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We address why Shuler was allegedly beaten then arrested and jailed

Roger Shuler is a journalist who worked for a daily newspaper for years and most recently has been blogging at legalschnauzer. He was recently jailed and not given a trial date or any other indication that he’ll be released any time soon. Alabama journalist Andrew Kreig spoke to me on radio Thursday night about the case.

Alabama Politics Blogger jailed for writing on ex-governors son

There seems to be at least one in every state. A local with a blog and an aggressive interest in state politics and muck. Publishing what the local papers wouldn't touch. Walking the line between rumor and news. Conversant with the key issues, and familiar with the key names. Unafraid or indifferent to pissing people off.
In Alabama, Roger Shuler is one of those guys. And as a result of an ongoing fight about what he's written on his blog, Shuler is currently in jail.

Shuler was arrested last week in his Birmingham home and is being held without bail in a Shelby County, Ala. jail for contempt of court and resisting arrest.

Rodger Shuler Arrest Scene Photo's and Video

 ACLU Steps in to defend Rodger Shuler

Legal Schnauzer blogger Rodger Shuler, who has been (pardon the pun) doggedly documenting allegations  of corruption among Alabama’s Republican elite, was beaten and arrested by a gang of Shelby County, Alabama sheriff’s deputies on October 23rd for refusing a court order that Shuler claimed (and persuasively demonstrated) was illegally served and unconstitutional. He has been held without bond on two charges that reek of “trumped up to punish someone challenging the powerful.” This morning, we learn that the whistle blowing blogger has had an ally on board since late last week – the American Civil Liberties Union:

Alabama Deputies Beat, Arrest Corruption-Fighting Reporter

Update Nov. 4: As of this writing, Shuler remained in jail, and his wife was barricaded in their home, fearing that knocks on the door might be authorities trying to arrest her for her husband's writing and refusal to remove it from his website. Few mainstream media covered the story.

Truth-teller or bomb thrower?  Legal Schnauzer blogger jailed after violating court order.

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 HuffPost Live! provided on Nov. 1 the first video treatment of the story. For its Freedom Watch segment, anchor Alyona Minkovsky, shown at left in a file photo, interviewed Carol Shuler, wife of the jailed journalist,