NTFU website owner arrested
Chris Wilson, the Florida man who owns and runs the NTFU body-part pornsite, was arrested yesterday by the police in Polk County, Florida.
(That site was the one that posted grisly pictures of dead Iraqis and Afghans interspersed with links to other forms of photographic "trophies", that is the sexual tropies of its numerous male participants... See how JWN helped break this story in late August, here.)
Wilson was charged with one count of wholesale distribution of obscene material and 300 misdemeanor counts related to 20 online films and 80 photographs obtained from his Web site. Bail was set at $151,000.
However, this Orlando Sentinel story revealed today that,
- Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said late Friday that the 300 obscenity-related charges against Wilson all involve sexual content on his Web site -- and not graphic war-scene images posted by soldiers.
- Judd said his obscenity charges have nothing to do with the Army's interest in the case, and he maintained in a lengthy interview that he was not pressured to investigate Wilson.
"We unilaterally initiated the investigation without any support, help or encouragement from the federal government," Judd said.
... Before Wilson's arrest, Polk County Judge Angela Cowden found probable cause that the images and tapes were obscene, Judd said. The obscenity statute is one of the few in which a judge must make such a determination before an arrest is made. Investigators also obtained a search warrant and removed computers from Wilson's home.
They will be looking for customer lists and other documents to assist the investigation. Information that Army investigators might need in their search will be made available, Judd said.
Though Wilson's equipment was removed, his Web site remained in operation Friday because the servers used to run the site are overseas.
"It's never our intent to put somebody out of business," Judd said. "All we ask is that they obey the laws of Florida. We've been investigating vice and pornography long enough to know pretty much what crosses the line. This didn't just cross the line. This left the line many miles behind."
- I think everyone should see them. This is a side of the war that is shown from the soldiers THEMSELVES. Where else can you go see that? Right now all we see are pics from the media. I don't like the media feeding me things, I want to see first hand what's going on there.
No one making you look, if you don't like it; don't look. You know exactly what you are going to see when you go there. There are no tricks, it's spelled out in plain english.
This is great news. I first read it on liberalavenger.com big kudos to Nur Al Cubicle. And Helena - big kudos to you too for following the link I gave you in the comments back then. I know its more than a bit hypocritical that he's been arrested on "ordinary" porn charges. But its a start. Bad enough that ordinary porn turns people into just pieces of meat for sexual ownership. Infintitely worse when it encourages war.
Thanks for running with this story and keeping it going.
Mark
oops hit return too fast. The defenseless, the weak, mostly women and children - are the ones who suffer the most from war, and from porn.
Thanks again there's going to be a spring in my step for days about this. Sometimes just occasionally the voice of decency gets heard.
Mark, you are a true sissy, and I bet you secretly look at pornography all the time. Quit trying to kiss up you look like a joke.
How very weird that Jeremy feels he needs to come here and mock people.
Jeremy, my friend, you need help: Get it quickly before you harm someone you love, or yourself.