Blogger Jailed for Refusing to Turn Over Videotapes

Wow, jailed for up to a year for taking pictures. Josh Wolf shot some video at a protest that turned violent and now he's in jail for not handing it over to the government. What’s next, life plus 20 for blowing out the wrong nostril? And meanwhile a systematic policy of human rights violations goes unpunished.

As Josh notes on his blog, "My first experience in the field of journalism came in my senior year of high school working on the school newspaper. After graduating high school, I briefly wrote for UC Santa Barbara’s Daily Nexus before taking an Internship at the Santa Barbara Independent where I worked for about six months writing blurbs for the news department." Sounds like a threat to homeland security. Throw that boy in the slammer.

Our country's gone completely insane. Hang tough, Josh (the blogger) and Liz (Josh's mom), and when Josh gets out, he should do a talk show tour. Maybe he can even work on a book draft while he’s in jail, or invite the press in to interview him. That will help to get the word out about just how far our government is willing to go these days to intimidate people who are guilty of heinous crimes like photography and blogging. For shame.

Here's his blog.