UPDATE.....Victory for the 1st Amendment..Renton police drops cartoonist cyberstalking case

rsmith6621

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Thu Aug-11-11 09:12 PM
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UPDATE.....Victory for the 1st Amendment..Renton police drops cartoonist cyberstalking case

After searching for months for a cartoonist who embarrassed its officers with anonymous videos, the Renton Police Department announced Thursday it has abandoned its criminal case.

"There has been no relevant information that we have uncovered to date on the cyberstalking case to further a criminal investigation," Renton chief administrative officer Jay Covington said in a statement Thursday.

The decision comes after the department got two search warrants, suffered rounds of criticism, and temporarily stopped the search after a judge's order. But police said none of those factors played a role in its decision to drop its search.

Read more: http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Renton-police-drops-cartoonist-cyberstalking-1884538.php#ixzz1UmDempqN

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Renton-police-drops-cartoonist-cyberstalking-case-1884538.php

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Thu Aug-11-11 09:20 PM
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1. K&R

Hello, Police Department. Who? Is Amanda Hugginkiss here?

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Thu Aug-11-11 09:21 PM
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2. Wonder if they got the name of the cartoonist. That's what they really wanted.

The suits were throwaway to begin with. They wanted that name.

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