Tag Archives: crime

National Dragnet Is a Click Away

March 6, 2008 – 11:52 am

From the Washington Post’s National Dragnet Is a Click Away: “The expanding police systems illustrate the prominent roles that private companies play in homeland security and counterterrorism efforts. They also underscore how the use of new data — and data surveillance — technology to fight crime and terrorism is evolving faster than the public’s understanding [...]

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State police investigating Poultney bank robbery

February 21, 2008 – 01:36 pm

From the Rutland Herald’s State police investigating Poultney bank robbery: “Vermont State Police are investigating a bank robbery this morning in Poultney. The robbery took place around 10:15 a.m. at the Citizens Bank on Main Street. According to a scanner broadcast, area law enforcement agencies were told to be on the lookout for a man [...]

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High society

August 16, 2007 – 11:12 am

From the Financial Times’ article, High society: “It is clear that drugs policy would be infinitely better conducted if governments actually had some influence on the business. Legalisation would enable them to tax the drugs, ensure quality control, cut out the most dangerous strains, help genuine addicts, try to prevent the sale to minors, de-glamorise [...]

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Rethinking my M.F.A. in Creative Writing plans

May 24, 2006 – 10:48 am

“The university police at Gainesville’s University of Florida have targeted a graduate student in the English program over his publication of a piece of horror fiction on his LiveJournal. The police have repeatedly visited the student and demanded that he submit his fingerprints and DNA to them so that they can compare the fictional murder [...]

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Brazil goes crazy

May 17, 2006 – 03:14 pm

Whoa. It seems that the gangs are rising up in Sao Paulo: “At least 133 people — including 40 police officers [71 gang member, 18 inmates, and 4 innocents] — have been killed since Friday night.” From the article, it sounds like the gangs attacked police stations at the same time as inmates throughout the [...]

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Moving the debate

April 18, 2006 – 11:15 pm

The post about immigration generated a lot of discussion, and it went in a lot of directions. I find it interesting that Dave saw that what really is at issue here is not immigration, but criminal behavior (and the legalization of drugs debate). I find it interesting because in a side-debate between Shawn and I [...]

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