[Imc] hiding a story

[Paul Riismandel]

 If it turns out that the guy who she claims killed her son didn't, then
this is a clear case of libel-- in fact, it doesn't get much clearer than
that.  The accused guy can sue us, and if we're in deep doodoo if we can't
show that we know it to be true.

--paul

-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Hagy
To: Paul Riismandel
Cc: 'imc at urbana.indymedia.org'
Sent: 9/18/2001 8:17 AM
Subject: Re: [Imc] hiding a story


i don't understand why this was hidden.  it's not advocating the killing
of someone, merely pointing out the puny sentence the judge found
necessary.  and it's reporting from a parent's perspective. besides, how
much of what we have on our website is truly verifible?  in light of
that,
i support unhiding it, else we become censors, and hide everything we
can't verify (which would cover a large amount of our material on the
web).

brian


On Mon, 17 Sep 2001, Paul Riismandel wrote:

> I want to let people know that I hid a story on the website today.  It
has
> nothing to do with terrorism or threats.  I hid it because it
contained
> potentially libelous information that cannot be reasonably checked and
the
> person who left it left no name, e-mail or any other way to contact.
>
> You can see the text below.  If anyone has an objection I will unhide
it,
> though I think it best to xxx out names even so.  I think any final
decision
> should be made at the steering meeting this week.
>
> The article was called:"23 year old son killed by nc teacher"
>
> Here is the text (note that i removed the names since that is what
could be
> considered libelous and the imc list is archived on the web):
> "My 23 yr old son xxxxx was killed in February of 2001. He was killed
by a
> 36 year old man, xxxxx that has a teaching certificate and is pursuing
his
> doctorate at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, NC. My son
was
> invited to this man's house and was unarmed. This man went to his
closet and
> got his 45 handgun out of the bedroom closet, unzipped the case, took
the
> gun and holster out of the case, took the gun out of the holster,
ejected a
> bullet to make sure that there was a bullet in the gun's
chamber(loaded) and
> killed my son with a shot to my son's chest. The bullet pierced my
son's
> heart and did massive internal damage. My son was not armed, did not
try to
> fight because the man had the gun aimed at my son's chest from about 3
feet
> away. My son pled for his life but was shot and killed anyway. This
killer
> is a teacher and pursuing a doctorate in education, he pled guilty to
> involuntary manslaughter. Will serve time in jail on weekends for a
couple
> of months and is on probation for 4 years. Apparently the value of my
son's
> life was not very important. My son leaves behind families and friends
that
> are appalled at this injustice. My son's wife will have to raise their
2
> small boys and their baby that was just born earlier this month. Is
there
> any justice at all left in America?"
>
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