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Stingers Release Philly ACORN Video

Says it proves ACORN lied about incident

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 22, 2009 9:00 AM CDT

(Newser) – The ACORN stingers have released another video, this time of their visit to the Philadelphia location—where, ACORN has until now insisted, they were kicked out. In the new, edited video, James O’Keefe says they weren’t kicked out, but instead sat for more than half an hour with an office employee, who gave them her business card and scheduled a future meeting.

But the ACORN employee’s voice is muted in the video. After releasing it, O’Keefe called on ACORN to state publicly that it had no objection to him revealing what she’d said. He also promised to release the full, unedited tape. ACORN has repeatedly asked O’Keefe to release all his tapes, but didn’t reply to his demand; a spokesman told the Huffington Post that the group’s political enemies are just trying to keep the controversy alive.

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James O'Keefe and Hannah Giles are seen in costume in this YouTube screenshot, which appears at the end of all of their edited ACORN sting videos.

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OWLWOMANXXXX

Oct 23, 2009 12:33 PM CDT

I don't think this video is good enough to support good evidence......first video was much better...and harder to detect tampering....this one is definately a farce

Face-Of-RNC

Oct 22, 2009 11:27 AM CDT

Facts please, just tell me some facts. I'll tell you some, all you saw on the tape was people talking, you didn't see any prostitute, or any pimp, just two people lying about what they do for a living. Did you see any Acorn person aid and abet a crime? No you just saw her offering forms to be filled out, which is what Acorn does. Since you aren't willing to provide any facts to support your argument, I think that makes you the troll.

Face-Of-RNC

Oct 22, 2009 11:22 AM CDT

No one at Acorn has been videotaped commitiing a single crime. Will you please stop calling opinions and interpretations crimes? They haven't even been arrested and you are ready to call them criminals. The tea baggers have you right where they want you.

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Stingers Release Philly ACORN Video