Adam Greene was going into diabetic shock, weaving through traffic lanes early in the morning on October 29th, 2010. Police thought he was intoxicated – a reasonable suspicion given the circumstances and the fact that it was 4 AM. This is what happened next: Lawyer’s for Greene released the video this past Tuesday. On the […]
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Adam Greene was going into diabetic shock, weaving through traffic lanes early in the morning on October 29th, 2010. Police thought he was intoxicated – a reasonable suspicion given the circumstances and the fact that it was 4 AM. This is what happened next: Lawyer’s for Greene released the video this past Tuesday. On the […]
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Think twice before investing a bunch of money in a custom super-hero car like the Batmobile to your right. US copyright law being what it is, you might be in for a legal battle. Jamie Frevele explains: A judge in California has ruled that custom Batmobiles, like the ones made by Gotham Garage owner Mark Towles […]
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Belarus is already known for its censorship laws, but that isn’t stopping the Eastern European country from going much further in 2012. Last year the government arrested over 1,800 people who used social media to organize protests of the government in what was termed Revolution Internet. In 2012, the Lukashenko government is cracking down even […]
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Freddie deBoer wants a better class of IP reform advocates. In a long response to Julian Sanchez, Freddie dismisses the current batch as “pro-piracy” and lays down a critique of the technofuturist crowd that basically writes them off as calloused advocates of artistic ruin and the decline of the artistic middle class. I think piracy […]
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In Topeka, Kansas city officials are considering a controversial move to decriminalize domestic violence in the city after the Shawnee County government offloaded domestic violence enforcement on to city governments. Cities facing budget cuts and lost revenue are turning to many different cost-cutting measures, but this is perhaps the most extreme. Already, the county government […]
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Alabama’s tomato crop is rotting due to the mass exodus of immigrant workers following that state’s draconian new anti-immigrant law. Contrary to popular sentiment, immigration is good for the economy. I wish people could understand this very simple fact: immigration is good for business. Indeed, an open-borders policy that freed up movement of labor across […]
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Although it’s legal to record police in Philadelphia, things like this are still happening when ordinary citizens dare to exercise their right to take videos on their cellphones: TAMERA MEDLEY begged the police officer to stop slamming her head – over and over – into the hood of a police cruiser. Thinking they were helping, […]
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Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, right, talks with actor Steven Seagal, who was visiting the sheriff, after holding a news conference announcing his latest crime suppression illegal immigration operation sweep at the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Training Academy Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011, in Phoenix. [updated below] The story of Steven Seagal accompanying Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s raid […]
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