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WDRB News fights 'clearly illegal' search warrant from Louisville Metro Police
WDRB.com ^ | September 5, 2017 | Jason Riley

Posted on 09/05/2017 12:09:07 PM PDT by Bratch

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1 posted on 09/05/2017 12:09:07 PM PDT by Bratch
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To: Bratch

As much as I hate the news media (in general) I agree- this is a ballsy-ass move.

GOOD THING YOU LIBERAL JOURNALISTS ALL SUPPORTED GROWING BIG GOVERNMENT INTRUSION INTO EVERYONE’S LIVES!

Oh.. you didn’t think it would apply to you? Isn’t that cute...


2 posted on 09/05/2017 12:11:59 PM PDT by Mr. K (***THERE IS NO CONSEQUENCE OF REPEALING OBAMACARE THAT IS WORSE THAN OBAMACARE ITSELF***)
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To: Bratch

Cry me a river. Your days of being privileged characters in this country are over.


3 posted on 09/05/2017 12:12:14 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Bratch
Jon Fleischaker, an attorney representing WDRB, said it is the first time he has seen such an order in at least the last 40 years, when federal law prohibited law enforcement agencies from serving search warrants on news organizations except in extremely rare cases.

Well, isn't this an extremely rare case. LOL

4 posted on 09/05/2017 12:14:25 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Exempting Trump and his team, our media and government have adopted the Zoolander management style.)
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To: DoughtyOne

First time in 40 years? Sounds rare to me.


5 posted on 09/05/2017 12:16:35 PM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

Does doesn’t it. “:^)


6 posted on 09/05/2017 12:19:39 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Exempting Trump and his team, our media and government have adopted the Zoolander management style.)
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To: Bratch

They are trying to CONFISCATE all guns and Ammo in the US Virgin Islands!
The illegal “order” by the so-called “governor” this is at this link, which downloads a copy to your desktop. I say, COME AND GET’EM!! But you are getting all the AMMO first!

http://dailycaller.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/NATL-GUARD.pdf


7 posted on 09/05/2017 12:21:12 PM PDT by 2harddrive
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To: DoughtyOne

Someone not bent on being such an ass might have read the actual criteria, which are rarely met and clearly not met here.


8 posted on 09/05/2017 12:21:52 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Tryin' hard to win the No-Bull Prize.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

You are such a dip-stick.

Now tell me I have blasphemed God and be done with it.


9 posted on 09/05/2017 12:23:00 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Exempting Trump and his team, our media and government have adopted the Zoolander management style.)
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To: Bratch
Illegal search of TV News material

There is nobody that despises the "liberal news media" more than I, a former TV news reporter. However, illegal is illegal, and it could bite those who are honest (and there ares some). Be careful.

10 posted on 09/05/2017 12:24:45 PM PDT by Ace's Dad (BTW, "Ace" is now Captain Ace. But only when I'm bragging about my airline pilot son!)
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To: DoughtyOne

No, it suffices here to say you’re a self-filled ass.


11 posted on 09/05/2017 12:27:05 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Tryin' hard to win the No-Bull Prize.)
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To: Bratch

The First Amendment rights recognized for the media should also be recognized for individual citizens.

If an individual citizen had video-recorded a conversation with Harris and posted it on YouTube, the police would have long since removed the recording from the citizen, and tasered him if necessary, with barely more than a quick warrant.


12 posted on 09/05/2017 12:28:16 PM PDT by Carl Vehse
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To: DoughtyOne

Well maybe not. A self-filled buffoon ass.


13 posted on 09/05/2017 12:28:30 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Tryin' hard to win the No-Bull Prize.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Now that’s one of the best arguments you’ve made in years.

Not that it’s a good argument mind you, but hey you didn’t pretend to be God and claim I had blasphemed you.

Congrats...


14 posted on 09/05/2017 12:30:17 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Exempting Trump and his team, our media and government have adopted the Zoolander management style.)
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To: Carl Vehse

You raise an excellent point. Technology has forever blurred the line between “the media” and everyone else.

We are all Journalists now.


15 posted on 09/05/2017 12:31:06 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: HiTech RedNeck

You obviously think you scored points there.

Do you have any idea how many people contacted me to say you’re an idiot based on their experiences with you and your actions yesterday?

You need to rethink your approach. What you are doing is not working for you.

A police officer was shot. Articles in the paper led the police to believe the paper knew who the suspect was. The police asked for the right to access records.

That isn’t out of line.

Some folks will claim the paper should not be subject to this, but some folks will also find it reasoned to seek any way to find out who the criminal is.

What are you acting like here other than a self-filled buffoon ass?


16 posted on 09/05/2017 12:34:24 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Exempting Trump and his team, our media and government have adopted the Zoolander management style.)
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To: Buckeye McFrog
Buckeye McFrog @15: "Technology has forever blurred the line between “the media” and everyone else."

The First (and Fourth) Amendment rights, which exist for all citizens, should apply no differently whether those citizens are the media or not.

17 posted on 09/05/2017 12:50:10 PM PDT by Carl Vehse
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To: 2harddrive
“They are trying to CONFISCATE all guns and Ammo in the US Virgin Islands!”

No, they aren't. That's an order to access all supplies, not just guns and ammo, that the National Guard might need during or after an emergency, such as when a cat 5 hurricane flattens the island.

18 posted on 09/05/2017 1:14:20 PM PDT by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals.")
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To: Bratch

Now maybe they’ll support ending the information gathering on all Americans.


19 posted on 09/05/2017 1:17:30 PM PDT by TBP (0bama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: Carl Vehse
The First Amendment rights recognized for the media should also be recognized for individual citizens.

If an individual citizen had video-recorded a conversation with Harris and posted it on YouTube, the police would have long since removed the recording from the citizen, and tasered him if necessary, with barely more than a quick warrant.

Absolutely agreed on both points. The media shouldn't get any special privileges. Who is, and is not designated as "media" is completely arbitrary and subjective.

20 posted on 09/05/2017 1:30:42 PM PDT by zeugma (I live in the present due to the constraints of the Space-Time Continuum. —Hank Green)
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