Sunday, March 27, 2016

Ohio man faces felony charge for creating a Facebook parody account of his local police department

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3511550/Ohio-man-faces-felony-charge-creating-Facebook-parody-account-local-police-department.html

 Anthony Novak faces a possible felony count of disrupting public services 
  • He is accused of creating a parody Facebook account on March 2 that mimicked Parma Police Department's official page in Ohio 
  • Police say the page had what they considered 'derogatory' and 'inflammatory' information that appeared as though it was real
  • Novak's attorney says it's an unusual case' that has the potential to raise some First Amendment issues

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