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Innocence of Muslims Filmmaker Arrested, Jailed

Posted by Soulskill on from the onward-with-the-conspiracy-theories dept.

sycodon writes "Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, the man behind the film Innocence of Muslims, has been arrested and jailed in Los Angeles for probation violations. The situation is a win-win for the Obama administration, who can now appear to be punishing the man whose film sparked protests and riots around the world, but at the same time simply enforcing the law, as all evidence indeed suggests Nakoula violated the terms of his probation."

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  1. Well, let's see what happens. by xevioso · · Score: 5, Informative

    They should have done this weeks ago. It was clear he violated his probation from the beginning.

    It's very important for Muslims across the world to understand that he was NOT arrested and jailed for the CONTENT of that movie, but because he continually provided false aliases to the judge and the police in violation of his probation.

    I wonder if the protesters in Egypt will understand this...my guess is probably not.

    1. Re:Well, let's see what happens. by xevioso · · Score: 5, Informative

      Bullshit. This man was not arrested for antyhing he said in any video. he was arrested because he violated the terms of his probation, which included NOT GIVING FALSE ALIASES TO AUTHORITIES, something he apparently has a pathological tendency to do.

      He came to the attention of the state because he has previously been tried and convicted of multiple crimes. He was on probation. The state of California is not embarrassed by anything this man said.

      It looks like there was one very pissed off judge who refused to give him bail because he is a pathological liar. The California legal system deals with these sorts of people all the time.

  2. it didn't by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    It didn't spark riots around the world. At least the ambassador in Libya was killed in a targeted attack by Al Qaeda. The ambassador was worried about his safety for weeks before his death. We know this because CNN reporters walked into the compound and looked around. Security was NOT good at this place.

  3. Re:Umm, I don't get it by Revotron · · Score: 5, Informative

    freedom of speech has always been limited by the exception of speech intended to solely cause harm or public backlash

    No, as long as the movie did not call for immediate lawless or violent action, it does not satisfy the definition of "Incitement" under the First Amendment. Therefore, it is still protected speech. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_free_speech_exceptions#Incitement