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Washington State Site Revealing Police Data Ruled OK

Posted by timothy on from the checks-and-balances dept.

gnarly writes "NYT reports that the courts have struck down a law which censored posting of personal data of police officers, (home phones, SSN, etc, obtained from public sources) on a single website." (The decision in this case took place in U.S. District Court in May.)

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  1. Civil liability? by Dachannien · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I suppose this was a victory for hard-line free-speech advocates and various other extreme hippies everywhere, but it just seems like a phenomenally bad idea to take advantage of this ruling. I mean, as others have mentioned, a cop gets whacked by someone who gets this information, and the next thing you know, the cop's family is suing the maintainers of the website.

    There are good ways to work against the "establishment". This sure isn't one of them - after all, "pigs" are people, too.

    1. Re:Civil liability? by Dachannien · · Score: 0, Flamebait

      Apologies to the extreme hippies who were offended enough by my post to rate it as flamebait.

  2. Quick Solution by jhunsake · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I hope someone just puts a bullet in the back of his head and is done with it.