Meredith Kercher murdered-Amanda Knox appeals conviction #11

[dgfred]

still, he can be considered a self-employed citizen journalist, surely....:waitasec:

Aren't we all :great: .

 

[Allusonz]

still, he can be considered a self-employed citizen journalist, surely....:waitasec:

Yes he can. As well there a a number of very well known journalists that free-lance to a variety of news organizations etc.

Thus I still find it to be ludicrous that fred does not in fact recognize free-lance journalists, bloggers etc

If the CPJ is writing to His Excellency Giorgio Napolitano President of the Italian Republic on Franks behalf they believe him to be a journalist thus a very astute catch on your part SMK

 

[dgfred]

Did your 'research' show that his problems from LE don't come from this case at all, but from something totally unrelated?

 

[Allusonz]

maybe it's the red wine ? j/k :crazy:

How I would love to be able to blame that on the wine but alas I have yet to have any :giggle:

 

[Allusonz]

Did your 'research' show that his problems from LE don't come from this case at all, but from something totally unrelated?

As the appeal of the defendants--U.S. student Amanda Knox and Italian student Raffaele Sollecito--continues at the appellate court of Perugia (Corte di Assise di Appello di Perugia), we call on you to ensure that journalists, writers, and bloggers are able to report and comment on the proceedings freely and without fear of reprisal

https://cpj.org/2011/04/journalists-threatened-for-reporting-on-murder-cas.php

 

[dgfred]

Right, but THAT is not the problem he has had with LE.

 

[Allusonz]

Did your 'research' show that his problems from LE don't come from this case at all, but from something totally unrelated?

Of the cases that have come to CPJ's attention, one stands out because of the abusive actions employed by members of Squadra Mobile to punish a critic of the official Kercher murder inquiry. Local freelance reporter Frank Sfarzo created his English-language blog Perugia Shock in 2007, days after Kercher's gruesome murder. Based in Perugia, Sfarzo became interested in the case from the start, posting reporting and comments on it on his blog. Sfarzo regularly criticized what he considered flaws in the Kercher investigation, at times using harsh language to express his views.

https://cpj.org/2011/04/journalists-threatened-for-reporting-on-murder-cas.php

 

[Allusonz]

Did your 'research' show that his problems from LE don't come from this case at all, but from something totally unrelated?

Sfarzo told CPJ his troubles started on October 28, 2008, the day Knox and Sollecito were indicted and a third defendant was convicted of murdering Kercher. Several members of Squadra Mobile, Sfarzo told CPJ, approached him just outside the city court (Corte di Assise di Perugia) and started to push and hit him. "You are pissing us off!"--they told him, referring to his coverage

https://cpj.org/2011/04/journalists-threatened-for-reporting-on-murder-cas.php

 

[Allusonz]

Did your 'research' show that his problems from LE don't come from this case at all, but from something totally unrelated?

When the trial of Knox and Sollecito began that December, Squadra Mobile continued to harass him. They regularly tried to prevent him from entering the court; seized his cellphone and went through his contacts and text messages; mouthed insults at him from across the courtroom; and stared over his shoulder as he took notes. "This was done in the presence of the judge, the Carabinieri [the military police], and the court guards, but they would do nothing," Sfarzo told CPJ

https://cpj.org/2011/04/journalists-threatened-for-reporting-on-murder-cas.php

 

[Allusonz]

Did your 'research' show that his problems from LE don't come from this case at all, but from something totally unrelated?

The harassment reached its peak on September 28, 2010, when five officers of Squadra Mobile forcibly entered Sfarzo's apartment. They did not produce a warrant or show their badges, Sfarzo told CPJ. Four of the five shoved Sfarzo to the ground, struck him, handcuffed him, and climbed on top of him, crushing his air supply, he told CPJ. They stopped when a neighbor, disturbed by the commotion, showed up, Sfarzo said.

