CT cop with thin skin sues to get names of critics
KA cop fabricates McDonald’s expletive coffee cup story

Topic 1 concerns Hartford (Connecticut) Police Lt. Vincent Benvenuto suing We The People Hartford Blog owner Kevin Brookman in an attempt to learn the identities of users who posted comments about him. Benvenuto’s lawyer Patrick Tomasiewicz and Hartford’s attorney Robert K. Killian Jr. are referenced in the story.

https://www.policeone.com/chiefs-sheriffs/articles/conn-police-officer-sues-blogger-over-identities-of-anonymous-commenters-5myuTqiCq9wbVPX1/

The Communications Act of 1934 and the subsequent Telecommunications Act of 1996 cover this type of content. More specifically, Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act protects the Blog, its Users and other Content Providers by providing immunity from liability of publishing information provided by others.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communications_Act_of_1934

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunications_Act_of_1996

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_230_of_the_Communications_Decency_Act

Topic 2 concerns an unidentified Herington (Kansas) Police officer who fabricated an incident with a McDonald’s coffee cup being given to him while in uniform with an expletive on it. The officer has since resigned and Chief Brian Hornaday is referenced in the story.

https://www.policeone.com/officer-misconduct-internal-affairs/articles/kansas-officer-fabricated-story-about-expletive-on-mcdonalds-coffee-cup-as-a-joke-chief-says-OxuP8KKVKyggxdkw/

https://www.policeone.com/police-jobs-and-careers/articles/kan-police-apologize-for-faked-story-of-expletive-on-mcdonalds-cup-knvxkQK74vLYRmgm/

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