This was a False, Staged Arrest from the Very Beginning On August 11, 2023, I was pulled over by the Galveston Police Department while commuting onto the island at approximately 2AM. What began as a traffic stop had in a very quick time turned into a DWI Investigation, with an arrest of me made on […]
The Call That Said Everything When I dialed the Mississippi Department of Corrections commissioner’s office, I expected professionalism, maybe even urgency. What I got instead was a bureaucratic echo chamber. “This is the commissioner’s office,” the woman said.I explained the problem — a constitutional one — about inmates at Delta Correctional Facility being denied access
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Magistrate Judge Carol Whitehurst issues an ex parte protective order without hearing the defense, gagging journalist Matthew Reardon. Is this judicial bias?
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Government Seeks “Protective Order” to Conceal Evidence of Judicial Ethics Violations in Journalist’s Case
Mississippi Law Enforcement Agency Engages in Pattern of Stonewalling, Evasion, and Potential Conspiracy to Obstruct Justice
U.S. Marshals Want Court to Ban Reporter from Discussing His Own Arrest After He Discovered BOLO Alert Targeting His Journalism Lafayette, Louisiana — In a stunning escalation of what civil liberties advocates are calling “government retaliation against the press,” federal prosecutors are asking a court to prohibit journalist Matthew Reardon from discussing evidence in his own
In a shocking display of government overreach, independent journalist Matthew Reardon faces criminal charges for exercising his constitutional rights outside the John M. Shaw Federal Courthouse in Lafayette, Louisiana. As the founder of We the People News, I’ve been following this case closely, as it represents a direct assault on press freedom and the right
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In a significant development that raises serious questions about the government’s motives, federal prosecutors have added an additional attorney to their case against independent journalist Matthew Reardon
GALVESTON, TX- On August 11, 2023, a routine drive across the causeway into Galveston turned into something far more sinister. Just after 2 a.m., investigative journalist and constitutional rights activist Matthew Reardon was pulled over by Galveston Police Department officers. Within minutes, what began as a traffic stop became a felony DWI investigation and arrest.
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Despite a Supreme Court order, Lafayette County refused to rule on an indigent appellant’s request for counsel. Months later, the State failed to file a brief — and the Court of Appeals denied oral argument, leaving only silence on the record.
