A persistent blogger annoys police -- and winds up in jail.
A 34-YEAR-OLD woman, the mother of a 12-year-old girl, has been locked up in a Virginia jail for three weeks and could remain there for at least another month. Her crime? Blogging about the police.
Elisha Strom, who appears unable to make the $750 bail, was arrested outside Charlottesville on July 16 when police raided her house, confiscating notebooks, computers and camera equipment. Although the Charlottesville police chief, Timothy J. Longo Sr., had previously written to Ms. Strom warning her that her blog posts were interfering with the work of a local drug enforcement task force, she was not charged with obstruction of justice or any similar offense. Rather, she was indicted on a single count of identifying a police officer with intent to harass, a felony under state law.
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11 comments:
Oh, cops NEVER do anything stupid like arrest people in their own homes for calling them A-holes.
You've got to hand it to her, she's bot a set on her to be that bold. BTW Joe, do you know where a transcript of the executives landfill speech can be obtained? It was held during "workin' mans" hours, and according the the schedule, the replays on PAC 14 will also be during........"workin' mans hours"
Big Brother is here! They got something to hide , you know it.
She hit on a nerve and made them
very nervous.
well. if the police was doing there job and not taking so long at it. like a year or more we may not have to get on the blog and (witch) about things to get their attention.
Wow Joe! I stay away from the internal battles that happens between this site and others, but I was personally effecting by the recent passing of Dr. Alvarado's and this is just sick. To even think it up, and then tie you to it! I think you should really address this topic. Thanks
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Joe, you won, the Fat Ass removed the bogas letter, he has been kicking your ass saying you don't check sources etc., and it flies right in his OBESE face. Sieze the oportunity and go after him while he is down
It's not nice to criticize our Masters.
6:07-little sister here. You hit the nail on the head.
This woman seems kind of weird to me. Almost like she was stalking them. What really put it over the top was when she posted the name, address and street view of where the officer lived. Not to mention that this quote
"She has previously advocated creating a separate, all-white nation, and her blog veers from the whimsical to the self-righteous to the bizarre"
It does not suprise me.Don't think for a minute that you have freedom of speech.
She deserves to get locked up. Sometimes bloggers go way too far...hiding behind the Constituton in ways that it was never intended to be interpreted. Get off the computer and go take a walk in the real world.
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