tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9143409168229764050.post5165575413750423371..comments2023-10-09T11:28:14.030-05:00Comments on The Adventures of Johnny Northside: Al Flowers Is "Thinking About Backing Out Of The Mayoral (Fill In The Blank)"Johnny Northsidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03694273579383113753noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9143409168229764050.post-19677613968309685782009-10-02T10:27:23.832-05:002009-10-02T10:27:23.832-05:00A Multi-Dollar Victory
Flowers v. Don Samuels, Pau...A Multi-Dollar Victory<br />Flowers v. Don Samuels, Paul Ostrow et al.<br /><br />Some people are perennial candidates for office. Al Flowers is a perennial thorn in the side of the people who make it there.<br /><br />In a September 2007 lawsuit, Flowers alleged that City Council Members Don Samuels and Paul Ostrow retaliated against him for comments made on his public-access television show Real State of the City. The show was taken off the air after a segment in 2005 in which Booker T. Hodges called Samuels a "house negro" and said that "we have to learn from Nat Turner's mistake, and we have to kill the house niggas, we got to kill 'em, and that's what we're doing on this show." Allegedly fearing for his life, Samuels met with the head of the Minneapolis Telecommunications Network, who took Flowers' show off the air for three months. Flowers filed a grievance and the show was returned.<br /><br />A U.S. district judge ruled in November that Flowers' free speech rights had been violated and ordered the city to pay him $3, plus fees for his lawyer, Jill Clark, a solo practitioner in Golden Valley, estimated to be approximately $50,000. City Hall did not appeal the decision.<br /><br />Clark says the remarks on Flowers' show were taken out of context, and were clearly not a call to violence. Under the First Amendment, she says, "even if it was a comment about killing, there is wide latitude to make your point. You don't have to be devoid of all passion." She says the city has publicized Flowers' history of litigation (or civil rights activism, depending on whom you ask) to portray her client as a nuisance.<br /><br />What's the deal with the $3 in damages? "It was very important to be vindicated by the jury. If he'd been doing it just for the money, he probably wouldn't have done it in the first place. He did it because he thought it was important," says Clark. "If City Hall gets to shut down television shows that criticize City Hall ... it's not long before none of us can say anything."<br /><br />—Jessica ThompsonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9143409168229764050.post-18890591455517720622009-10-02T10:10:25.645-05:002009-10-02T10:10:25.645-05:00I love the internet!
http://www.buzz.mn/?q=node/9...I love the internet!<br /><br />http://www.buzz.mn/?q=node/960:<br /><br />Steve Brandt writes: "...Al Flowers, needs a remedial course in African-American history."<br /><br />AMEN to that!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9143409168229764050.post-20159310720542404172009-10-01T19:32:15.630-05:002009-10-01T19:32:15.630-05:00This neighborhood is notorious for lies, misinform...This neighborhood is notorious for lies, misinformation and conspiracy theories, but JNS is just as guilty as the rest of them. One post of truth does not budge a history of slanderous defamation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9143409168229764050.post-88441832365831997152009-10-01T17:31:02.017-05:002009-10-01T17:31:02.017-05:00@ JNS 5:18: i don't know if "care" i...@ JNS 5:18: i don't know if "care" is the right word exactly, but i do think that you are serving an important service by putting the facts (and the evidence) out there as a counterpoint to the neverending river of misinformation, lies, and conspiracy theories that some people in our neighborhood spend their lives generating.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9143409168229764050.post-52651195007456763282009-10-01T17:18:29.364-05:002009-10-01T17:18:29.364-05:00We have the print out, and hopefully it will get u...We have the print out, and hopefully it will get up...but Al Flowers is such a fringe player, it's like...who cares?Johnny Northsidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03694273579383113753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9143409168229764050.post-8977718798131622202009-10-01T16:58:49.070-05:002009-10-01T16:58:49.070-05:00Next time grab a screen shot and post the pic of t...Next time grab a screen shot and post the pic of the FB page. You could also scan the printout you have, it would be fun to see.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9143409168229764050.post-48266977847779974422009-10-01T16:48:59.535-05:002009-10-01T16:48:59.535-05:00Is this the debate that will be on MTN and nobody&...Is this the debate that will be on MTN and nobody's confirming whether RT will even participate? (Which means he's not going to bother with these also-rans)<br /><br />Why even bother with that debate now? That's like saying you're going to hold court without the King OR the jester.Jeff Skreneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14597476540441866248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9143409168229764050.post-74393169072933690912009-10-01T16:30:23.495-05:002009-10-01T16:30:23.495-05:00GEEZ!!!
It just occurs to me that I copied and pa...GEEZ!!!<br /><br />It just occurs to me that I copied and pasted THOSE EXACT WORDS right off Al Flowers' Facebook profile. <br /><br />The word was RACE not DEBATE. <br /><br />And printouts exist.Johnny Northsidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03694273579383113753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9143409168229764050.post-36140528578888918982009-10-01T15:46:27.870-05:002009-10-01T15:46:27.870-05:00Do I sense a JNS pdf file showing those printouts?...Do I sense a JNS pdf file showing those printouts?Jeff Skreneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14597476540441866248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9143409168229764050.post-1669243202060184442009-10-01T13:02:12.815-05:002009-10-01T13:02:12.815-05:00Al Flowers is not backing out of the Mayoral Race....Al Flowers is not backing out of the Mayoral Race.Don "GOP" Allennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9143409168229764050.post-4417349508054717972009-10-01T12:29:03.635-05:002009-10-01T12:29:03.635-05:00this is the awesomest news day EVA!this is the awesomest news day EVA!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9143409168229764050.post-87704793987119143912009-10-01T12:25:56.552-05:002009-10-01T12:25:56.552-05:00I got FOUR cops that say....
I got FOUR cops th...I got FOUR cops that say.... <br /><br /><br />I got FOUR cops that say....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9143409168229764050.post-29901431398974250012009-10-01T12:19:27.566-05:002009-10-01T12:19:27.566-05:00If he backs out, who's left to tell the truth ...If he backs out, who's left to tell the truth to the medium-income people at Broadway and Colfax?Jeff Skreneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14597476540441866248noreply@blogger.com