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Maybe the district attorney isn't really interested in proving the defendant was on the bridge, but is using this trivial case as a pretext to get at his social
by panarky 14y ago
Maybe the district attorney isn't really interested in proving the defendant was on the bridge, but is using this trivial case as a pretext to get at his social network.
The DA requested not only his location, but IP addresses used to access Twitter plus all email addresses linked to his account.
Source: https://www.eff.org/cases/new-york-v-harris https://www.eff.org/cases/new-york-v-harris
- greenyoda 14y agoDefinitely a pretext. NYC would not expend all those resources just to convict someone of disorderly conduct (which is only a misdemeanor offense). And believe it or not, there are real crimes happening in NYC which the DA might want to spend a bit more time on, instead of going after protesters. As a taxpayer, I'd be very curious to know why my money is being spent on this.