Activist, journalist and blogger Dan Kellar was arrested last week after he named and published a picture of a man he believed to be an undercover police officer infiltrating activist groups. Kellar told his readers in a blog post on peaceculture.org to “spit in [the alleged informant’s] footsteps and scoff at his existence” (yikes!). The Toronto Media Co-op is reporting that Kellar’s charges include criminal defamation and counselling his readers to commit assault, among others. Kellar is also a member of an anti-war group that saw several of its members arrested before the G20 summit. The blog post has since been deleted—but Google Cache seems to have snagged it. Remember Officer Bubbles, anyone? Read the entire story [Toronto Media Co-op] »
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Activist arrested after penning a blog post calling out a “screw-rat infiltrator”
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So does Google get arrested now? The cops’ mug is still there, and will probably get reposted.
Remember kids, if a policeman has infiltrated your community group, you legally can’t ‘out’ them, as it is defamation and assault. Make sure you treat them like any other group member and never let them know that you know, you know? Even if they try convince you to engage in illegal activities, it’s best to follow along rather than risk arrest by appearing suspicious of their motives.
August 31, 2011 at 5:06 pm | by Joe