As visitors of this site have known, Brett Kimberlin has been on a campaign of harassment in retaliation against me for 1) briefly and slightly representing someone who he was suing, and 2) for pointing out that he had committed perjury on November 14, 2011. This has included attempting to get my wife and I killed, attempting to frame me for a crime, getting me arrested on false charges, and filing abusive peace orders against me in Maryland (see here).
After I was arrested, Dan Backer arranged with me to provide pro-bono legal help with this. His big idea is that he wanted to not only defend my right to freedom of speech, but to put Brett Kimberlin on the defensive, both to vindicate my rights, and to vindicate others. I cannot disclose all that he has planned—we cannot give the other side warning—but keep an eye on them. They will be making news in the next few weeks.
But while it is free to me, it is not free to them. I mean how long would you work at your job for free—when you have bills to pay and mouths to feed? So in all bluntness, the more you donate to this cause the more they will be able to do. So they have formed the Blogger’s Defense Team (BDT)...
(Note: This is not actually what they look like, nor do they have these uniforms.)
…And, joking aside, they have launched a website for this effort. So bookmark them, spread the word around and if you can, please give to them.
And this is in supplement to the efforts of the National Bloggers Club, which is has set up a relief fund to help as well.
And thanks to everyone. Thank you to Dan Backer (BDT) and Ali Akbar (NBC) for organizing these respective funds and to all of you who have given and will give.
And most of all, thank you to OccupyRebellion for being such a thug he/she/it has motivated people to give over $700 to BDT...
Their official press release sent out by email follows below the fold:
7/9/2012
Bloggers Defense Team Launches Website, Raises $6000 towards Defense of Aaron Walker And Others Against Lawfare
Right Solutions, an independent 501c3, announces today the launch of a new website for its project to defend free speech and the rights of bloggers via the courts: http://BloggersDefenseTeam.com.
Led by attorneys Dan Backer and Steve Hoersting, The Bloggers Defense Team has already launched its initial legal salvos in defense of Aaron Walker, who has been the victim of lawfare and cyber-harassment at the hands of Brett Kimberlin, convicted domestic bomber and felon. Walker has been the target of multiple lawsuits for his writing about Kimberlin (a public figure), and was even briefly jailed for daring to engage in free speech journalism. While this miscarriage of justice in Maryland state court was promptly overturned, Aaron Walker's fight continues unabated, as the freedoms of blogger journalists across America are still threatened.
In just two weeks since its launch, BDT has already filed a Federal complaint against Kimberlin and his unsavory lawfare tactics, raised over $6,000.00 in online donations and launched its informational website to reach out to the general public. The Team has also filed a federal lawsuit in Maryland with local attorney Bruce Godfrey, and is preparing for additional legal action in Virginia, and nationwide, on behalf of other bloggers seeking help to defend their free speech.
The Bloggers Defense Team also continues to seek out and offer aid to others who may have been the victims of online harassment, lawfare, or other attempts to attack their free speech rights - which is an attack on every American's free speech.
For consideration of aid, media interviews, or other information, please contact the Blogger's Defense Team: bloggersdefense at bloggersdefenseteam dot com.
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My wife and I have lost our jobs due to the harassment of convicted terrorist Brett Kimberlin, including an attempt to get us killed and to frame me for a crime carrying a sentence of up to ten years. I know that claim sound fantastic, but if you read starting here, you will see absolute proof of these claims using documentary and video evidence. If you would like to donate and help my wife and I in this time of need, please go to this donation page. And thank you.
Follow me at Twitter @aaronworthing, mostly for snark and site updates. And you can purchase my book (or borrow it for free if you have Amazon Prime), Archangel: A Novel of Alternate, Recent History here. And you can read a little more about my novel, here.
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Disclaimer:
I have accused some people, particularly Brett Kimberlin, of reprehensible conduct. In some cases, the conduct is even criminal. In all cases, the only justice I want is through the appropriate legal process—such as the criminal justice system. I do not want to see vigilante violence against any person or any threat of such violence. This kind of conduct is not only morally wrong, but it is counter-productive.
In the particular case of Brett Kimberlin, I do not want you to even contact him. Do not call him. Do not write him a letter. Do not write him an email. Do not text-message him. Do not engage in any kind of directed communication. I say this in part because under Maryland law, that can quickly become harassment and I don’t want that to happen to him.
And for that matter, don’t go on his property. Don’t sneak around and try to photograph him. Frankly try not to even be within his field of vision. Your behavior could quickly cross the line into harassment in that way too (not to mention trespass and other concerns).
And do not contact his organizations, either. And most of all, leave his family alone.
The only exception to all that is that if you are reporting on this, there is of course nothing wrong with contacting him for things like his official response to any stories you might report. And even then if he tells you to stop contacting him, obey that request. As you will see by the time I am done telling my story that this is a key element in making out a harassment claim under Maryland law—that a person asks you to stop and you refuse.
And let me say something else. In my heart of hearts, I don’t believe that any person supporting me has done any of the above. But if any of you have, stop it, and if you haven’t don’t start.
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