MetaFilter posts tagged with police and arrest

Skateboarding IS a crime?

blaneyphoto — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 14:53:31 -0800

Go skateboarding Day didn't end well for a bunch of teenagers in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Youtube Video. Unreasonable/Excessive force by the police? You decide.

School shooting suspect caught via his Myspace profile

tapeguy — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 12:31:43 -0800

Marcus McKinney was arrested Wednesday for the gang-related shooting of Michael Jacola at Orange Park High School in Jacksonville. Florida. Marcus was caught because left his photo on his Myspace.com profile alongside various comments about belonging to a gang.

Greek police "spam arrest" ongoing muddle

hank — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 10:14:30 -0800

Register article on Greek arrest of well known programmer I'ved been watching this story since it surfaced at the rixstep.com page here and here; also covered at Techdirt.com in a couple of threads. Worth a look.

Blushing bride goes ballistic

MegoSteve — Tue, 19 Aug 2003 06:33:24 -0800

And you thought your wedding day was bad? Bridezilla strikes again, resulting the police being her wedding photographer, her wedding suite a cell, this hilarious news story (RealMedia), and soon-to-be national infamy.

Ty Webb — Wed, 02 Oct 2002 10:48:04 -0800

TRAPPED, CUFFED & BUSSED Two Diamondback (Univ. of Maryland student newspaper)reporters covering the IMF-World Bank protests were arrested Friday morning and manacled for 23 hours. Surrounded by hundreds of protesters in Pershing Park, Washington Metropolitan Police circled and arrested the entire group. Jason Flanagan and Debra Kahn were there as impartial observers, and despite the newspaper's efforts to release them, they were stripped of all their possessions - even their shoelaces. What follows is a first-person account of their arrest and detention.

SuperGoat — Tue, 05 Feb 2002 08:39:57 -0800

NYC Police Arrest Transgender Man for Using Men's Restroom The first link is just a post-arrest picture of riot cops and protestors. Read the story here.