Free Josh Wolf: update on jailed San Francisco video-blogger

Earlier this month, San Francisco-based blogger

Details about the video, why authorities wanted it, and why Wolf declined, are here. The incident is the first I know of in which a blogger has been jailed for not relinquishing content on demand.

Violet Blue writes,

There are two benefits coming up; one is this Saturday the 19th at Cafe La Boheme and another is Thursday the 24th at House of Shields -- and if you can't make it to either, donate to his legal fund. Our local politicians are fumbling around with little more than two hands and a flashlight trying to figure out what to do, and SFMike is all over it in his deatiled Civic Center post about the supes trying to pass *something* more than gas in Josh Wolf Rules (Kimo Crossman points us to video of this session here). Interesting to note that the SFPD didn't bother to show up for the hearing, isn't it? In case it wasn't obvious, Josh is still in jail for refusing to hand over the video he shot -- but he's not silent, as pal Jackson West is exchanging letters (analog email) with Josh and transcribing Josh's mail into blog posts over at The Revolution Will Be Televised. There's a wiki, too. Josh would love to get mail, so if you still remember what a pen is, drop him a line at:

Federal Correctional Institution - Dublin
Joshua Wolf 98005-111
5701 8th St. Camp-Parks, Unit J2
Dublin, CA 94568

Previously on BoingBoing:

Videoblogger's protest footage demanded by FBI

Blogger jailed for refusing to hand over video

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