ACORN files suit against filmmakers
ACORN filed suit today in Maryland against conservative filmmakers James O’Keefe, Hannah Giles and conservative Web site Breitbart.com for secretly taping the organization’s employees at its Baltimore office.
In the complaint, ACORN alleges that the filmmakers entered into the organization’s offices in July with a “hidden camera and microphone” and taped employees Tonja Thompson and Shera Williams. Both employees are listed as plaintiffs on the complaint, filed in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City.
The crux of the lawsuit centers around a Maryland law which makes it illegal to tape someone without their consent – ACORN is alleging O’Keefe and Giles did so. ACORN is asking for $500,000 in damages to be awarded to each of the employees filmed by O’Keefe and Giles, and ACORN itself wants $1 million in damages.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0909/27501.html#ixzz0Ryp4WiZ1
Gee, you don’t think lust for money has anything to do with this, do you?
If they had any honor, if they cared about their employees really obeying the law and their organization being honest and aboveboard, they would have expressed their gratitude for these people uncovering criminal behavior by their employees. The fact is, they just care that they were caught and that alone is a crime in their tiny minds.
I suspect that Breitbart will fight it on the basis of Freedom of the Press and Speech and win, and we will pick up the bill for ACORN’s attorney’s.
Hopefully, ACORN is toast!
