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James O’Keefe sues Hawaii for First Amendment violations over ban on public photography in Lahaina
Post Millennial ^ | 9/23 | Staff

Posted on 09/15/2023 9:50:17 AM PDT by spirited irish

The O’Keefe Media Group filed a lawsuit this week against Hawaii’s Democrat Governor Josh Green and the County of Maui after being told he could not take photographs or video on public land during a trip to investigate the aftermath of the devastating fires that burned the area to the ground.

In hidden camera footage taken during the investigation, law enforcement officers in the devastated area told OMG journalists that due to the governor’s emergency order in response to the fires, they were prohibited from taking pictures or video on public land and even threatened founder James O’Keefe with arrest if he refused to cease

(Excerpt) Read more at thepostmillennial.com ...


TOPICS: Conspiracy; Local News
KEYWORDS: firstamendment; hawaii; heliestopeople; maui; okeefe; police; tyranny
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1 posted on 09/15/2023 9:50:17 AM PDT by spirited irish
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To: spirited irish

what part of the text of the First Amendment are they confused about?


2 posted on 09/15/2023 9:53:43 AM PDT by patriot torch (..)
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To: spirited irish
due to the governor’s emergency order

That's a nice Constitution you have there, but the Governor says it's no good here.

3 posted on 09/15/2023 9:54:50 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (They say "Our Democracy" but they mean Cosa Nostra.)
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To: spirited irish

Gotta love all these Governors who think they have unlimited powers.


4 posted on 09/15/2023 9:58:33 AM PDT by alancarp (George Orwell was an optimist.)
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To: spirited irish

That young man keeps his lawyers on speed-dial.


5 posted on 09/15/2023 10:00:47 AM PDT by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: spirited irish

this is new

journalists are not usually restricted from reporting natural disasters

something is up


6 posted on 09/15/2023 10:00:55 AM PDT by joshua c (to disrupt the system, we must disrupt our lives, cut the cable tv)
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To: spirited irish

These emergency decrees sure are handy. “Stroke of the pen, law of the land. Pretty cool.”


7 posted on 09/15/2023 10:09:45 AM PDT by Flag_This (They're lying.)
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To: spirited irish

Excellent!!

Good for O’Keefe.

Where are the lawsuits from all of the other outlets??

.>>> crickets <<<


8 posted on 09/15/2023 10:11:51 AM PDT by Jane Long (What we were told was a conspiracy theory in ‘20 is now fact. Land of the sheep, home of the knaves)
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To: patriot torch

The part they don’t like.


9 posted on 09/15/2023 10:12:34 AM PDT by FreeperCell
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To: spirited irish

So what will these rogue governors try next? Violate the rights 2’nd Amendment?

Oh wait...


10 posted on 09/15/2023 10:14:43 AM PDT by patriot torch (..)
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To: joshua c

Yep.


11 posted on 09/15/2023 10:25:48 AM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear ("Equity" = "All animals are equal. Some animals are more equal than others.")
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To: alancarp
 
 
Hm, yeah - am seeing a pattern here.
 
 

12 posted on 09/15/2023 10:31:51 AM PDT by lapsus calami (What's that stink? Code Pink ! ! And their buddy Murtha, too!)
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To: spirited irish

With respect to all the good cops...it just doesn’t seem as though police are well taught basic constitutional rights.

You, the government, don’t get to just declare they don’t apply when you say. If that is what you do then you should also be well taught about what the required response is.

I know we have more cop videos than ever but there’s so many examples of them just not understanding the fundamental concepts behind inalienable rights. ...starting with when they say “we got a call” and what that does and doesn’t mean respective to their authority, where many seem to believe your rights just vanish. 1A thru 5A...especially.


13 posted on 09/15/2023 10:56:34 AM PDT by fuzzylogic (welfare state = sharing of poor moral choices among everybody)
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To: joshua c

“ natural disasters”
That’s a good one! Made laugh!
🤣😅😂


14 posted on 09/15/2023 11:31:47 AM PDT by 9422WMR
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To: fuzzylogic
With respect to all the good cops...it just doesn’t seem as though police are well taught basic constitutional rights.

Unless they are homeschooled then they are products of our corrupt education system that dumbs them down and inculcates them with revisionist 'history,' hate America, hate white people, obscene sex education (Sex Pol in the Soviet Union), and so on.

15 posted on 09/15/2023 11:39:26 AM PDT by spirited irish ( )
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To: joshua c

They put up fences to block view.


16 posted on 09/15/2023 1:20:39 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: ifinnegan

And they claim the tarps are to catch dust/ash/asbestos.

Some people actually believe that tripe.


17 posted on 09/15/2023 1:40:06 PM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: joshua c

They’re trying to cover up all the malfeasance created by the officials all the way up to Governor.


18 posted on 09/15/2023 1:51:00 PM PDT by DownInFlames (P)
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To: logi_cal869

Thanks. I didn’t know they’d provided a fake excuse.


19 posted on 09/15/2023 2:13:28 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: joshua c

Maybe if we lived there and were directly affected by the fire we might be getting better info, I don’t know. But I think this is pretty much an open pit crematorium and they don’t want every damn fool and ghoul taking pictures of the dead just to post on facebook. People suck.


20 posted on 09/15/2023 2:17:12 PM PDT by enraged
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