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Ex-Gun Store Owner Jailed For Not Turning Over Facebook Password
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Jeremy Alcede would rather go to jail than lose his social media accounts. The former gun-store owner turned himself into US Marshals rather than hand his Twitter and Facebook passwords over to a bankruptcy court.
Alcede contends that the accounts are his personal property under the First Amendment because he used them to promote his strong conservative political beliefs, The Wall Street Journal reported. Chief United States Bankruptcy Judge Jeff Bohm disagreed and contends that the accounts belonged to Tactical Firearms, a Katy, Texas, gun store that Alcede lost in bankruptcy. He ordered Alcede jailed until he turns over the passwords.
“While Mr. Alcede was in charge of the debtor, the debtor was known for its marquee displaying messages promoting gun rights and criticizing President Barack Obama — no doubt with the objective of increasing gun and ammunition sales,” Bohm wrote in his opinion.
Alcede owned 70 percent of Tactical Firearms but had to turn it over to his former business partner, Steven Coe Wilson. The business is now owned by John Boyert and called Boyert Shooting Center.
Bohm rejected Alcede’s contention that the First Amendment gave him the right to keep the Facebook and Twitter pages.
Source: http://www.offthegridnews.com/current-events/ex-gun-store-owner-jailed-for-not-turning-over-facebook-password/
