6 month ago
gleuschk : Dear wearers of huge sunglasses: you look exactly this dumb, and can't sing or play bass to make up for it
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nelson : Hitchens on Gates arrest - Mostly been ignoring this sideshow, but Hitchens writing is dead-on
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9 month ago
deusx : Nothing To Do With Arbroath: Squirrel pops out of woman's shirt during police interrogation - "Police in Warren, Ohio, have released video of a woman who was interrogated by officers with a baby squirrel in her shirt."
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nelson : FBI's spyware - The cops infect computers with keyloggers, too
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philgyford : G20 protest videos: Growing catalogue of evidence against police | UK news | guardian.co.uk - As Charlie Brooker said on Newswipe, how come all the press and TV crews failed to catch the real story at the time. And they wonder why many of them are doomed. (via Tom Taylor)
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deusx : Boston College Campus Police: "Using Prompt Commands" May Be a Sign of Criminal Activity | Electronic Frontier Foundation - "During its March 30th search, police seized (among other things) the computer science major's computers, storage drives, cell phone, iPod Touch, flash drives, digital camera, and Ubuntu Linux CD. None of these items have been returned. He has b
Rod Begbie : Boston College Campus Police: "Using Prompt Commands" May Be a Sign of Criminal Activity - Having a Linux box is apparently just cause for the Boston PD to confiscate all your equipment. #
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philgyford : G20: Did police containment cause more trouble than it prevented? | World news | guardian.co.uk - "...people thinking about embarking on demonstrations in the future may have to decide whether they want to be effectively locked up for eight hours without food or water and, when leaving, to be photographed and identified." I'm increasing
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philgyford : Indymedia London | Videos | Show | film of police attack on G20 climate camp - There have been worse examples of police violence, but this still isn't good. (via Boing Boing)
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philgyford : Chris Heathcote: anti-mega: the kids are alright - And while I'm at it, Chris's post from a few weeks back. What kind of country are we living in now? We'll need someone to invade the UK and "liberate" us soon.
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philgyford : London cops reach new heights of anti-terror poster stupidity - Boing Boing - It's hard to believe these posters aren't some kind of parody. And it's hard to react without using clichés (1984, Orwellian, etc).
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nelson : Phish drug bust - Concerts like this are usually temporary autonomous zones; why turn this one into a sting?
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18 month ago
Linkorama : Cops Twitter - Mountain View already has Google and free Wi-Fi. So The Phantom wasn't all that surprised when the Mountain View Police Department announced last week it had joined Twitter, a social-networking and micro-blogging Web site.
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28 month ago
nelson : Paris riots - I'll never understand the French feeling entitled to daily revolution
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29 month ago
Andy Baio : Smoking Gun uncovers David Bowie's 1976 mugshot - the only guy that could make a mugshot look like a high fashion photo shoot
nelson : David Bowie mugshot - hot!
Matthew M. Boedicker : David Bowie's mug shot from 1976 arrest in Rochester, NY - (via waxy) [via]
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32 month ago
nelson : FBI spyware - Court documents reveal new law enforcement techniques
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45 month ago
plasticbag : According to Mr Hammersley, the Florence police are now running around on Segways - Awesome picture. I love Segways. I know it's not cool to love them, but they're just totally completely awesome. This one is particularly awesome.
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46 month ago
deusx : American cops taped torturing drug suspect - LISTEN! : Indymedia Radio - "When Lester exercised his constitutional right not to sign a consent to search his house, these officers spent the next two hours torturing him."
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47 month ago
plasticbag : The Los Angeles Police Department has its own weblog - Apparently seven policemen who lost their lives have a star on Hollywood Boulevard. Didn't know that. Quite interesting.
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55 month ago
philgyford : Innocent in London - Fascinating and scary account of being arrested for acting very slightly suspiciously. I don't want to go out.
deusx : Innocent in London - "This gradual erosion of our fundamental liberties should be of concern to us all."
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60 month ago
deusx : Santa Cruz Indymedia: Video of Arrests at Santa Cruz Tent University - "The university leadership, headed by newly purchased chancellor Denice D. Denton, resorted to physical violence at about 10 pm to terminate the peaceful assembly."
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60 month ago
deusx : The New York Times > New York Region > Videos Challenge Accounts of Convention Unrest - "But one day after Officer Wohl testified, and before the defense called a single witness, the prosecutor abruptly dropped all charges."
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61 month ago
plasticbag : Banksy, graffiti artist, comes to Brighton with this epic and beautiful image - Passionate policement. Stunning.
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