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originally posted by: DBCowboy
a reply to: Krakatoa
So someone was punished for expressing an opinion.
Yeah, authoritarian much?
darn right he did, if we give them stinking badgers any leeway next thing u know they'll be breakin' into our homes and tamperin' with our womenfolk!
originally posted by: network dude
a reply to: Krakatoa
while I agree, this seems wrong on many levels, I can't help but think of the guy who stripped naked, covered himself with bacon grease and crawled into a badger den, then got upset the badgers attacked him. he had every right to be in that badger den covered in bacon grease.
originally posted by: DBCowboy
a reply to: RowanBean
So opinions are okay, just so long as they are nice?
644:11 Criminal Defamation.
– I. A person is guilty of a class B misdemeanor if he purposely communicates to any person, orally or in writing, any information which he knows to be false and knows will tend to expose any other living person to public hatred, contempt or ridicule.
...it’s important to remember that law enforcement has vast power to suppress expression it dislikes. Immigration activists...Demonstrators protesting police brutality...police departments have allegedly retaliated against citizens.... The Exeter case is a bracing reminder that people with guns and badges often present the most immediate threat to the freedom of speech.
originally posted by: Kharron
If he cannot prove that Shupe covered anything up, then a misdemeanor will put him behind bars for a loooong time. Even if evidence just disappears.
originally posted by: RowanBean
644:11 Criminal Defamation.
– I. A person is guilty of a class B misdemeanor if he purposely communicates to any person, orally or in writing, any information which he knows to be false and knows will tend to expose any other living person to public hatred, contempt or ridicule.
-- www.justice.gov...
Section 242 of Title 18 makes it a crime for a person acting under color of any law to willfully deprive a person of a right or privilege protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States.