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The Oregon Senate Committee on Judiciary held a public hearing on 5/12/2021 to allow the public to submit testimony on HB 3047 known as the anti-doxxing bill. The testimony presented in favor of the bill is littered with examples of First Amendment protected speech that the bill aims create a civil cause of action against. Speech like posting the home address of a government official online to help protesters organize rallies there, the contact information of one's employer for the purpose of criticizing the company for employing them, the personal email address of someone you want to direct an online petition to, etc. Rep. Brad Witt begins by complaining about CopBlaster.com doxxing him in response to his support of the bill (https://copblaster.com/blast/35514/representative-brad-witt-thinks-he-can-violate-the-first-amendment). In the dox, CopBlaster.com included example of federal court precedents that uphold the right to post home addresses of government officials as a form of political protest. He clearly intends to give himself recourse for what is constitutionally protected speech. Rep. Bill Post presents several examples of himself being doxxed in ways that are clearly protected by the First Amendment and some that are arguably not. CopBlaster.com doxxed him for sponsoring the bill in the House to make an example of First Amendment protected speech that involves disclosing his home address as part of political criticism(https://copblaster.com/blast/35515/representative-bill-post-championed-unconstitutional-bill). To his credit, some of his examples include speech we not believe to be protected by the First Amendment like posting his social security, bank account and credit card numbers. That type of stuff is not normally publicly available, lacks value as tools for political speech, and is analogous to "authentication features" the unauthorized transfer of which is prohibited under federal law. We do not support posting that type of information and would support legislation treating it the same as "authentication features." Unfortunately, Mr. Post is lumping the type of private information which is typically required to successfully steal someone's identity in with other types of information. Other types of information like home address, personal phone number, personal email address, and contact information of one's employer. If Post narrowly tailored his bill to address just the truly private information (SSN and financial data) we would not have a problem with it, but by including publicly available information that federal courts have protected the publication of, his bill sweeps too broadly to comply with the First Amendment. Please visit our Oregon House or Representatives Directory of Home Addresses to see an example of constitutionally protected speech with links to case law supporting the right to engage in such speech at https://copblaster.com/blast/35518/oregon-house-of-representatives-directory-of-home-addresses

The Oregon Senate Committee on Judiciary votes 4-3 in favor of an unconstitutional anti-doxxing bill. Chairman Floyd Prozanski (https://copblaster.com/blast/35548/oregon-state-senate-committee-on-judiciary-chairman-floyd-prozanski), Sen. James Manning Jr., Sen. Michael Dembrow, and Sen. Sara Gelser voted in favor of HB 3047. This video makes it clear that the bill targets First Amendment protected activities. The committee never considers free speech case law despite claiming to discuss it in the staff measure summary for this work session (https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/CommitteeMeetingDocument/243066). CopBlaster.com submitted testimony to this committee earlier this month that gave them all the case law they needed to conclude that the bill is unconstitutionally overbroad (https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/PublicTestimonyDocument/29600).

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This is the raw video of Portland Police Officer Zachary DeLong (https://copblaster.com/blast/35500/portland-police-officer-zachary-delong-idd-as-lents-park-shooter) shooting a man in Lents Park.

CopBlaster.com has identified the female officer in the viral video of a 9 year old girl being pepper sprayed by Rochester police. Hannah Schneeberger (https://copblaster.com/blast/34415/hannah-schneeberger-idd-as-rochester-officer-pepper-spraying-child) was identified after an ex-boyfriend posted a clue on Reddit. This video features screenshots of a chat between her and her ex, a confirmation form her ex, and a picture of her found on Pinterest. Other officers involved include John Soures (https://copblaster.com/blast/34414/rochester-police-officer-john-soures-idd-at-pepper-spraying-of-child) and Adam Bradstreet.

Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler got a First Amendment Audit at local restaurant recently. Learn more at https://copblaster.com/blast/34382/mayor-ted-wheeler-fails-first-amendment-audit-at-cafe-nell-restaurant

The Capitol Hill shooting of Ashli Babbitt shows the shooter was lying in wait and gave no warning. Learn more at https://copblaster.com/blast/34388/chad-wolf-resigns-as-acting-homeland-security-secretary

Ithaca, New York Police Officer confesses to prior use of excessive force on a black man. He didn't realize his body camera was on. Learn more at https://copblaster.com/blast/34343/ithaca-police-sergeant-kevin-slattery-suspended-for-comments