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Drone Journalist Faces 7 Years in Prison for Filming Dakota Pipeline Protests
- Xorbitant 9y agoGlad he was found not guilty. Charging someone with a felony for attempting to report on this seems dystopian to me; if the state is so clearly in the hands of large corporations, something needs to change.
- horsecaptin 9y agoHey does this mean that any automated drone in North Dakota ... say, an Amazon drone... does that mean that Jeff Bezos can then be accused for reckless endangerment and sent to seven years in prison?
- jobigoud 9y agoWell the drone doesn't belong to Jeff Bezos the individual but to Amazon the corporation, fines and punishments for breaking the law aren't computed and applied in the same way.
- theandrewbailey 9y agoWhich is an injustice, because corporations are people.
- angry_octet 9y agoThere needs to be anti-SLAPP laws enforceable against selective law enforcement agencies.
- RichardHeart 9y agoWhich number amendment is the one enshrining "Freedom of the press"?
- AckSyn 9y agoI think it's importance is directly related to its place as it's listed in the Bill of Rights.
- theandrewbailey 9y agoFreedom of the press doesn't exist anymore. It's been subsumed by freedom of speech.