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Gordon Dillon, the Key West, Flordia police chief, arrested a newspaper editor for printing an article that criticized an police investigation. The proper punishment would seem to be arresting Dillon in turn, but, since that doesn't seem likely to happen, I wish the ACLU and the newspaper editor, Dennis Cooper, well in their lawsuit. -Declan --- Background, from Politech archives: "Key West prosecutors drop charges against newspaper publisher" http://www.politechbot.com/p-02221.html "Miami Herald reports Florida cops knew law is unconstitutional" http://www.politechbot.com/p-02185.html "Police arrest newspaper editor for criticizing Florida cops" http://www.politechbot.com/p-02184.html --- http://www.naplesnews.com/01/12/florida/d727907a.htm ACLU sues Key West police chief for arresting publisher Saturday, December 22, 2001 Associated Press KEY WEST -- The American Civil Liberties Union sued the city's police chief Friday on behalf of a newspaper publisher arrested after he ran articles alleging a cover-up of police wrongdoing. Dennis Cooper, publisher and editor of the weekly Key West The Newspaper, alleges in his suit that Police Chief Gordon "Buz" Dillon arrested him illegally and violated his First Amendment rights. He is seeking unspecified damages. "The numerous unacceptable actions of this particular police chief and the failure of elected city officials to curb his abuses made this lawsuit inevitable," Cooper said. Dillon did not immediately return a phone call Friday seeking comment. [...] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------