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Blogger Who Revealed GOP Leader's KKK Ties Had Home Internet Lines Cut

Posted by timothy on from the coud-be-coincidence dept.

blottsie writes Last month, Lamar White, Jr. set off a firestorm in Washington when a post on his personal blog revealed that House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, the third most powerful Republican in the House of Representatives, was a featured speaker at a white nationalist conference put on by former Klu Klux Klan Grand Wizard David Duke. Then someone climbed in his back yard and severed his Internet cables.

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  1. Re:His ties to the KKK? by andydread · · Score: 5, Interesting

    this is the same guy that said he's David Duke without the baggage were talking about here.

  2. Standard cop tactic in the USA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I think this is more about intimidation than censorship. [...] they are sending him a message. "We know where you live."

    I am a witness in a court case against a local city cop who has been running an illegal dumping ring with the assistance of corrupt members of the state environmental protection agency and the county cops.

    I got a 2am visit from the state cops and a county cop. They said that a neighbor had his car broken into and some of my mail (stolen from my mailbox) was found in the car. They accused me of getting drunk, breaking into the neighbor's car, and accidentally leaving my mail there. After harassing me and my neighbor (also a witness) for a couple of hours they left. At no point did my neighbor accuse me of breaking into his car and everybody present knew exactly what was going on - the cops were saying "all cops are brothers, and we will break the law to protect our brothers, and we know who you two guys are".

    They were really hoping one of us would get noisy or do something aggressive so they could just shoot us, of course. Because every cop knows now that they can shoot an unarmed man on camera and get away with it. Cops are above the law, just like the ultra-rich are.

    Pissed me right off, I can tell you. But I stayed calm and addressed them as "Sir" so I'm still alive to testify....