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http://www.kirotv.com/news/28758502/detail.html

The Renton City Prosecutor wants to send a cartoonist to jail for mocking the police department in a series of animated Internet videos.

The "South-Park"-style animations parody everything from officers having sex on duty to certain personnel getting promoted without necessary qualifications. While the city wants to criminalize the cartoons, First Amendment rights advocates say the move is an "extreme abuse of power."

Only KIRO Team 7 Investigative Reporter Chris Halsne holds a key document that really lays bare the city’s intent. The document was quietly filed in King County Superior Court last week. It’s a search warrant accusing an anonymous cartoon creator, going by the name of Mr. Fiddlesticks, of cyberstalking (RCW 9.61.260). The Renton Police Department and the local prosecutor got a judge to sign off as a way to uncover the name of whoever is behind the parodies.
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so many criminal things wrong with this whole issue. first and foremost, the prosecutor trying to use cyberstalking against the freedom of expression. Secondly, how on earth they got a judge to actually sign off on this warrant should render the judge immediately certifiably insane and incarcerated for life in a mental institution.

The saddest thing about this whole episode is the judge and prosecutor have absolute immunity for this criminalistic endeavor.
 
2 of the cartoons made by renton city cops

they got demoted, but guess what they didn't get charged with.

High-ranking Renton police officers have been punished for their role in a cartoon controversy.

The Renton Police Department just released the details of their disciplinary measures over the video a sergeant created and posted online.

The 87-page report condemns the sergeant and the the officers, including a deputy chief, who knew about the video.

The eight-minute cartoon depicts an interaction between an officer and a SCORE employee dressed as a clown. SCORE stands for South Correctional Entity, which oversees the regional jail.

The department report calls the video offensive, demeaning and hurtful to their relationship with the jail.

The sergeant created an anonymous e-mail to post the video, the report said, and a deputy chief advised him to post it from the library to keep from getting caught.

The sergeant claimed the video should be protected by his First Amendment rights. The department disagreed, demoted him to officer and reassigned him. The deputy chief was demoted to sergeant.

Another sergeant and acting sergeant received reprimands for not sharing their knowledge of the video.

Internal investigations are also planned for eight similar cartoons posted since, which the department says could only have been made by a city employee.

The department had been pursuing a cyberstalking case into the cartoons, but dropped the criminal investigation last week.
 
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