Josh Wolf, a freelance journalist and blogger, was imprisoned for 228 days for not complying with requests from federal agencies. His time spent behind bars is far longer than that of any other journalists convicted on similar charges.
Wolf was covering a protest in San Francisco for an organization known as "Anarchist Action". The demonstration grew to be rather ruckus, escalating beyond peaceful rallying to vandalism. At one point a demonstrator allegedly attempted to set fire to a police car. This caught the attention of the FBI, leading to Wolf's footage of the event for answers.
Only Wolf wasn't so willing to handover the video to the scrutiny of the agents, fearing he would from here on be labeled as a government tattle-tale and not a journalist.
I agree.
Hmm… I don't know actually. Maybe I don't.
What a good man you are...uh, were. You will be missed dearly.
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