---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Travis <twmccoy@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 9:25 PM
Subject: Shot-Up Image of Obama Draws a Secret Service Inquiry
To: Travis McCoy <baconlard@gmail.com>
Shot-Up Image of President Draws a Secret Service Inquiry
By MARC LACEY
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/27/us/secret-service-looks-into-image-of-obam
a-riddled-with-bullets.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss&pagewanted=print
PHOENIX - The Secret Service said Thursday that it was looking into a
photograph posted on the Internet that showed a group of young Arizona men
posing in the desert with guns while holding up what appeared to be a
bullet-riddled image of President Obama's face.
The photograph showed seven casually dressed young men, four of whom
clutched weapons and one of whom held up a T-shirt covered with small holes
and gashes and bearing a likeness of Mr. Obama above the word "HOPE." The
weapons held aloft appeared to be a revolver, a bolt-action rifle and two
assault rifles.
"We're aware of it, and we're conducting the appropriate follow-up steps,"
said Ed Donovan, a Secret Service spokesman in Washington.
The photo, along with the remark "Another trip to the ranch," was posted on
Jan. 20 on the Facebook page of Sgt. Pat Shearer, a police officer in
Peoria, Ariz., a Phoenix suburb. The image was removed from Sergeant
Shearer's page on Thursday afternoon shortly after inquiries about it to the
Peoria Police Department. Sergeant Shearer, a decorated officer who was
honored in 2007 for helping to save a driver trapped in a burning vehicle,
did not respond to a request for comment on Thursday.
Jay A. Davies, a police spokesman, said in an e-mail that the department was
conducting "an administrative investigation into any possible policy
violations on the part of our employee."
The photograph was also posted on the Facebook page of one of the young men
holding a gun in the image. He was identified as a student at Peoria's
Centennial High School.
Danielle Airey, a spokeswoman for the Peoria Unified School District, said
district officials were conducting an investigation and working to identify
any students involved. "We will also wait to hear from local and federal
authorities to cooperate with their investigations," she said in an e-mail.
The Secret Service has an Internet Threat Desk that reviews online comments
and images that raise potential threats to protected officials, especially
the president. Mr. Obama made a brief visit to the Phoenix area on
Wednesday.
"Individuals certainly have a right to free speech, but we certainly have a
right to speak to individuals to see what their intent is," Mr. Donovan
said.
==========================================
(F)AIR USE NOTICE: All original content and/or articles and graphics in this
message are copyrighted, unless specifically noted otherwise. All rights to
these copyrighted items are reserved. Articles and graphics have been placed
within for educational and discussion purposes only, in compliance with
"Fair Use" criteria established in Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976.
The principle of "Fair Use" was established as law by Section 107 of The
Copyright Act of 1976. "Fair Use" legally eliminates the need to obtain
permission or pay royalties for the use of previously copyrighted materials
if the purposes of display include "criticism, comment, news reporting,
teaching, scholarship, and research." Section 107 establishes four criteria
for determining whether the use of a work in any particular case qualifies
as a "fair use". A work used does not necessarily have to satisfy all four
criteria to qualify as an instance of "fair use". Rather, "fair use" is
determined by the overall extent to which the cited work does or does not
substantially satisfy the criteria in their totality. If you wish to use
copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you
must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to:
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml
THIS DOCUMENT MAY CONTAIN COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL. COPYING AND DISSEMINATION IS
PROHIBITED WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE COPYRIGHT OWNERS.
From: Travis <twmccoy@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 9:25 PM
Subject: Shot-Up Image of Obama Draws a Secret Service Inquiry
To: Travis McCoy <baconlard@gmail.com>
Shot-Up Image of President Draws a Secret Service Inquiry
By MARC LACEY
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/27/us/secret-service-looks-into-image-of-obam
a-riddled-with-bullets.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss&pagewanted=print
PHOENIX - The Secret Service said Thursday that it was looking into a
photograph posted on the Internet that showed a group of young Arizona men
posing in the desert with guns while holding up what appeared to be a
bullet-riddled image of President Obama's face.
The photograph showed seven casually dressed young men, four of whom
clutched weapons and one of whom held up a T-shirt covered with small holes
and gashes and bearing a likeness of Mr. Obama above the word "HOPE." The
weapons held aloft appeared to be a revolver, a bolt-action rifle and two
assault rifles.
"We're aware of it, and we're conducting the appropriate follow-up steps,"
said Ed Donovan, a Secret Service spokesman in Washington.
The photo, along with the remark "Another trip to the ranch," was posted on
Jan. 20 on the Facebook page of Sgt. Pat Shearer, a police officer in
Peoria, Ariz., a Phoenix suburb. The image was removed from Sergeant
Shearer's page on Thursday afternoon shortly after inquiries about it to the
Peoria Police Department. Sergeant Shearer, a decorated officer who was
honored in 2007 for helping to save a driver trapped in a burning vehicle,
did not respond to a request for comment on Thursday.
Jay A. Davies, a police spokesman, said in an e-mail that the department was
conducting "an administrative investigation into any possible policy
violations on the part of our employee."
The photograph was also posted on the Facebook page of one of the young men
holding a gun in the image. He was identified as a student at Peoria's
Centennial High School.
Danielle Airey, a spokeswoman for the Peoria Unified School District, said
district officials were conducting an investigation and working to identify
any students involved. "We will also wait to hear from local and federal
authorities to cooperate with their investigations," she said in an e-mail.
The Secret Service has an Internet Threat Desk that reviews online comments
and images that raise potential threats to protected officials, especially
the president. Mr. Obama made a brief visit to the Phoenix area on
Wednesday.
"Individuals certainly have a right to free speech, but we certainly have a
right to speak to individuals to see what their intent is," Mr. Donovan
said.
==========================================
(F)AIR USE NOTICE: All original content and/or articles and graphics in this
message are copyrighted, unless specifically noted otherwise. All rights to
these copyrighted items are reserved. Articles and graphics have been placed
within for educational and discussion purposes only, in compliance with
"Fair Use" criteria established in Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976.
The principle of "Fair Use" was established as law by Section 107 of The
Copyright Act of 1976. "Fair Use" legally eliminates the need to obtain
permission or pay royalties for the use of previously copyrighted materials
if the purposes of display include "criticism, comment, news reporting,
teaching, scholarship, and research." Section 107 establishes four criteria
for determining whether the use of a work in any particular case qualifies
as a "fair use". A work used does not necessarily have to satisfy all four
criteria to qualify as an instance of "fair use". Rather, "fair use" is
determined by the overall extent to which the cited work does or does not
substantially satisfy the criteria in their totality. If you wish to use
copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you
must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to:
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml
THIS DOCUMENT MAY CONTAIN COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL. COPYING AND DISSEMINATION IS
PROHIBITED WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE COPYRIGHT OWNERS.
--
Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups.
For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum
* Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/
* It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls.
* Read the latest breaking news, and more.
No comments:
Post a Comment