Next, the officers took Sfarzo to the Perugia city hospital, where they claimed he had attacked them; they persuaded a doctor to issue a medical report for the injuries Sfarzo was alleged to have caused. In addition, the Squadra Mobile officers brought Sfarzo before a psychiatrist, demanding that she issue him a certificate of insanity. To prove that Sfarzo was mentally ill, the officers produced Sfarzo's reporter's notebook on the Kercher murder case, which they had seized from his apartment. "They told the doctor that I was pathologically obsessed with the case, that I was so fixated on it I must be insane," Sfarzo told CPJ. The psychiatrist refused to issue the certificate.

https://cpj.org/2011/04/journalists-threatened-for-reporting-on-murder-cas.php

 

[SMK]

Aren't we all :great: .

Well, hell yeah, we are :snooty::snooty:

 

[Allusonz]

Did your 'research' show that his problems from LE don't come from this case at all, but from something totally unrelated?

From the hospital, the officers brought a handcuffed and injured Sfarzo to their headquarters, where, in the blogger's words, they "displayed me as a trophy," referring to him as "the who defends Amanda [Knox]." The officers refused Sfarzo's requests to call his lawyer or his relatives, and put him in a cell for the night

https://cpj.org/2011/04/journalists-threatened-for-reporting-on-murder-cas.php

 

[Allusonz]

The next day, the officers brought Sfarzo before a local judge, who validated his arrest and indicted him on several articles of Italy's penal code for "using violence and threats to resist public officials" and "injuring an officer." Sfarzo was released pending a trial in May. He faces up to six years in prison if convicted. "The police can count on the complicity of judges," Sfarzo told CPJ. Police officers, he added, are sure of their impunity.

CPJ is also concerned that Prosecutor Mignini has filed or threatened to file criminal defamation lawsuits against a number of journalists and media outlets--both in Italy and in the United States--who have criticized his record.

https://cpj.org/2011/04/journalists-threatened-for-reporting-on-murder-cas.php

 

[Allusonz]

Did your 'research' show that his problems from LE don't come from this case at all, but from something totally unrelated?

Yes I do believe I have done my research with respect to the problems that Frank is undergoing at the present time

 

[miley]

(snip) monster on the computer?
Naruto?

I think he means this monster on the computer:

in other words, the press was calling Amanda things like The New Face of Evil and she devil, it was all over the internet (computer)...

like SMK and Nova were saying... I think Dr. Sollecito wanted his son as far away from Amanda as possible

 

[SMK]

I think he means this monster on the computer:

in other words, the press was calling Amanda things like The New Face of Evil and she devil, it was all over the internet (computer)...

like SMK and Nova were saying... I think Dr. Sollecito wanted his son as far away from Amanda as possible

that had occurred to me as well, that AK might be the monster

 

[Nova]

I think he means this monster on the computer:

in other words, the press was calling Amanda things like The New Face of Evil and she devil, it was all over the internet (computer)...

like SMK and Nova were saying... I think Dr. Sollecito wanted his son as far away from Amanda as possible

Right. It's the sister who interjects the bit about the monster on the computer, yes? I wonder if she's warning RS that AK may have tampered with his computer to make him look guilty. RS seems to shrug off the possibility.

No doubt the entire family was very unhappy with and suspicious of AK by that point.

 

[Nova]

Sfarzo told CPJ his troubles started on October 28, 2008, the day Knox and Sollecito were indicted and a third defendant was convicted of murdering Kercher. Several members of Squadra Mobile, Sfarzo told CPJ, approached him just outside the city court (Corte di Assise di Perugia) and started to push and hit him. "You are pissing us off!"--they told him, referring to his coverage

https://cpj.org/2011/04/journalists-threatened-for-reporting-on-murder-cas.php

So AK and RS were held, but not indicted, until RG was convicted? I doubt I'll ever understand the Italian judicial system.

 

[Nova]

Yes I do believe I have done my research with respect to the problems that Frank is undergoing at the present time

Thanks for breaking that up into the most salient points.

 

[Nova]

Yes I do believe I have done my research with respect to the problems that Frank is undergoing at the present time

You, miley, Malkmus, otto, SMK and others are among those who can never be confused of neglecting your research. IMHO.