secret police are the tools of a police state. If the cops have nothing to hide, they should not mind a little public attention.

In all honesty I don't know where the law comes out in that jurisdiction. My thinking is this. If an officer is working undercover with some dangerous drug dealers or gangs, he gets outed by this guy on the website, very possibly without knowing he's been outed and the drug dealers or gang members kill him, is that o.k.? I mean this guy is putting officers lives in jeopardy.

Unfortunately many people seem to forget that our first amendment rights are not without restrictions. Yell fire in a crowded theater? Print false statements about a person where it does damage? Hate speech? The quickest way to lose a right is to use that right to do wrong. Is it o.k. to threaten the life of another person? You're just expressing yourself right?

 

[divemedic]

That is the essence of the 1A. If you refuse to allow anyone to photograph the police, criticize the police, or even mention their names, then you are officially in a country where the police have no checks or balances.