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Five charged with felonies for tweeting or retweeting a cop’s photo
- echlebek 6y agoI hope they get good lawyers and tell the prosecutors to pound sand. What a sick joke.
- quickthrower2 6y agoYes and can they sue for this too? Not sure how it works but this does sound it is like creating unfair stress for people to have to now defend themselves because they retweeted something or expressed an opinion on twitter.
- perl4ever 6y agoI have the impression that being charged with a crime has permanent consequences even when it is rapidly dropped. There may be rules about how people and organizations aren't supposed to hold it against you, but if records are retrievable then it won't go away. Someone with more legal knowledge might chime in, but I feel like I've seen questionaires asking something like "have you ever been arrested, charged, or convicted of a crime..." It's like in court when the judge tells the jury to disregard something, can they ever really do that 100%?
- 9HZZRfNlpR 6y agoFreedom of speech doesn't mean freedom from consequences, in most of the jurisdictions harassment is a crime and its for the courts to decide.
- quickthrower2 6y agoThats the question. Is this harassment? Is the retweet harassment?
- klyrs 6y ago> 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. Sometimes a little publicity is all the defense you need.
- spinny 6y ago"If anyone knows who this bitch is throw his info under this tweet." - it's not just "tweeting a cop's photo"
- klyrs 6y agoTrue, it's not just a photo; it's also a request to identify a police officer, which has legitimate purposes. Unless you think that calling a police officer a bitch is a felony.
- tootahe45 6y agoIt's usually a request to get their address, get their family members fired, etc. BLM people on Twitter are truly disgusting.
- jonnydubowsky 6y agoWhat's the sample size of "BLM people" that you surveyed to come to this conclusion?
- kwistzhaderach 6y ago“On twitter” is redundant
- MaximumYComb 6y agoWorded as such it does appear threatening. If someone tweeted that about me I would feel worried about my personal safety and that of my family. The law specifically states that placing a reasonable person in fear for their safety via online communications is a crime. If you're going to request personal information for a legitimate reason then you should word it in a non threatening manner.
- op00to 6y agoYou aren’t a public official. Police officers are. You’re entitled to privacy. Police officers on official duties are not.
- zxcvbn4038 6y ago“People should not be afraid of their governments, governments should afraid of their people” https://nypost.com/2020/08/07/nypd-backs-down-from-bust-of-cop-assault-suspect-sources/ https://nypost.com/2020/08/07/nypd-backs-down-from-bust-of-c...
- aspenmayer 6y agoThe behavior of these cops is deplorable.