Michael Lacey Discusses Impending Lawsuit
By AAN Staff
february 22, 2008 10:05 am
As
we reported yesterday, Lacey's
Phoenix New Times is charging Maricopa County officials with violating his and Jim Larkin's constitutional rights, and with malicious prosecution, racketeering and conspiracy in conjunction with
their October arrest for publishing the contents of a grand jury subpoena. "The critical question is: How do they get to the point where they believe that they have the right to arrest journalists in the middle of the night and subpoena the identity of the people that read our newspaper? They didn't get there overnight," the
New Times founder and Village Voice Media executive editor tells the
Arizona Republic. "They began by abusing prisoners, and there was a staircase escalation where they were never stopped."