NY Man Arrested For Tweets »
Posted By Radiofreeeuropa 1 month, 3 weeks ago in News
NEW YORK - A self-described New York City anarchist has been accused of tweeting the location of police officers to protesters trying to evade them during the Group of 20 economic summit in Pittsburgh.
Elliot Madison, 41, described by his lawyer as a social worker and political activist, was arrested on charges including hindering prosecution for using Twitter to inform protesters of the location of the police for the Sept. 24-25 summit, the Pennsylvania State Police said in a criminal complaint.
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hyperbola1 month, 3 weeks ago
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There are two interesting aspects to this.
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The first, as you point out, must mean that the internet was being continuously monitored in real time - the police state exists as you say. We should be demanding to know who was doing the monitoring and under what judicial decision.
The second is the question of whether any of this constitutes a crime, and , if so, what criminal charges.
This could almost be regarded as a public service - informing of where the "hot spots" were so citizens could avoid getting involved in anything they did not wish to be trapped in. It is difficult to see how such an action could be classified as a crime except in a police state. Unless the police can show conclusively that he aided in violence by specific, identified individuals, there is no crime and the case should be thrown out.
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