The Persecution of Michelle Silva
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Some of you have read of Michelle Silva (also known as Empress M) of Enfield, CT whose home was raided by local police without a warrant. Ms. Silva ran a BDSM pay site using computers in her home. They were seized, effectively putting her out of business.
Here is part of a comment she left on one of my other sites:
This has ruined my life. I’m losing my home and will be on the street because this website was my source of income.
they have taken all my equpitment that i use to shoot video and my computers and sofeware to update my site .. no one will buy memberships because i cant provide updates.
i cant pay my bills or get a job because [police put my name in the papper with out even arresting me. no charges or arrests yet after 1 year of there investagation and 8 weeks since they took all my stuff. everything is two months behind ..i need a job..we are taking donations so we can live
A pretty chilling example of how vulnerable we all can be should some authority have an urge to take a swipe at us.
Comments
I happen to to be a neighbor of Ms. Silva. Her are some facts. When the Enfield Police tryed to shut Ms. Silva’s website down by raiding her home and taking her computers they were unaware the site was based on a server in California.
Next, Enfield Police Chief Carl Sferrazza then made a libelous statement that a computer crime had taken place.
Since the Enfield Police were not able to prove this Ms. Silva was then brought up on trumped up charges which are in the process being dropped.
I, along with the rest of the neighbors were not the ones who called the police. That was a blatant lie given to the media by the Enfield Police. We would be more concerned with drug dealing and etc.
I wonder if the people of Enfield realize how much tax money this cost them?
Posted by: James | March 19, 2007 10:47 PM