Free Talk Live - free speech

Call us if the guy down the street says he hates the government.

alisium — Fri, 03 May 2013 00:54:37 +0000

Florida House and Senate budget leaders have awarded Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw $1 million for a new violence prevention unit aimed at preventing tragedies like those in Newtown, Conn., and Aurora, Colo., from occurring on his turf.

Orlando FL FIJA Activist Jailed

TJLawJX — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 21:48:13 +0000

The appeals court also found that restricting distribution of literature to jurors summoned for jury duty was legally permissible, and that Schmidter’s conviction for contempt on those grounds should be upheld. Schmidter was re-sentenced today to serve 145 days in the Orange County Jail, and was immediately taken into custody.

‘Not every opinion is valid’: Free speech wall torn down

JayEarth — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 00:59:35 +0000

I think that this story speaks for itself, but this is another story highlighting an attack against free speech at Universities. I recently graduated from Carleton University and I wish I could say that these kind of events were rare. This piece has many priceless quotes including “Only someone who had gone to university could write something so utterly stupid,” referring to the public explanation given by the individual who tore down the free speech wall.

Much more in the news article itself, but you have to read it to believe it.

China Toughens Its Restrictions on Use of the Internet

panax — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 14:55:41 +0000

The Chinese government issued new rules on Friday requiring Internet users to provide their real names to service providers, while assigning Internet companies greater responsibility for deleting forbidden postings and reporting them to the authorities.

Woman may "Flip finger" w/ Xmas Lights says Judge

snowdog2012 — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 21:30:15 +0000

NEW ORLEANS — A Louisiana woman ran afoul of police when she gave her neighbors an unusual holiday greeting, hanging Christmas lights in the shape of a middle finger.

A judge ruled in her favor Thursday.

Christmas in Prison

PC Harris — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 02:01:27 +0000

Katherine Olejnik and Matt Duran Have Not Been Charged with Any Crime, and Yet They Have Been Locked Up for Three Months and Counting.

Texas Rangers investigating parody tweets about city council members

phonon — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 15:09:52 +0000

Members of the state’s 150-man elite police force have been trying to get to the bottom of who’s behind parody Twitter accounts lampooning city council members. The mock tweeters include one councilman’s moustache. Another from the handle Laughable Loll cracked, “I shined my head extra special for tonight so the camera would reflect off of it.” Not laughing is the local prosecutor. He says the tweets may run afoul of harassment laws and asked the Rangers to investigate.

Jailed for remaining silent.

ianCredible — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 00:38:19 +0000

A third person is now in jail for remaining silent in front of a grand jury. This is stemming from the same incident in Portland in which authorities raided a house looking for black clothing and "anarchist" literature. Though the 3 have not been charged with crimes themselves they are now all in prison for not testifying.

Instead of defending free speech, some would rather submit to violence

Sammy316 — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 19:09:53 +0000

As many of you may know, Muslim crazies have stormed embassies in Egypt and Libya. Killing a U.S. ambassador Chris Stevens in Libya. Some in the U.S. want to charge a maker of a video critical of radical Islam with the murder of Stevens http://hotair.com/archives/2012/09/12/msnbc-host-hey-lets-prosecute-jone... and the other is a dodgy Brit that wants to ban free speech and submit.