Killercop.com
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Killercop.com was the name of an internet website owned and published in 1997 by Steven Sutcliffe. The site contained Sutcliffe's story about police corruption and numerous other claims of official corruption, misconduct or otherwise illegal activity. The site became notorious of its citation of an early US Supreme Court Case, US vs John Bad Elk, which stated the acceptability of killing an officer during an attempted arrest when the arresting officer had no legal authority to make the arrest. In conjunction with this legal citation, the website offered a reward for individuals who justifiably killed a police officer in the course of an attempted 'illegal' arrest. The site then offered additional legal reference materials to help readers determine what constitutes an 'illegal' arrest.
The site was closed down by the LAPD in 1998 in what was a somewhat controversial act which some called censorship. In so far as no charges were brought in connection with the site, its publication or its being forcibly removed by law enforcement, the actions of the government remain questionably legal but first amendment proponents continue to claim it is an outstanding infringement of the Constitution. Sutcliffe authored a book in 2007 detailing the history of Killercop.com. Sutcliffe was arrested in 2002 by federal agents for transmitting "true" threats. He has since wrote a book detailing his account of the federal trial where the court denied his right to proceed with the assistance of counsel.
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