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J. Craig Williams reminds us: Blowing up a cop is still illegal, and styling yourself a “vlogger” doesn’t mean you don’t have to cough up pictures you took of some thug doing it (UPDATED AND CORRECTED)!
In case you were wondering.
October 16th, 2006 at 10:51 am
Your comments above are unfair; nothing in any of the articles I’ve seen give any indication that the “vlogger” in question had anything to do with the assault or vandalism involved; he was just filming the protest in which this occurred.
October 16th, 2006 at 6:05 pm
You’re right, Dan. I misread the story and have made a correction.