The Thin Blog Line: Memphis Police Chief Godwin Sues to Learn Identity of Anonymous Bloggers

Memphis Police Director Larry Godwin and the city of Memphis appear to have such excess of amounts of money and time that they have decided to pursue Internet bloggers critical of their work. They have filed to try to learn who has been filing critical entries under MPD Enforcer 2.0.

Prior lawsuit have been successful in forcing the disclosure of such information. However, this does not excuse the lawsuit. Godwin clearly wants to punish this critic and chill future criticism of his work. He is using public funds to pursue his white Internet whale.

Lawyers for the bloggers are seeking to block the action, here.

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