Felony Charges for 6 Reporters at Inauguration Protests
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Re: Felony Charges for 6 Reporters at Inauguration Protests
#2Were they charged under HR 347 (passed in 2012), considering the Secret Service was probably in the vicinity?
Edit: Oops I meant 347, not 374.
Summary: https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/112/hr347/summary
Full text: https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/112/hr347/text
ACLU: https://www.aclu.org/blog/how-big-deal-hr-347-criminalizing-...
Re: Felony Charges for 6 Reporters at Inauguration Protests
#3Were they charged under HR 347 (passed in 2012), considering the Secret Service was probably in the vicinity? Edit: Oops I meant 347, not 374. Summary: https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/112/hr347/summary Full text: https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/112/hr347/text ACLU: https://www.aclu.org/blog/how-big-deal-hr-347-criminalizing-...
https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/374
> Life at Conception Act - Declares that the right to life guaranteed by the Constitution is vested in each human being beginning at the moment of fertilization, cloning, or other moment at which an individual comes into being. Prohibits construing this Act to require the prosecution of any woman for the death of her unborn child.
Not sure how that's relevant.
Re: Felony Charges for 6 Reporters at Inauguration Protests
#4Were they charged under HR 347 (passed in 2012), considering the Secret Service was probably in the vicinity? Edit: Oops I meant 347, not 374. Summary: https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/112/hr347/summary Full text: https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/112/hr347/text ACLU: https://www.aclu.org/blog/how-big-deal-hr-347-criminalizing-...
The Life at Conception Act? Why would they be charged under that?
Re: Felony Charges for 6 Reporters at Inauguration Protests
#5The NYT or the charged journalists never claimed that they were actually acting in a journalistic professional role during the riots.
Re: Felony Charges for 6 Reporters at Inauguration Protests
#6Were they charged under HR 347 (passed in 2012), considering the Secret Service was probably in the vicinity? Edit: Oops I meant 347, not 374. Summary: https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/112/hr347/summary Full text: https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/112/hr347/text ACLU: https://www.aclu.org/blog/how-big-deal-hr-347-criminalizing-...
https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/374 > Life at Conception Act - Declares that the right to life guaranteed by the Constitution is vested in each human being beginning at the moment of fertilization, cloning, or other moment at which an individual comes into being. Prohibits construing this Act to require the prosecution of any woman for the death of her unborn child. Not sure how that's relevan…
He meant to say HR 347.
Re: Felony Charges for 6 Reporters at Inauguration Protests
#7I'd like more context to what is happening in the cover photo of the article, because as far as I can tell there's nothing happening to warrant pepper spray
Re: Felony Charges for 6 Reporters at Inauguration Protests
#8This kind of reporting encourages people to form opinions before the facts are in. None of us know what really happened there, but it will probably get sorted out soon. By that time, it's too late because we've already jumped to a conclusion.
Re: Felony Charges for 6 Reporters at Inauguration Protests
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/374 > Life at Conception Act - Declares that the right to life guaranteed by the Constitution is vested in each human being beginning at the moment of fertilization, cloning, or other moment at which an individual comes into being. Prohibits construing this Act to require the prosecution of any woman for the death of her unborn child. Not sure how that's relevan…
He meant to say HR 347.
That makes more sense:
> Federal Restricted Buildings and Grounds Improvement Act of 2011 [sic] - Amends the federal criminal code to revise the prohibition against entering restricted federal buildings or grounds to impose criminal penalties on anyone who knowingly enters any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority. Defines "restricted buildings or grounds" as a posted, cordoned off, or otherwise restricted area of: (1) the White House or its grounds or the Vice President's official residence or its grounds, (2) a building or grounds where the President or other person protected by the Secret Service is or will be temporarily visiting, or (3) a building or grounds so restricted due to a special event of national significance.
Re: Felony Charges for 6 Reporters at Inauguration Protests
#10The media has a tendency to focus on silly things, or get details wrong, or overlook important stories. But if you want them to work overtime to cover something, simply arrest a journalist.