| "You get down to survival mode. That was blogger Roger Shuler s state of mind after being arrested and hauled off to jail for writing about a politically connected Alabama lawyer. "Once you re arrested I mean there s not much you can do, he told ThinkProgress in a conversation after his release, explaining that he felt powerless to handle the legal defense of his case. "Your hands are tied literally and figuratively and just to try to figure out how to get out was almost impossible I really was afraid for my life at times. Until last week, Shuler was the only known journalist in the Western Hemisphere jailed for doing his job. |
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Sheila Samples is an Oklahoma writer and a former civilian US Army Public Information Officer. She is a Managing Editor for OpEd News, and a regular contributor for a variety of Internet sites.