Elliot Madison from New York, a tweeting, self proclaimed “anarchist” from New York, who was arrested for warning G-20 summit protesters of police activity, alleges a First Amendment violation after his house was searched a week after the arrest.
The Pennsylvania state police arrested Madison as part of a self-organized “communications team” last months during the G-20 summit in a Pittsburgh motel for hindering apprehension and prosecution with tweets that warned the ca. 5.000 Protesters at the event. Similar to the tweets after the controversial election and following protests in Iran, the tweets informed about police activities and location.
On October 1st, the FBI raided Madison’s home as he is now under federal investigation for violating 18 U.S.S. §2101, the “anti-riot” law, that was used to prosecute the “Chicago Seven” for protests during the Democratic National Convention in 1968. The FBI searched his house for hours and, according to the abajournal.com, took computers, political books, pick axes and Buffy, the Vampire Slayer DVDs (I have to say, I was not aware of the anarchist, anti-government message in Buffy).
Madison is fighting the search and the use of the seized property as unconstituional and alleges First Amendment right violations. A District Judge in Brooklyn, NYC is expected to rule this week about the motion.
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