Anti Muslim Filmmaker Held Without Bail

     While we do have freedom of speech in our country and it's one of the most important cornerstones of our civil society, Nakoula Basseley Nakoula should be in jail.

     Yes there is freedom of speech. However, he has said the reason for the film was to cause exactly the violence we've seen. Freedom of speech doesn't cover yelling fire in a crowded theater. For the record, he is not being held for that at this point,, but violating the conditions of his parole:

     "A federal judge on Thursday ordered the producer of the anti-Muslim film “Innocence of Muslims” held without bail, following his arrest for allegedly violating the terms of his probation, ABC News reports."

    "U.S. District Judge Suzanne Segal said the court had a “lack of trust” in Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, 55, who has been identified as the producer of a crude, offensive film that has been blamed for violence and demonstrations in the Middle East this month."

    "On September 14, TPM reported that the U.S. Probation Office for the Central District of California was reviewing Nakoula’s case. In 2010, Nakoula had been sentenced to 21 months in federal prison on bank fraud charges, and ordered not to use computers, cell phones, or the Internet for five years unless he got an OK from a probation officer. The shortened clip of “Innocence of Muslims” that was uploaded to YouTube in July was uploaded by a user named Sam Bacile, an alias which has been linked to Nakoula by media reports."

   http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/09/anti-muslim_filmmaker_held_without_bail_in_califor.php?ref=fpb

   What Nakoula did was really an incitement to violence. That is far from an innocent act. One way or the other it's good to see him feeling the heat. The idea that he could do such a thing with impunity would be very disconcerting.