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Orlando Weekly believes
these arrests are an outrageous abuse of process and an attempt to censor the First Amendment rights of a newspaper that has reported critically on the Metropolitan Bureau of Investigation," publisher Rick Schreiber
says in a statement.
Orlando Sentinel columnist Scott Maxwell seems to agree. "You'll have to forgive me if I'm a bit skeptical about the MBI's arrest of three staffers," he says, noting that the
Weekly has "been all over the MBI like fleas on a dog in recent years." He continues: "And yet,
in our story today, MBI director Bill Lutz seemed to deny that his department had a grudge against the paper. If that's what he's saying, it's a crock."
For more coverage of the arrests, and links to past Weekly
coverage of the MBI, check out the paper's blog.
