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Seattle Hacker Catches Cops Who Hid Arrest Tapes
An anonymous reader writes "In 2008, the Seattle Police illegally arrested security consultant Eric Rachner for refusing to show ID. After Rachner filed a formal complaint, he was prosecuted for obstructing, and the police claimed that videos of the arrest were unavailable — until Rachner's research uncovered proof that the police had the videos all along." It's an interesting story of how he figured out how the system in use by Seattle police automatically tracks deletion, copying, or other uses of the recorded stream.
You are not required to produce ID, but in most states you can be required to state your name.
Unless you live in Arizona and look Mexican. Well, not yet, but soon.
Negative moral value of force outweighs the positive value of good intentions.
go here:
http://www.theskepticsguide.org/resources/logicalfallacies.aspx
read up.
When you are done rewrite your post without logical fallacies...of wait, you wouldn't have a story.
"experiences have been consistent with police for more than 14 years."
When every one you meet is a douche bag, always remember the one commonality is you.
The Kruger Dunning explains most post on
Some people have the guts to stand up for their rights, even when doing do nets them nothing.
Others prefer to post anonymously.
The latter group owe a huge debt to the former...
The guy IS a fucking hero.
No, he is not. In contrast to the cop making the arrest he was fully aware of the legal situation. He knew that if he pulled the stunt it could ruin the cop's carreer and get him lots of free media coverage. Winning such an unequal fight is hardly heroic.
I am all for civil rights, but there are situations where you better do not defend them to the end. Just show your ID, get on with your life, and respect that the cop is probably only doing his job. There is no need to use your uber-hacker skills you have been gifted with to cause unnecessary trouble for others.
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I'm saying that the guy who lives in the real world will always fair better than the idiot in fantasy land. And I care very much about my rights, WHEN THEY MATTER. Making a stand against warrantless wiretapping, government seizure of emails, etc. is a noble effort, and I am happy to be a part of that cause. But this wasn't that kind of case. This was sullen drunk who didn't like it when the cops had to break up the party.
SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.