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Police Arrest Man For Refusing To Tweet

Posted by samzenpus on from the when-they-say-tweet-you-better-tweet dept.

RichZellich writes "Police arrested a senior vice president from Island Def Jam Records, saying he hindered their crowd-control efforts by not cooperating. The crowd at a mall where Justin Bieber was appearing got out of control, and police wanted the man to send a tweet asking for calm; he refused and they arrested him on a felony assault charge 'for putting people in danger.'"

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  1. Decisions, decisions... by bbbaldie · · Score: 5, Funny

    Do I side with the Fascist cops or the Nazi record exec?

    1. Re:Decisions, decisions... by xOneca · · Score: 5, Funny

      The enemy of your enemy is you.

    2. Re:Decisions, decisions... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      The enemy of your enemy is your ally.

      Really? 'Cause this one time I was stomping the Zerg and the Terrans showed up and destroyed my base.

    3. Re:Decisions, decisions... by clone53421 · · Score: 2, Funny

      That depends on how you define “play”.

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      Alexander Peter Kristopeit bought his basement from his mommy for one dollar.
  2. Good by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Damn non-tweeters. Lock them all up and throw away the key, I say.

    If we allow non-tweeters, what's next? Non-myspacers? Non-facebookers? It's utter madness!

  3. Re:How would that work by roguetrick · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hes saying he started an account to make Pizza analogies, and plans on continuing to do so until everyone is pissed at his attention whoring, or they all form a mob to get autographs from him when he sends out tweets. Whichever comes first.

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  4. Remain calm. by Aphoxema · · Score: 4, Funny

    Oh, hay guyz I juss got a tweet saying we need to chillax and GTFO sall cool tho cuz they let us kno on twit

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    "Most people, I think, don't even know what a rootkit is, so why should they care about it?"
    1. Re:Remain calm. by Aphoxema · · Score: 2, Funny

      Oh, sorry about that, I capitalized the "I" and "GTFO" and "O" in "Oh". I also used one too many commas. I'm new at this, please forgive me.

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      "Most people, I think, don't even know what a rootkit is, so why should they care about it?"
  5. Re:Ahh Slashdot by endianx · · Score: 3, Funny

    How can you be charged with obstructing government administration when government administration's purpose is seemingly to obstruct. Sounds anti-competitive to me.

  6. Re:Ahh Slashdot by Chibinium · · Score: 1, Funny

    We're talking about China, right?

  7. It's a tough call.... by ikefox · · Score: 2, Funny

    As much as I hate that Youtuber douchebag Justin Bieber, I think the cops were probably pretty stupid for arresting him, especially considering what appear to be the facts. However, I'd be pretty pissed off if I was a cop and I had to disperse a mob of whiny, caffeinated teenage girls congregating over *that* guy too, so I can empathize. I still anticipate a false arrest case.

  8. It was a near riot of teenage girls! by sugapablo · · Score: 3, Funny

    Tweeting is the ONLY way to break up a riot of teenage girls!

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    1. Re:It was a near riot of teenage girls! by GodfatherofSoul · · Score: 2, Funny

      That or throw a mop in their direction. I guarantee they'll scatter to the four corners.

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      I swear to God...I swear to God! That is NOT how you treat your human!
  9. Re:How would that work by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Vee haf vays of making you tweet."

  10. Alternative headline: by Farmer+Tim · · Score: 4, Funny

    Cops powerless against teenage girls.

    I think I can see why they needed to arrest someone...

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  11. Re:Dark Ages by CannonballHead · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yes, of course. The police force is an incredibly smart and ingenious organization purporting a huge conspiracy that knows everything about everyone. And they are also insanely stupid at the same time. ;)

  12. Re:Dark Ages by Grygus · · Score: 2, Funny

    Really, are 3,000 teenage girls too much for the police to handle?

    I honestly and sincerely hope so.

  13. Re:Ahh Slashdot by SlashDotDotDot · · Score: 4, Funny

    by means of releasing a dangerous animal under circumstances evincing the actor's intent that the animal obstruct governmental administration.

    Doesn't apply.

    Are you kidding? The man released Justin Bieber into a mall. Has a more dangerous animal ever been released into a more governmental structure?

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  14. Re:How would that work by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    #gulag

  15. Re:My god, it's full of idiots... by tomhudson · · Score: 2, Funny

    it would still have a calming effect.

    I take it you've never been the parent of a teenage daughter ...

    "Hello, riot squad? We f*d up here - we told the guy to tweet 'nobody go there' so a huge crowd came to see what's going on and now we can't get out, and we're going deaf from all these teenage girls screaming and OMFG IT'S CONTAGIOUS THIS IS LIKE SO KEWL I M SO DOWN WITH IT YEAH 4EVER THIS ROX U GOT 2 CUM HERE RT NW BRNG TEH GANG BEER CHEEZ DIP LUBE FUK TEH BOSS PARTY PARTY PARTY LOL!"

  16. Re:How would that work by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Do they have proportional fonts in your country?

  17. Re:How would that work by Memroid · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Vee haf vays of making you tweet."

    I believe the correct spelling is "tveet."

  18. Re:How would that work by clone53421 · · Score: 4, Funny

    So it was the same group of idiots? That explains a lot, actually.

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    Alexander Peter Kristopeit bought his basement from his mommy for one dollar.
  19. Re:How would that work by Pyrion · · Score: 2, Funny

    Isn't telling them to leave the job of the police? Shit, anyone who gets conscripted into doing a cop's job should get combat pay and benefits.

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  20. Re:How would that work by dondelelcaro · · Score: 3, Funny

    First, he DID cause the mob to gather. He was hosting a concert. He did not, however, ask the mob to become unruly.

    Since he may very well have been negligent in starting the event by failing to provide for sufficient security et al., he may well be contributing to the unruliness of the mob.

    Second, asking someone to refrain from committing a crime is not akin to admitting that you caused them to start committing a crime.

    A police officer having someone tell someone else to stop committing a crime because the police officer believes the person committing a crime is an associate of the person they ask to stop may be admitting to a crime. Talking to a police officer or making admissions or statements without the advice of your attorney is a bad idea.

    Of course, taking my advice without talking to an attorney isn't such a hot idea either.

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  21. Re:Sounds like an open-and-shut false-arrest case. by Jbabe · · Score: 2, Funny

    I thought the joke on Slashdot was that people never actually read the articles.