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Nearly six months later, after a good-size storm kicked up in Shreveport over the incident, prosecutors agreed to drop the charges against all of us arrested that night.

It seems the BART cop may have pulled the trigger of his firearm thinking that it was his Taser.

At its least injurious, as with Gates and myself, this leads to bruised pride and reputation; at its worst, Grant or Edwards gets killed.

If Apple or Amazon can decide to delete stuff you've bought, then surely a court—or, to channel Orwell, perhaps even a totalitarian regime—could force them to do the same.

Please also create a sloppy bureacracy such that anybody can alter the records without a clear audit trail which might result in his identitiy being corrupted, falsified or stolen.

We already have councils misusing anti terror laws to spy on our rubbish

Do you want to be told who your biological father really was by a constable trying to get you to cooperate with his enquiry?

Blackburn MP Jack Straw has commented: "Nick Holt stood against me in the 2005 general election. His campaign and election leaflets were racist and clearly designed to foment divisions in the community in Blackburn. That the Conservatives ever considered selecting him is abhorrent."

Not wearing a bulky jacket, didn't vault the ticket barrier, didn't resist arrest, wasn't alerted by the shout of 'Armed police' which wasn't ever issued, in fact.

The police, particularly in London, appear to have forgotten that they police only with our consent. They are not the armed wing of the state.

Lance Corporal Mark Aspinall. Held down and beaten in a street in Wigan, he was then charged and convicted of assaulting the police, a conviction only over-turned on production of the video evidence

Inappropriate use of force brings with it trouble for the officer who transgresses, as it always did except for the fact that such things were rarely captured on cctv or mini videos - but if they ever show the footage of the anti-Vietnam war Grosvenor Square riot in 1968 you’ll see some stick happy police officer who, ultimately, got the sack

Hardly something that should result in the local bobby from an English village being pilloried along with every other officer in the land.

I’m-a-citizen-not-a-criminal says that those police who “just stood and watched their colleagues break the law are equally to blame”. The same goes for protesters.

testing an age old theory about what happens when you approach a 6ft riot cop and tell him to fuck off repeatedly?

I blame Globalisation. Lets test this theory by choosing six other countries in the world, going over to each country one at a time, walking up to a riot cop and telling him to fuck off repeatedly. Compare injuries on return to UK. If you return to UK.

Will this person now be arrested for verbally abusing a Police Officer? If not, why not?

But if he hadn't done it, someone else would have got there eventually. It's up to all of us now to stop this happening again. Some people tell me that blogging is the future of politics. If this is the case, I very much hope it gets more mature with its increasing importance.

We can all agree that censorship is not the route to go down. Therefore all political parties and all press and media outlets have a responsibility to regulate themselves

It should strike a match against the winner-take-all casino economies that this kind of technology engenders; revitalize American libraries and other social institutions in their quest to preserve the doctrines of fair use and first sale (which allow for free and lawful sharing); and finally, spark Americans to consider the extent to which they are handing over their baloney sandwich for a plastic spoon.

It should strike a match

revitalize American libraries and other social institutions in their quest to preserve the doctrines of fair use and first sale (which allow for free and lawful sharing)

It seems to me that McKinnon is rapidly running out of options in his attempt to avoid extradition to the United States. It remains to be seen whether Terry Waite's statements are likely to hold much sway over the legal processes that appear to be dragging McKinnon relentlessly towards the departure gates of Heathrow airport.

Can a single click land you in prison?

OSI Forum: The Future of Freedom and Control in the Internet Age

"I'm posting this as a concerned UK administrator who hosts a number of sites. The message appears to be clear: the UK establishment does not want political content, legitimate or otherwise, hosted from these shores. The message has been noted, however free speech must be supported even where it may not be agreeable."

Latest Facebook Scam: Phishers Hit Up “Friends” for Cash

The Porn Shield Beijing's crackdown on obscenity online may be a cover for a broader suppression of dissent.

The government's methods of identifying dissent have gotten more sophisticated in the past year or so. Rather than having to rely on search queries to identify sensitive discussions, censors have begun to employ complex data-mining methods provided by budding "censorship entrepreneurs"—local companies that develop new ways to identify dissent online and take preventive measures such as demanding that the offensive content be removed. TRS Information Technology is one such firm; founded in 1993 and employing more than 200 people, it claims to be a leader in the fields of "information retrieval, content management and text mining". What this means in practice is that TRS provides various Chinese government agencies (mostly police authorities) with technology to monitor online discussions that may pose a threat to the regime. In a recent interview in the Financial Times, TRS's marketing director took special pride in having installed such systems at eight police stations in Shanghai, noting that now the work formerly done by 10 Internet police offers could be done by one.

A rare peek at Homeland Security's files on travelers

A rare peek at Homeland Security's files on travelers