The Onion helps defend a Facebook troll in Crime & Parody trailer The documentary follows the case of a man who was jailed for making fun of his local police department online.
The documentary follows the case of a man who was jailed for making fun of his local police department online.In March 2016, Anthony Novak was arrested for creating a fake Facebook page mocking his local police department.
Novak was acquitted and brought a suit against the city. The subsequent legal ordeal went on for years, with, which will make its premiere this weekend at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival in Missoula, MT. Though many have pointed out that the initial arrest itself sounds like a bit of a parody headline, the trailer for the doc suggests a broader exploration of free speech and police accountability. “What’s most frightening about this is that the police could come and detail any of us,” says one person interviewed in the trailer . Not everyone has the same means to fight something like this either, as a synopsis for the film points out. “Nearly a decade before Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert came under attack for their political humor, an unknown comedian from Ohio finds himself in even more serious trouble for making fun of the government,” it reads. . The doc doesn’t seem to have any screenings scheduled quite yet beyond the Big Sky festival, but hopefully it makes its way around the country in due time.
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