Please read what this article re RagingInMiami's case

[EFerrari]

and please submit a comment if you can.

http://miamiherald.typepad.com/crime_scene/2007/02/photojournalist.html#comments

[Lost-in-FL]

1. DId you read this response??

Posted by: PlanB | February 27, 2007 at 10:32 PM

This article is about a known traitor who is from Democrat Underground, a treasonous site that has been investigated by the Secret Service and the FBI for threats against the national leaders. The Miami Herald has been notified that they are attempting to make false charges against the Miami Police.

Obviously the cops felt that they needed to control the small area around them while they were doing their investigation. They had no idea who this traitor really was and therefore could not determine if he was a threat to them or not. Better safe than sorry.

These same traitors will call a cop at the first sight of any political confrontation in the street too.

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We have company...

[EFerrari]

2. These are the same slime that stalked Andy.

[Lost-in-FL]

3. You should link this to the GD

Maybe you will get more responses

[EFerrari]

4. In a way, I don't want to promote that slime by doing that.

Carlos knows we're here for him. And, to my mind, that's the most important thing right now.

When you are abused by the police, the trauma can be pretty bad. I want to take my cue from him right now.

[Lost-in-FL]

5. You are right...

I think things should move along, keep it course. We can only hope for the best.

[msedano]

6. i posted earlier, plus a note of consolation

i know a journalist, roberto rodriguez, who was pounded by the LA Sheriff for taking their photo. Rodriguez was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon. The camera. He eventually won a big fat check from The Man. then he went through years of paranoia knowing there were badges out there with his name on them. Read Justice: A Question of Race.

[EFerrari]

7. Is it paranoia when you fear something in shared reality?

I was once arrested for crying in my living room while my white (looking) husband was having a real paranoid episode.

The arrest was demoted to a "detention", whatever the hell that means - probably a legal term to minimize their liability.

I'm very concerned about our journalist vatos. Twice the opportunity to be abused. :(

[RagingInMiami]

8. Hey sfexpat2000

Thanks for all the support over this incident. This is not going away any time soon. My arraignment is on Wednesday and that should only be a few moments, long enough for me to enter a "not guilty" plea.

Once I clear myself of my criminal charges, which I am very confident I will, then I can proceed with a civil suit against the police.

The Society of Professional Journalists have been supporting me 100 percent through this tribulation.

First they sent a letter to Miami Mayor Manny Diaz and Miami Police Chief John Timoney demanding an investigation into the arrest. Then they agreed to provide a $1,000 towards my legal fund. And then they acquired one of the nation's top media lawyers to represent me pro bono during my civil suit.

It's all on this link.

http://www.spjsofla.net/spj/foi_miller

The $1,000 SPJ gave me will pay for the criminal lawyer I am going to hire next week. I spent all last week talking to various criminal lawyers and I found one I like. The publisher of www.category305.com - the site I was on assignment for that night, is also putting up a $1,000 towards my legal funds.

And the lawyer I chose agreed to take $2,000 although he normally asks for $2,500 as a retainer. I'm hoping he can get this dismissed without having to go over the $2,000.

Of all the criminal lawyers I spoke with last week, he was the one with the one with the lowest profile. Also the one who charged the less.

But he also seemed the most aggressive and seemed the most interested in my case.

[Lost-in-FL]

9. HEY!!!

Happy to know everything is working out so far!! Good luck!! :hi: :hi:

[RagingInMiami]

10. Yes, everything is working out, but this is still consuming much of my time

However, it needs to be done or else the cops will continue squashing our First Amendment rights. Here is the latest article, complete with Freeper comments at the bottom.

http://www.category305.com/media-watch/miami-journalist-vs.-police-2.php

[EFerrari]

11. I'm SO happy to hear this.

And if it does go over the $2K, maybe we can have a DU rent party. :hi:

[RagingInMiami]

14. Hell, even if I doesn't go over the $2k

I say we still have the party.

The Society of Professional Journalists said they will be in a position to grant me more money if it does go over. They've proven to be true.

[EFerrari]

18. It's a great group. They support projects like those newspapers

that the Homeless Coalition publishes and then gives to street vendors so they can sell them. Good people.

[EFerrari]

12. Carlos: Did they arraign you or did they drop it? Please update u.s

[RagingInMiami]

13. They postponed it

I got the notice yesterday. No reason given. No rescheduled date given.

My lawyer said they've been doing it to a lot of cases so I guess they're backlogged, thanks to all the dumb arrests.

[EFerrari]

15. I bet you a coupon to Ben and Jerry's they'll drop it.

:-)

[RagingInMiami]

16. That would be a sucker's bet

If they don't drop it before the trial starts, then they'll be forced to drop it when we put each one of the cops through a deposition, where they will be sworn under oath to recite the story.

I almost want this to happen.

[EFerrari]

17. They've already lost the criminal case. The question maybe

if a dropped criminal case helps you more than a botched one.

[RagingInMiami]

19. That's a good question

A botched case might help in my civil suit, but a dropped case might be quicker (as well as cheaper) and allow me to proceed with my civil suit.

[EFerrari]

20. You take care of yourself, my friend. Let us know if anything is needed.

And kick ass. :evilgrin: