Eyewitnesses describe how Secret Service were directing arrest,
intimidation of group
Matt Lepacek, the reporter who was kicked out of the CNN press room
and arrested after asking Rudy Giuliani's staff a question, has now
been released on bail. Criminal indictments are now being pursued
against the police involved as well as Giuliani's staffers for their
flagrant abuse of the First Amendment, assault and wrongful arrest.
Lepacek appeared as a guest on the Alex Jones Show to relate his
experience after the Republican presidential debate last night.
In addition to the details that were already outlined in our previous
article, fellow We Are Change member Luke Rudkowski also related how
he was just silently filming the fracas when Giuliani staffers, and in
particular one unidentified female, started hitting and attempting to
steal his camera, before Lepacek and Rudkowski were pointed out by the
staffers and five to seven police arrived to grab them and throw them
out of the building.
The female staffer was witnessed to be instrumental in alerting the
police to the "crime" of Lepacek asking a question that the Giuliani
camp weren't comfortable with.
Rudkowski was assaulted and questioned on who he was working for
despite the fact that he hadn't even asked a question and was standing
separately from Lepacek.
Lepacek was told that other eyewitnesses saw police stamp on one of
the cameras as it lay on the floor.
Another eyewitness said that the entire arrest was clearly being
directed by Secret Service, who were ordering the police to threaten
anyone who asked questions about the incident with arrest.
Video link http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/june2007/060607criminalindictments.htm
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