Anonym hacker anholdelse henleder opmærksomheden på Akron politi korruption

Formålet med Robinson var at henlede opmærksomheden på hykleriet i det amerikanske retssystem. Han opnåede dette ikke kun gennem sine operationer, men også uforvarende gennem sin anholdelse.

Beliggenhed: Akron, Ohio - Endnu et anonymt medlem ved navn James Robinson, der går ved håndtaget @ AkronPhoenix420, was arrested by “The Man” or, law enforcement. Robinson has been charged by the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) for causing damages intentionally to a protected computer following the shut down of Akron city websites. Him being arrested, and the widespread attention as a result to his initiatives, has put the spotlight on the corrupt practices of Akron police.

Although incidents of police corruption in the United States are wide spreading, numerous regions and cities seem to be more prone to abuses by police than others. Akron is a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio, a city with track record for police corruption, Akron doesn’t appear to be any different. This has been confirmed by other groups of Anonymous in the area of Akron.

Amanda Garrett fra Akron Beacon tidsskrift rapporterat "Den, der lukkede Akron 's hjemmeside, mente åbenbart, at Akron politi og byens retsvæsen var korrupte.". Passiviteten af denne erklæring indebærer" tilsyneladende tro "på denne korruption er ubegrundet. Efter at have set nærmere på Akron-politiets historie, blev der imidlertid afdækket årtiers korruption.

Officerer har væretaffyret for unødig kraft, ogopladet for sammensværgelseforbindelse til afpresning og røveri. Rapporter viser, at de harkom på arbejde fuldog enTidligere politisergentHan sårede sin kone, da han smadrede deres bil, mens han var beruset. Han varidømt to års prøvetidog beordrede at fuldføre et tre-dages DUI-program.

Betjent Zachary Rosen var genindsat efter fyringfor at sparke en håndjern mistænkt i ansigtet. I mellemtiden, en fascistisk park ranger officer havdeslået et ældre parsimpelthen for at dytte af ham.

I løbet af 2016 en officer ved navn Michael Simmons havdestjålet over $26.000 fra en velgørenhedmidler brugt til at købe gaver til fattige børn. Han skulle betale 15.000 dollars tilbage.

I begyndelsen af 2018, James Nice, tidligere Akron politichef, vartiltalt for forsømmelseog pressede til at træde tilbage. Ifølge rapporter forsøgte James Nice at blande sig i en sag, der involverede hans nevø. Han havde også tvunget en kvindelig medarbejder ind i et forhold.

Så er der sagen omXavier McMullenEn 17-årig dreng, der, ifølge politiet, dødeligt skød sig selv med en pistol i ryggen af en patruljevogn. Xaviers hænder varmed håndjern bag ryggenMen han kunne på en eller anden måde skyde sig selv i hovedet. En betjent fik 24 timers løn som disciplinær foranstaltning. Xaviers familie er stadig usikker på begivenhederne og har ikke fået svar fra Akron politi.

Ifølge blegecomputere nedladende rapportpå Robinson, føderale agenter var i stand til at spore ham ned efter han forbundet til sin Twitter-konto fra hans hjem IP-adresse. Lektion; glem ikke at bruge en VPN

Robinson’s aim was bringing attention to the hypocrisy of the United States judicial system. He accomplished this not only through his operations, but also inadvertently through his arrest. While the FBI focused all of their attention on this one Anon, Akron police will most likely be allowed to continue their criminal activities and go unchecked.

Du kan vise din støtte til Robinson ved at dele hans historie. Følg hashtagget,# OpFreePhoenix420til yderligere oplysninger. Derudover kan du vise din støtte gennemFreeAnons.org, et netværk oprettet forbistand til anholdte Anons.

The story did not end with Robinson’s arrest. He was indicted under the federal computer-fraud statute and ultimately pleaded guilty to damaging protected computers. On October 3, 2019, U.S. District Judge Christopher Boyko sentenced him to six years in federal prison and ordered him to pay $668,684 in restitution to the city of Akron. Court filings tied the @AkronPhoenix420 persona not only to the August 1, 2017 takedown of akronohio.gov and akroncops.org, but also to a string of 2018 DDoS operations against targets that included the Ohio Department of Public Safety, the National Institutes of Health, the Defense Information Systems Agency, the U.S. Department of Defense, and the U.S. Department of Treasury. Investigators traced the attacks through Charter/Spectrum and Verizon records back to an internet connection and phone registered in Robinson’s name, and a May 2018 search of his Akron home turned up a Guy Fawkes mask and a cracked-screen phone matching one seen in the AkronPhoenix420 videos. The severity of that sentence, set against the comparatively light discipline handed to the Akron officers documented above, only sharpened the point Robinson had tried to make about how unevenly the justice system applies its weight.

Akron efter anholdelsen

The department Robinson was pointing at did not get quieter. On June 26, 2022, eight Akron officers fired more than 90 rounds at Jayland Walker, a 25-year-old Black man, hitting him more than 40 times after a traffic stop and a short chase. Walker was not holding a firearm when he was killed. A grand jury declined to charge the officers in April 2023. In October 2024 the city settled with Walker’s family for $4.85 million. In December 2024 the Ohio Supreme Court allowed Akron to keep hiding the names of some of those uncharged officers from public-records requests. The pattern this article documented — force, light internal discipline, and a federal hammer reserved for the person who shut down a website — did not age out.

Relateret fra organisationen alliance: # OpDomesticTerrorisme, Forsøger at rydde op misforståelser om anonyme, og Politiansvar.