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Phoenix Police Seize PCs of a Blogger Critical of the Department

Posted by Soulskill on 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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  1. Re:No one left to speak for me by squiggleslash · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Well, he has the power. {{insert roaring noise}}

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  2. Re:No one left to speak for me by MindlessAutomata · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Exactly. I thought I could get away with it without some pretentious half-wit complaining. I guess I was wrong.

  3. Re:Phoenix has done screwed up. by sortius_nod · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Woosh!

  4. Re:Phoenix has done screwed up. by sudog · · Score: 0, Redundant

    INSWPKUABIAISP.