Newspaper Publisher Arrested for Taking Video at Police Checkpoint (W/Video)

from The Intel Hub

By JG Vibes
theintelhub.com
November 25, 2012

Tommy Russo publishes the Maui Time weekly newspaper in Maui, Hawaii, and he has a history of police encounters due to his independent style of journalism.

This week he was arrested for the second time in the past year, this time for recording a police checkpoint which was set up to collect revenue from people who had minor code violations with their vehicle or registration. . . . Read Complete Report

2 comments

  1. Rwolf says:

    Will News Publishers NEXT get a Cops’ Boot in the Face?

    Considering the direct the U.S. Police State appears headed, I wouldn’t be surprised if next local police threaten news publishers in their offices. Nazi Brown Shirts to shut up reporters beat them up on the street and in their offices, smashed their printing equipment, burned their offices, assassinated journalists. This started in the year run up to Hitler getting German Parliament to pass Hitler’s 1933 Decrees that suspended the Reich Constitution that prior had protected Citizens’ civil liberties and free speech. The U.S. version of similar fascist legislation is the Patriot Act and recent (NDAA) The Defense Authorization Act of 2012.

    NDAA 2012, like Hitler’s 1933 Discriminatory Decrees enforces censorship; refers to the Patriot Act e.g. warrant-less searches of private property and forfeiture of property from persons not charged with crime. Provisions in NDAA 2012 keep the door open for corrupt U.S. police; government agents and provocateurs which there are many, to falsify reports and statements to target any American, group or organization for arrest, indefinite detention, complete disappearance; civil asset forfeiture of their property.

    Almost immediately after German Parliament passed Hitler’s laws, the Reich Government ordered the arrest of German Citizens and confiscated their guns without probable cause or evidence; delegated powers to German Police and other authorities to arrest anyone Nazi authorities claimed attempted or incited public unrest: arrested among others were outspoken Germans, writers, journalists, peaceful protestors and artists. After World War II the East German Secret Police (Stasi) used the threat of Indefinite Detention to forcibly recruit thousands of informants.

    You may have noted NDAA referred to the USA Patriot Act. The Patriot Act lends itself to Government / police corruption; the Federal Government may use secret witnesses and informants to cause arrests and civil asset forfeiture of Americans’ property. Witness(s) and informants may be paid up to 50% of assets forfeited. Federal Government under 18USC may use a mere preponderance of civil evidence, little more than hearsay to Civilly Forfeit Private Property. Under the Patriot Act innocent property owners may be barred by government knowing the evidence federal government uses to forfeit their property.

    Sections of NDAA 2012 are so broad, it appears U.S. Government or the President could (retroactively) deem an American’s past 1st Amendment activities prior to passage of 2012 NDAA—supported hostilities, terrorism or (Belligerents) to order the arrest and Indefinite Detention of any U.S. Citizen, writer, group or organization.

    Under NDAA 2012 it should be expected that indefinitely detained U.S. Citizens not involved in terrorism or hostile activities, not given Miranda Warnings when interrogated, not allowed legal counsel or habeas corpus may be prosecuted for non-terrorist (ordinary crimes) because of their (alleged admissions) while held in Indefinite Detention.

  2. dgcrenshaw says:

    Hi Rwolf,
    Thank you for a well researched and presented comment. If more Americans knew this kind of information there would be no need for this site.
    Dennis

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