OWS Sues Scam Artist Leader Over Stolen Twitter Account

NewsBusters ^ | September 18, 2014 | P.J. Gladnick

[PJ-Comix]

It appears that the folks in Occupy Wall Street would have done themselves a favor if they had followed Newsbusters. Why? Because over three years ago your humble correspondent wrote about how Justin Wedes, who was one of the OWS leaders, attempted to cheat taxpayers by forging documents in order to fraudulently obtain a government grant. Now the OWS people have learned the hard way that Wedes can't be trusted.

As reported by the New York Times, OWS activists are now suing Wedes for taking over their Twitter account. In addition they are asking for $500,000 in damages. So now that OWS is learning about the nature of their former leader, they are also wondering if he was engaged in financial improprieties while hogging their Twitter account. We shall get the the OWS entertaining denunciation of Wedes but first the Times report:

[PJ-Comix]

OWS should consult with a Wall Street financial expert to determine how much Justin Wedes scammed. I do note that Wedes has done quite a bit of traveling around the world the past few years and he has no regular job. So were crowd funding bucks used to finance his travels?

[WayneS]

It could not have happened to a losinger bunch of losers.

[Steely Tom]

They act like the Titter account is their own private property.

[all the best]

“They act like the Titter account is their own private property.”

They don’t know nothin’ bout no private property, Miss Scarlet.

[WayneS]

"...an alarming thing was discovered. Snowball was secretly frequenting the farm by night! The animals were so disturbed that they could hardly sleep in their stalls. Every night, it was said, he came creeping in under cover of darkness and performed all kinds of mischief. He stole the corn, he upset the milk-pails, he broke the eggs, he trampled the seedbeds, he gnawed the bark off the fruit trees. Whenever anything went wrong it became usual to attribute it to Snowball."

from Animal Farm by George Orwell

[JPG]

ah, the good old days

[februus]

Justin tries to explain...