Commercial Appeal readers, here’s one you can help us with:
Memphis Police Director Larry Godwin and the city of Memphis have filed a lawsuit to learn who operates a blog critical of the director and his department.
The lawsuit, filed in Chancery Court recently, asks AOL to produce all information related to the identity of an e-mail address linked to MPD Enforcer 2.0, a blog popular with cops that has been extremely critical of police leadership at 201 Poplar Ave.
The lawsuit seeks any and all information related to the creation of the e-mail account, any billing or payment records dealing with the account and any names, e-mail addresses, telephone numbers or addresses associated with the site.
Much of the case has been sealed by Chancellor Kenny Armstrong. …
The story includes a taunting quote from the bloggers and a non-comment from MPD. This one’s worth watching, so please help us keep up with it, CA-readers.
(h/t GlitterGirl)
This does bear watching. I’ll have to see what I can learn.
The blog is interesting and has the AOL subpoena on it.
May have found home, Burr, huh. Later. http://www.mftms13.wordpress.com. It’s not JPD BUT FOR NOW IT WILL DO.
Think what a JPD blog might turn up.
that was pretty oddly off-topic, twisteena.
Reading it made me immediately think of an airborne toxic event.
Did you know you were living in a post-modernist novel?
Maybe Fingers Taylor can reprise his hit ‘Kicked in the Head by the Jackson Police’ to ‘Kicked in the Hard Drive by the Memphis Police’?
Here’s the local CBS Affiliate’s story:
http://www.wreg.com/global/story.asp?s=8718899
Reckon I’ve missed Fingers’ rendition, Phantom. Rats.
Wow, Phantom, from start-up to court in 3.5 months — that might be a record for a blog. Thanks for the link.
And here is an email interview with the man “hisself”, Dirk Diggler. Seems The Memphis Flyer didn’t have as much trouble finding him as the MPD is having.
http://www.memphisflyer.com/memphis/
Great interview link with Dirk, GlitterGirl@9. Wonder what Rollergirl’s been up to lately?
Phantom, if you’re talking about Sam Red of Memphis Roller Derby fame, she’s still skating and singing I far as I know.
Nice try, Glitter. I was actually referring to Dirk’s main squeeze. Well, one of his squeezes I guess. Seems that the ‘Boogie Nights’ comparisons end here.
Oops! I guess you can tell by now that I’m not an active Dirk fan club member.
And now we hear from the DC attorney representing the MPD blogger:
http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2008/jul/23/blogger-attorney-seeks-basis-police-directors-inqu/
In Other News: The Kingfish post made me think of of this, so I checked on it. It appears the fine folks at the Memphis PD have dropped most of their suit against the MPD blogger.
Thanks for doing the update DN