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Tag Archives: police
Thought-crime poster remixes
Those nutty police ads encouraging people to report others for “studying CCTV cameras” have encouraged a lot of remixes on BoingBoing. Some of the best, starting with my favourite, are posted below. Some of them get cut off at the … Continue reading
Posted in Politics & Society
Tagged advert, anti-terrorism, British Transport Police, government, police, politics, remix, scare tactics, UK
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W.T.F.
The UK seems to be becoming allergic to protest. The extent to which freedom of expression is being curtailed is becoming quite scary. A teenager is facing prosecution for using the word “cult” to describe the Church of Scientology. … Continue reading
Posted in Politics & Society
Tagged anonymous, arrest, crown prosecution service, freedom-of-speech, police, religion, scientology, the-guardian, UK
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Pirate Bay interrogation transcripts
Oh jeez. This is funny. Some transcripts from the Pirate Bay admins, who are being questioned by the Swedish police. It’s a testament to Sweden’s open society that these transcripts are available at all. Cleveland Police, being all British about … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged anakata, bittorrent, frederik, interrogation, pirate bay, police, prosecution, tiamo
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The price of education?
Laura brought this to my attention: worrying stuff in the current difficult civil rights climate. The video included below appears to show Mostafa Tabatabainejad, a UCLA student, being violently restrained and shocked with a taser gun after refusing to show … Continue reading
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Tagged brutality, california, education, human rights, law, mostafa-abatabainejad, police, taser, UCLA, United States, university
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