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Occupy Wall Street

Judge sides with “troublemakers,” rules OWS class action suit v. NYPD mass arrests may proceed

FAC June 8, 2012

On Thursday, US District Judge Jed Rakoff ruled that the class action suit filed by the 700 individuals swept up in a mass arrest on Brooklyn Bridge in Octboer may proceed, denying New York Police Department officers assertion that they were entitled to qualified immunity from the arrests. The ruling opens with the following: “What a huge debt this nation owes to its ‘troublemakers.’ From Thomas Paine to Martin Luther King, Jr., they have forced

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Opinion: First Amendment protects public’s right to record events in public spaces

donal brown May 14, 2012

Even though a compelling argument can be made for the First Amendment right of journalists, activists and just plain regular citizens to make records of breaking news in public venues, the police have made numerous arrests in these incidents lowering the U.S. rank for freedom of the press.  -db From a commentary for MediaShift, May 14, 2012, by Josh Stearns. Full story    

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Twitter censorship plan provokes outrage

donal brown January 30, 2012

To cries of protest, Twitter announced last week that it will take a country’s laws and culture into account in conducting country-specific censorship. Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, who is also the second largest shareholder in News Corp., recently invested $300 million in Twitter. -db From the Courthouse News Service, January 27, 2012, by Adam Klasfeld. Full story    

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U.S. press freedom plummeted in 2011

donal brown January 26, 2012

Press freedom took a hit in the United States in 2011 according to Reporters Without Borders who ranked contries according to their performance. The U.S. now shares 47th place in a tie with Romania and Argentina. Much of the drop may be based on the harassment, beating and arrest of journalists covering Occupy Wall Street protests. -db From the Courthouse News Service, January 26, 2012, by Adam Klasfeld. Full story  

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