Reilly Going to the Mat on Arrest Video (with poll)
Aug 17, 2006Reillys office says judge erred in allowing videotapeBy Richard Nangle TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFFrnangle@telegram.comAttorney General Thomas F. Reillys office claims a federal court judge erred by extending a restraining … [Read more...]
Dan Kennedy Gets it on the Tom Reilly / Mary Jean video controversy
Dan Kennedy at his blog Media Nation shows that he totally gets it with regard to the Pechonis arrrest video now (thanks to the magic of YouTube) circulating on the Internet. And circulating it is. … [Read more...]
Does Tom Reilly Oppose Free Speech?
.... Mary Jean one of his 2006 "muzzle awards" rightly noticed that this might just be a case about improper use of the State Police for political ends. This is how Kennedy summed it up:Massachusetts State PoliceWeb activist threatened over … [Read more...]
ACLU Steps In To Champion Mary Jean’s Cause
According to her Web site the American Civil Liberties Union is set to pick up where Leominster mom Mary Jean's ex-attorney, DA candidate Dan Shea, left off.Why does she need representation? Because it seems like Tom Reilly's office has … [Read more...]
Mary Jean and Dan Shea Part Ways
In her posting Ms. Jean wrote:Did I know many had serious doubts as to his mental stability, yes. Did I know Shea doesnât care who he huts if it gained him notoriety, yes. Did I know Shea has been investigated for inappropriate … [Read more...]
Arrest Video Case Goes National
Richard Nangle reports in today's Worcester T&G:A federal judgeâs ruling allowing a Leominster woman to post a video of a state police arrest on her Web site has reverberated to the nationâs capital, where a major First Amendment … [Read more...]
Reilly Mulls Appeal In Baby-Cam Case
Today's Worcester Telegram & Gazette reports that Federal District Court Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV admonished Attorney General Thomas Reilly's office saying that... ...any objective, reasonable person would find the Feb. 14 letter to … [Read more...]
Mary Jean wins another round
US District Court Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV issued this Preliminary Injunction against the Massachusetts State Police this afternoon. The saga of the baby-cam arrest video could set an important precedent for blogger rights. More to come. … [Read more...]
Briefs Are Flying
Attorney General Tom Reilly and Leominster mom Mary Jean each filed last minute briefs in anticipation of tomorrow's hearing on whether Ms. Jean is within her rights to post a baby-cam video to her Web site of police swarming a man's house … [Read more...]