Click on the following links to read my appeal brief, the state attorney's answer brief, my reply brief and the appellate decision.
I even flirted with the idea of going to law school because at the time, the journalism industry was going through a huge transition where news companies were unable to pay reporters what they had been paying them, so I was not finding work that paid.
But then I decided to use my blog as my journalistic outlet. Especially because during my appeal process, I was arrested a second time for photographing cops against their wishes.
I figured if I was going to write for nothing, might as well write for myself.
JB: You got to experience questionable police tactics personally throughout your ordeal. And you mention that, numerous times, you were offered plea deals. It must have been tempting to have all this behind you. What did they offer and was it hard to resist the pressure?
CM: They were offering to drop all the charges if only I pleaded guilty to one charge. They knew they had screwed up and I was contemplating suing, so they were trying to cover their ass.
I know the legal system depends on people accepting pleas but I was determined to go the distance because I knew I was innocent. I was not going to admit to something I did not do.
My outlet was my blog. My talent is my writing. So the more they tried to intimidate me through the legal system, I would strike back with my words, with the truth, with my journalism.
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