Author Archives: Mel Green

The Daily Tweets 2011-02-05: Side Street Saturday, preparing for Sugarspoon Sunday

Posted on Sat, 5 February 2011 by Mel Green

It’s all about writing.  Or it should be. Anchorage writing peeps! incl. @AKwriteclub @ @AnchorageNaNo – Rob & I will convene tomorrow 1 PM @ Sugarspoon – feel free to join us! #fb # If you’re in @AKwriteclub and/or @AnchorageNaNo, … Continue reading →

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Rollins trial, day 7: See Ivan Moore’s column on “consent” in rape cases

Posted on Thu, 3 February 2011 by Mel Green

Once again the trial of Anthony Rollins, the former Anchorage Police Department cop accused of serial rape — was livetweeted by Grace Jang of KTVA Channel 11 News, Christine Kim of KTUU Channel 2 News,  and photographer Ken Fankhauser in … Continue reading →

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Rollins trial, day 6: 5th & 6th alleged victims testify

Posted on Wed, 2 February 2011 by Mel Green

Today Christine Kim of KTUU Channel 2 News joined Grace Jang of KTVA Channel 11 News and photographer Ken Fankhauser in livetweeting the Anthony Rollins trial.  And they tweeted a lot! — giving a very clear picture of what was … Continue reading →

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Why I’m following the trial of alleged serial rapist Anthony Rollins

Posted on Wed, 2 February 2011 by Mel Green

Anthony Rollins: the ex-APD officer now on trial accused of sexually assaulting multiple women while on-duty. A friend asked me why I had such strong interest in Rollins’ trial. Here’s my answer.

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Rollins trial, day 5: 2 women testify (& other daily tweets)

Posted on Tue, 1 February 2011 by Mel Green

The Andrew Rollins trials was again livetweeted by Grace Jang of KTVA Channel 11 News.  See her  Twitter feed for details, as I did not retweet.  But, I did embed her report from tonight’s KTVA broadcast below; the video from … Continue reading →

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Rollins trial, day 4: Internal Affairs found condoms, APSIN records in Rollins’ patrol car

Posted on Mon, 31 January 2011 by Mel Green

Again the trial was livetweeted by Grace Jang of KTVA Channel 11 News, also by photographer Ken Fankhauser.  See their Twitter feeds for details, as I only retweeted a very very tiny minority of their tweets. I’ve embedded Grace Jang’s … Continue reading →

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The Daily Tweets 2011-01-28: Common sense v. Alaska Commons sense

Posted on Fri, 28 January 2011 by Mel Green

RT: @alaskacommons: If I hear words “common sense” put before a policy, I’m going to assume you’re lying. Poorly. // alaskacommons sense? # @Scallywag195 Enjoyed your account of last night walks when I opened up my tweets this morning! in … Continue reading →

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The Daily Tweets 2011-01-27: Rollins trial, day 3

Posted on Thu, 27 January 2011 by Mel Green

Today, the Anthony Rollins trial was livetweeted by Christine Kim of KTUU Channel 2 News & also by photographer Ken Fankhauser.  See their Twitter feeds for their actually tweets (since I didn’t retweet them). RT: @alaskacommunity: Op-ed in the Anchorage … Continue reading →

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Rollins trial, day 2: SANE nurse testifies about genital injuries in rape

Posted on Wed, 26 January 2011 by Mel Green

Grace Jang of KTVA Channel 11 News was in court livetweeting Anthony Rollins trial. He’s the former Anchorage Police Officer accused of multiple accounts of sexually assaulting women while on-duty. I didn’t retweet much, so see her twitter feed for … Continue reading →

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Rollins trial, day 1: Stats on violence against women in Alaska as Rollins trial begins

Posted on Tue, 25 January 2011 by Mel Green

My two big items today, the subject of most of my tweets (or retweets), both had to do with sexual violence in Alaska. One. Baseline stats from the 2010 Alaska Victimization Survey on the victimization of women by sexual assault … Continue reading →

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