"samsloan" wrote in message
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On Apr 8, 9:57 am, "McGyver" wrote:
"samsloan" wrote in message
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Amherst County Sheriff shuts down Sam Sloan's websites

Today, April 3, 2008, the Sheriff of Amherst County Virginia finally
succeeded in shutting down Sam Sloan's websites. The following
websites were closed down on orders of Deputy C. R. Smith of the
Amherst County Sheriff's Department:
http://www.samsloan.com
http://www.shamema.com
http://www.ishipress.com

As you will see, those websites are now closed. Prior to today, those
websites combined attracted more than 100,000 hits and more than
20,000 viewers per day.

Also closed down today are Sam Sloan's email addresses of
and .

The Amherst Country Sheriff's Department was able to accomplish by
complaining to the ISPs that Sam Sloan was harassing the Sheriff by
complaining that his daughter, Shamema Honzagool Sloan, then aged 8,
had been kidnapped from Fujairah, United Arab Emirates and brought to
Amherst County Virginia with the connivance of the Amherst County
Sheriff and that the Amherst County Sheriff was a conspirator in the
kidnapping of his daughter.

In addition, Sloan accused the Sheriff of Amherst County of harboring
a fugitive by allowing the kidnapper to stay in Amherst County and not
arresting him for the crime of kidnapping of which he is obviously
guilty.

These statements had been on Sloan's website continuously since 1996
when indeed these web sites were established for the primary of
publicizing the kidnapping of Sloan's eight-year-old daughter. The
Amherst County Sheriff was also irked by a "Wanted Poster" originating
from the United Arab Emirates with a photograph of one of the
kidnappers, who is wanted and has been convicted in absentia of
kidnapping Sloan's 8-year-old daughter.

I have not checked out and have no questions concerning the statements
you
made above. This is an academic answer, so I accept your statements as
true
without inquiry.

ISP's sometimes shut down websites on the basis of complaints. The
complaint that have this effect can come from any person. The reason, I
suppose, is that it is expensive to investigate and expensive to lose a
lawsuit for copyright infringement or whatever. So they shut down
websites
on the flimsy complaints. I say "sometimes" because I don't know whether
this practice is widespread, rare or in-between.

Therefore, it is not surprising that your websites were shut down.
However,
it is surprising that the complaint came from the sheriff. That opens
the
door for a lawsuit against the sheriff for harassment. A sheriff with
good
legal advice would not have done that. That's why I mentioned that I
accept
your statements at face value. No offense meant, I'm just saying that
the
facts as stated are not the sort that should be taken at face value
except
for purposes of drafting an academic answer.

So what to do. I suggest you take these facts to a civil litigation
attorney experienced in actions against police departments in Virginia.
There is a possibility that this could be a contingency fee case. I
recommend that you not try to handle this as an in-pro-per plaintiff.

This answer must not be relied on as legal advice for the reasons posted
he http://mcgyverdisclaimer.blogspot.com. And I am not your
attorney.

McGyver

Thank you for your suggestions.

Do you know of an attorney who might be interested in this case,
because I definitely want to do this?

I don't know any attorneys in Virginia. Good luck.

Mc

Guess What !!!!! The Amherst County Virginia Sheriff has been
interviewed on local TV in Lynchburg about this:

The Deputy Sheriff who shut down my sites, Deputy Christopher Smith,
has been interviewed on local TV about this. Take a look at:

http://www.wdbj7.com/global/story.asp?s=8149193

Click on the box in the upper left-hand corner where it says "Virginia
among the top ten states for Internet crime (04/10)" and you will see
a TV interview of Deputy Christopher Smith. He is the fat guy.

The Amherst County Sheriff also has a new website at:

http://www.amherstsheriff.org

This explains a lot.

Sam Sloan



On Apr 3, 7:40 pm, samsloan wrote:
AmherstCountySheriffshuts down Sam Sloan's websites

Today, April 3, 2008, theSheriffofAmherstCountyVirginia finally
succeeded in shutting down Sam Sloan's websites. The following
websites were closed down on orders of Deputy C. R. Smith of theAmherstCountySheriff'sDepartment:

http://www.samsloan.com

http://www.shamema.com

http://www.ishipress.com

As you will see, those websites are now closed. Prior to today, those
websites combined attracted more than 100,000 hits and more than
20,000 viewers per day.

Also closed down today are Sam Sloan's email addresses of
and .

TheAmherstCountrySheriff'sDepartment was able to accomplish by
complaining to the ISPs that Sam Sloan was harassing theSheriffby
complaining that his daughter, Shamema Honzagool Sloan, then aged 8,
had been kidnapped from Fujairah, United Arab Emirates and brought toAmherstCountyVirginia with the connivance of theAmherstCountySheriffand that theAmherstCountySheriffwas a conspirator in the
kidnapping of his daughter.

In addition, Sloan accused theSheriffofAmherstCountyof harboring
a fugitive by allowing the kidnapper to stay inAmherstCountyand not
arresting him for the crime of kidnapping of which he is obviously
guilty.

These statements had been on Sloan's website continuously since 1996
when indeed these web sites were established for the primary of
publicizing the kidnapping of Sloan's eight-year-old daughter. TheAmherstCountySheriffwas also irked by a "Wanted Poster" originating
from the United Arab Emirates with a photograph of one of the
kidnappers, who is wanted and has been convicted in absentia of
kidnapping Sloan's 8-year-old daughter.

On Apr 8, 9:18 am, "Ted E Bear" wrote:
Contact the EFF, Electronic Frontier Foundation. I would think that the
ACLU would also be interested in that the law is overbroad and can cause
unintended consequences.

"samsloan" wrote in message

...
Rob Mitchell states above that the Sheriff of Amherst County Virginia
had my websites shut down because of "blatantly false claims aimed at
causing personal damage". This is not true. The Sheriff had my
websites shut down by complaining to my ISPs that my website contained
personally identifiable information about the Sheriff of Amherst
County in that it stated that the Sheriff of Amherst County was guilty
of involvement in the kidnapping of my 8-year-old daughter.

The Sheriff of Amherst County said that my website violated Section
18.2-186.4 of the Code of Virginia.

Take a look at what that section actually says:

http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp...cod+18.2-186.4

"It shall be unlawful for any person, with the intent to coerce,
intimidate, or harass another person, to publish the person's name or
photograph along with identifying information as defined in clauses
(iii) through (ix), or clause (xii) of subsection C of § 18.2-186.3,
including identification of the person's primary residence address.
Any person who violates this section is guilty of a Class 1
misdemeanor.

"Any person who violates this section knowing or having reason to know
that person is a law-enforcement officer, as defined in § 9.1-101, is
guilty of a Class 6 felony. The sentence shall include a mandatory
minimum term of confinement of six months."

This provision of law clearly states that any reporter of the New York
Times or the newspaper itself could be sentenced to six months in
prison for publishing any identifying information about any law
enforcement officer in Virginia.

I think the New York Times should come to my defense in this case.

Sam Sloan

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They forgot to shut down your "mirror" site of www.ansuhka.com