He took the page down and has ceased criticizing Moriwaki in response to the temporary restraining order, he said in his declaration, but he would like to resume the online criticism. He repeatedly posted that criticism on Facebook pages maintained by Moriwaki and by others, in text messages to him, and even on a Facebook page he initially titled 'Clarence Moriwaki of Bainbridge Island,' in which he wrote that Moriwaki 'is unfit to be the President or board member for our memorial.' Some of the posts were made under the pseudonym Richard Lee. That law had been interpreted as allowing for the indefinite detention of U.S. Rynearson wrote in a declaration filed in court that Moriwaki and the Bainbridge Island Japanese-American Exclusion Memorial had done good work to preserve the history of internment as a reminder for present-day debates about civil liberties in war time.īut, he said, he eventually became disillusioned that Moriwaki had not criticized Democratic politicians who supported the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act. Similar online harassment laws have been struck down in years past by state courts in New York and North Carolina, Volokh noted. Supporters of such laws say they're needed to cut down on cyber bullying, but critics say the measures criminalize common online behavior, not to mention speech protected by the Constitution.

Representatives of the Washington Attorney General's Office and the Kitsap County Prosecutor's Office declined to comment. Washington's cyberstalking law, passed in 2004, makes it illegal to send electronic communications repeatedly or anonymously with an intent to 'harass, intimidate, torment, or embarrass' someone - whether the message is sent directly to the target or to someone else. 'I told him to stop posting about me, to stop contacting me, and he won't. 'He just won't leave me alone,' Moriwaki said Wednesday. He insists that those who condemn the internment should also strongly speak out against the government's indefinite detention powers in the war on terror, but that Moriwaki hasn't.Īfter Moriwaki obtained a temporary restraining order and filed a police report last spring, saying he was being harassed by incessant text messages and Facebook posts, investigators recommended that Rynearson be charged with cyberstalking.Ī deputy prosecutor in Kitsap County suggested in an email to Rynearson's lawyer in that matter the office might file charges if his behavior continued, but he has not been charged. We need it, desperately.Rynearson, of Bainbridge Island, has repeatedly written posts that criticize - but don't threaten - Clarence Moriwaki, a key activist behind the formation of the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial, commemorating the World War II internment of Japanese Americans. Keep your eyes and ears on us for the scoop and keep all of your appendages crossed that this thing sees the (green) light of day. Richard Allen, the African Methodist Episcopal Church founder and denomination bishop who also served as Mother Bethels pastor, was in the audience that day. Little else is known of the epic biographical film treatment's schedule, but it's certainly shaping up to be a production of massive proportions.

According to Deadline, the film is moments away from a green-light from The Weinstein Company and if all goes well, will being production in March 2016 upon the conclusion of Daniels blockbuster hip-hop soap opera Empire. Murphy and Winfrey join a cast that also features Kate Hudson as Pryor's fourth and sixth wife Jennifer Lee Pryor, who will play a major role in the film's narrative. A cinematic treatment that already has its leading man in Mike Epps ( though Marlon Wayans really made him work for it,) has reportedly locked in Murphy (who was also once a contender for the role of Pryor himself) as the late comedian's father, Leroy “Buck Carter” Pryor, along with media mogul/actress/activist/gal-of-all-trades, Oprah Winfrey for the role of his brothel-running granny, who raised the comedic titan in those tawdry dwellings. Eddie Murphy may be etching out his place in the musical cosmos, but that hasn't stopped him from accepting a role in Lee Daniels' anxiously-anticipated Richard Pryor biopic.

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