Reporter arrested at Manchester debates for asking wrong questions

[alohamonkey]

The guy was not, as the article states, arrested for asking a question -- he was arrested for trying to get back in after losing his privileges. 

Where did you see that?  If that's the case, then my opinion might have just changed. 

[KBCraig]

This will not be the best publicity infowars has ever gotten. 

From what I've seen, AJ truly believes that "there's no such thing as bad publicity".

I'm reminded of the self-congratulatory celebration Fred Phelps and his band of idiots go through every time they get on camera for pissing off everyone they come in contact with.

[Rocketman]

The guy was not, as the article states, arrested for asking a question -- he was arrested for trying to get back in after losing his privileges. 

Where did you see that?  If that's the case, then my opinion might have just changed. 

I read that he was led out of the building by the cops, then arrested when he tried to reenter (don't have time to look up my source, sorry).  I believe they let everybody back in except Lepacek, to their credit, and Lepacek must have been processed and released (I saw him later that night).

This will not be the best publicity infowars has ever gotten. 

From what I've seen, AJ truly believes that "there's no such thing as bad publicity".

I'm reminded of the self-congratulatory celebration Fred Phelps and his band of idiots go through every time they get on camera for pissing off everyone they come in contact with.

Exactly, Kevin. 

[CNHT]

CSpan is showing clips of the spin room with Ron in there two separate times and the full arrest.
They are showing it on TV not on YouTube so far as I know.

[alohamonkey]

I read that he was led out of the building by the cops, then arrested when he tried to reenter

If that's the case, then I don't have much sympathy for him.  If he was arrested for just being disruptive though, I don't think that's fair.  He asked an important question that they didn't want to answer...and don't have to answer for that matter.  Even if he became obnoxious, they wouldn't arrest a BBC reporter for acting the same way (or worse)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=WjHdtMABQVM   

[alohamonkey]

Please don't support a group if you don't like their tactics.  I agree with a lot of "ends" which are sought by certain groups, but if you ever catch me promoting journalism you know to be dishonest, please call me on it. 

I support AJ and infowars.  I'm still undecided on the WeAreChange guys.  I commend them for having the cahones to ask the tough questions but I question their tactics.  Even's AJ's ambush journalism annoys me sometimes and the WeAreChange guys take this to a whole other level.  Regardless, I would support almost anyone if their rights had been trampled. 

[donnay]

Amendment I
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

Privileges?  LOL!

Most of these candidates (exception - Ron Paul) support spreading democracy to other countries yet they are the biggest of hypocrites!

As I see it, politicians are servants of the people--not the other way around, they are the ones who have privileges.

MSM is no longer the Free Press--most people have to resort to an alternative media source to get information.

Giuliani made a comment to Peter Jennings (on record) stating he knew that the WTC Towers were going to collapse before they did---Lapecak is curious as many of us are as to just how Giuliani knew this before hand.  Having Lapecak thrown out proves that he asked just the right question to stir other free thinker's curiosity and Giuliani cannot afford that kind of heat that would knock him down of his hero status he thinks he has.

Source:  http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/april2005/090405gotwarning.htm

[donnay]

Another great point I forgot to point out:

"Lepacek also had a web cam hidden on his person which continued to record the sounds of his interaction with police in the patrol car after the arrest. The police threatened him with secret detention for espionage just because of the presence of a hidden camera. While this is ludicrous on its face, legally, it does indicate that the influence of the federal secret prison system has filtered down to state levels. Apparently, State Police are willing to funnel people into this new American Gulag as "anti-government traitors."

http://www.rense.com/general76/dksd.htm

[Russell Kanning]

It's no secret that I'm not a fan of Alex Jones and advocacy "journalism".

neither are Guilianis goons or the current power structure at large.

[Russell Kanning]

I cannot side with the cops on this one.
There is nothing someone could say that would make me want to haul them off to jail and threaten to send them to a secret fed prison for punishment.
This is not a system I can support.

I don't quite understand why you would want to ask these liars "tough questions". Debates and politics are their game .... they invented it and play it .... why try to beat them at their own game?

[Dave Ridley]

does anyone know what the reporter will be charged with?

If they pull some loser charge against him like wiretapping that is the thing that would really rile me up.  i am not sure whether to get angry about a trespassing charge.

[CNHT]

It's no secret that I'm not a fan of Alex Jones and advocacy "journalism".

Why not? It should be clear to the viewing public that something is very wrong when a candidate so fears a question that he has to have a reporter arrested for asking it!

Up until a few months ago I had never heard of AJ, but I have studied the same issues he talks about for the past 20 years.
He doesn't report anything unfactual, and you can come to your own conclusions for example, about the reason WHY people like David Gergen get so huffy at being asked about his 'vacation' at Bohemiam Grove. If its' so benign, why all the fuss? 

[MaineShark]

Okay, I'm trying to sort through all this...

Was this guy asked to leave by anyone who had a right to do so?  If so, he was 100% wrong to stay; that's just trespassing.  And some government-issued "privledge" cannot erase that fact.

On the other hand, only the owner or someone the owner delegates has the authority to order someone to leave.  Did someone with that sort of authority over the property do so, or not?

Giuliani made a comment to Peter Jennings (on record) stating he knew that the WTC Towers were going to collapse before they did---Lapecak is curious as many of us are as to just how Giuliani knew this before hand.

For the record, I knew that, too.  I was outside working when I heard about the first crash, and went inside to watch on TV.  I arrived home right before the second crash.  Once I saw the extent of the impact, and knowing the sort of fuel load of a jetliner in the early morning, I said, "well, those buildings are coming down."

Joe

[mvpel]

For the record, I knew that, too.  I was outside working when I heard about the first crash, and went inside to watch on TV.  I arrived home right before the second crash.  Once I saw the extent of the impact, and knowing the sort of fuel load of a jetliner in the early morning, I said, "well, those buildings are coming down."

But Joe...

"No steel framed building had ever collapsed from fire damage before in history. The event was unprecedented. To know the building was about to collapse would require inside knowledge of 'the 9/11 script' and how it was supposed to unfold on that fateful day."

So you must have also had inside knowledge of "the 9/11 script" and how it was supposed to unfold on that day.  Fess up!  We're waiting.

[lildog]

does anyone know what the reporter will be charged with?

If they pull some loser charge against him like wiretapping that is the thing that would really rile me up.  i am not sure whether to get angry about a trespassing charge.

The only charge I've heard so far is trespassing.