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January 28, 2004
NY Times correction of the week
Want to go on a free walking tour with a child molesting pervert?
Editors' NoteAn article on Jan. 17 described a free Surveillance Camera Outdoor Walking Tour in Greenwich Village, led by Bill Brown, a Brooklyn resident who has been mapping the locations of hidden cameras in Manhattan for several years. The article quoted him as saying cameras were a sign of creeping control by the authorities and adding, "This is warping human beings."
Last Saturday Newsday reported that Mr. Brown was facing a misdemeanor charge of aggravated harassment in a recent case on Long Island that included evidence from a security camera.
A spokesman for the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office confirmed yesterday that Mr. Brown was arrested on Jan. 8 in connection with an overtly sexual and threatening telephone call to a 9-year-old girl, placed from a Manhattan law office where he worked as a proofreader. The camera image showed that Mr. Brown was in the building when the call was made, the spokesman said. His arraignment is scheduled for March 11.
Newsday also reported that Mr. Brown had a record of arrests in Rhode Island. According to the state Attorney General's Office there, he was arrested six times between December 1993 and March 1994 on misdemeanor charges of making obscene telephone calls. He received probation.
The Times was not aware of Mr. Brown's arrest record at the time of the Jan. 17 article. He has declined to comment.
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You can't keep a good man down -- and Bill Brown, whatever his personal problems, is a GOOD MAN.
http://nyc.indymedia.org/newswire/display/89762/index.php
Posted by: Paul Cardigan | Mar 22, 2004 10:53:53 PM
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