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Fugitive Arrested After Using 'Wanted' Poster As His Facebook Profile Pic (ibtimes.co.uk)
An anonymous Slashdot reader writes:
"A fugitive in Florida has been arrested by police after he used a wanted poster adorned with his mug shot for his Facebook profile picture," writes the International Business Times. After investigating reports of a disturbance, police discovered the 41-year-old's Facebook profile, which revealed the man was already wanted for six months for violating his parole after two counts of battery.
"Police say that as they arrested Yearwood a bag of marijuana fell out of his pocket. They charged him with possession of cannabis under 20 grams and are continuing to investigate the battery complaint."
One Twitter user jokingly suggested that the suspect should also be charged with copyright infringement -- for using the police department's photo without their permission.
"Police say that as they arrested Yearwood a bag of marijuana fell out of his pocket. They charged him with possession of cannabis under 20 grams and are continuing to investigate the battery complaint."
One Twitter user jokingly suggested that the suspect should also be charged with copyright infringement -- for using the police department's photo without their permission.
My step father passed away several years ago and someone had pulled pictures of him off the internet for some leaflets at the memorial service. The primary one happened to be a mug shot that was released after he bailed on court ordered rehab. For some reason he was smiling widely. I never found out who did the leaflet but knowing his siblings its 50/50 between it being the best joke ever and beautiful ignorance.
I use No Script + Ublock Origin, and can see the content just fine. Some sites I have to tweak which scripts I allow. If it requires too much fiddling to strike a balance between seeing what I want and getting too many ads, I just move on to the next site. Advertisers don't seem to get this. In the days of paper newspapers and magazines, you got nothing without someone paying for it. Sometimes you got lucky and the previous reader left it behind for you to read, but usually you had to pay for it yourself. With the Internet, there is *always* another website to look at, and you pay a flat monthly fee to your service provider to deliver all of it.