Phoenix Police Seize PCs of a Blogger Critical of the Department

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday April 4, 2009 @04:03AM from the check-and-mate dept.

logicassasin sends in a story about a blogger in Phoenix, AZ, who runs a site that is critical of the local police department. The police recently raided his home and seized his computer hardware. "Jeff Pataky, who runs Bad Phoenix Cops, said the officers confiscated three computers, routers, modems, hard drives, memory cards and everything necessary to continue blogging. The 41-year-old software engineer said they also confiscated numerous personal files and documents relating to a pending lawsuit he has against the department alleging harassment — which he says makes it obvious the raid was an act of retaliation." A local publication quotes Pataky saying, "We have heard internally from our police sources that they purposefully did this to stop me... They took my cable modem and wireless router. Anyone worth their salt knows nothing is stored in the cable modem."

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Cable modem... by unts · 2009-04-04 04:08 · Score: 5, Funny

Anyone worth their salt knows nothing is stored in the cable modem.
Which is exactly why I've stuck a flash drive in mine that I can run a USB cable to when I want to do some "backups to my modem".

Wink wink.
1. Re:Cable modem... by KeX3 · 2009-04-04 06:00 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  I'm going to counter that with (-1 Fact Nazi), and rate you (-1 Overly Eloquent).
To quote a fellow slashdotter's sig: by ternarybit · 2009-04-04 04:21 · Score: 5, Funny

Orwell got everything right except the year. The Thought Police are now a reality, at least in Phoenix.
Fortunately... by Atari400 · 2009-04-04 04:28 · Score: 4, Funny

I don't live in a police sta%%%CARRIER DISCONNECT%%%

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