Journalist Christopher Bollyn Harassed And Beaten

August 18th, 2006 at 09:41 Björn Hallberg

American Free Press contributor Christopher Bollyn is stalked, harassed, beaten and arrested. No matter how one looks at it or feels about the sum total of Bollyn’s work, and supporters, this seems like a gross violation of his rights and liberties and in effect all those who believe they enjoy protection under the U.S. constitution. And a vindication for some of the theories he has been posting. Perhaps this should be seen as a stepping up of the efforts to “pursue” fifth columnists.

“There are really two key scenarios at play here,” remarked Petherick. “At a minimum, this was a brutal demonstration of the violent militarization of U.S. law enforcement. But at its worst, this was a deliberate attempt to intimidate and harass an American reporter, who has been writing about some of the most controversial issues, today.”

Bollyn is hardly a household name in America or anywhere else for that matter and so it seems very probable this will not garner any serious investigation or big headlines with the corporate media (which would probably shun Bollyn anyway). The purge of non-persons has apparently already gotten started. And first they came for a small-time journalist in the Chicago suburbs …

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