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Just one of many lies Capitol Police specifically faced: https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/us-elections-government/ny-trump-church-photo-black-lives-mat

Just one of many lies Capitol Police specifically faced: https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/us-elections-government/ny-trump-church-photo-black-lives-matter-protest-inspector-general-report-20210609-537e7ztrljb5bbn5mjecrto6qi-story.html https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/us-elections-gover...

rob74 5y ago
totally off topic, but as a European reader I'm getting the following message on that website: > Unfortunately, our website is currently unavailable in your country. We are engaged on the issue and committed to looking at options that support our full range of digital offerings to your market. We continue to identify technical compliance solutions that will provide all readers with our award-winning journalism. Come on guys, 3 years after GDPR you could at least change your text from "we are engaged and committed to looking at options" to "we don't really give a s***"!
- Cockbrand 5y ago
  I agree! Here's a snapshot of the article: https://archive.is/xWaut https://archive.is/xWaut
- Tenoke 5y ago
  I am from the EU and more like GDPR (assuming it's even that and not e.g. licensing like BBC Global) than not but I think it's totally fair in general for companies to not provide their services to places where the local laws don't suit them.
  - CRConrad 5y ago
    Sure. But then they can frigging say so, can't they? "Sorry, we ain't gonna" is one thing, whereas "Just a sec, your custom is important to us!", three years afterwards is just utter fucking bullshit. Companies are free to ignore my custom, but not to serve me bullshit.
- mjevans 5y ago
  They really don't, and FFS, I refuse to ever agree to a cookie question on a site I do NOT create a sign-in for. I block those elements and disable javascript, etc. I'm saddened that 3 years later they still haven't given up trying to demand things I'm never giving them. Too many have given in to the Windows UAC / Popup 'just click yes' illness of security fatigue.
  - mike_d 5y ago
    Just use Firefox with Total Cookie Protection (each domain you visit gets an isolated cookie jar) and set the "Delete cookies and site data when Firefox is closed" option. You are now free to carelessly click on and accept any random cookie that comes your way. Just restart once a week or so for Firefox updates and you are a completely new person.
    - shakna 5y ago
      Your fingerprint islikely to persist between that. Just your graphics driver and fonts is enough that deleting those cookies did exactly nothing - and that's not any of the advanced tracking techniques.
      - egberts 5y ago
        ^THIS^
  - bakuninsbart 5y ago
    There's so many sneaky ways these sites try to get you to accept cookies, and the european legislation will probably need a couple more iterations until it is in a state where most annoying loopholes are closed. It is gone so far that sometimes out of happiness over a "reject all"-button, I will disable adbloc to give the sites some revenue.
- jyriand 5y ago
  Strange, I'm also from an European country, but can see the site fine
  - rob74 5y ago
    Sorry for generalizing, I guess you are from a non-EU European country? Or their filtering is buggy...
mike_d 5y ago
Your link is actually a great example of the confusion that has led to harassment and hatred of Capitol Police officers. The Capitol Police (Controlled by Congress), DC Metro Police (Mayor of DC) and DC Protective Services (Mayor of DC) were the good guys in almost all of this. The Park Police (subject of your link), Secret Service, Federal Protective Service, US Marshal Service, and DC National Guard were all under the authority of the Executive branch and the ones who forcefully cleared the park and harassed BLM protestors. (ACPD and MPD also assisted Park Police under a mutual aid request) The Bureau of Prisons was never requested but showed up to the party anyway, likely at the direction of the head of DHS, who was not interviewed for the OIG report.
- mschuster91 5y ago
  From the perspective of someone beaten up by a police officer, there is no way to distinguish from which part of the police he just got beat up.

rob74 5y ago

totally off topic, but as a European reader I'm getting the following message on that website: > Unfortunately, our website is currently unavailable in your country. We are engaged on the issue and committed to looking at options that support our full range of digital offerings to your market. We continue to identify technical compliance solutions that will provide all readers with our award-winning journalism. Come on guys, 3 years after GDPR you could at least change your text from "we are engaged and committed to looking at options" to "we don't really give a s***"!

Cockbrand 5y ago
I agree! Here's a snapshot of the article: https://archive.is/xWaut https://archive.is/xWaut
Tenoke 5y ago
I am from the EU and more like GDPR (assuming it's even that and not e.g. licensing like BBC Global) than not but I think it's totally fair in general for companies to not provide their services to places where the local laws don't suit them.
- CRConrad 5y ago
  Sure. But then they can frigging say so, can't they? "Sorry, we ain't gonna" is one thing, whereas "Just a sec, your custom is important to us!", three years afterwards is just utter fucking bullshit. Companies are free to ignore my custom, but not to serve me bullshit.
mjevans 5y ago
They really don't, and FFS, I refuse to ever agree to a cookie question on a site I do NOT create a sign-in for. I block those elements and disable javascript, etc. I'm saddened that 3 years later they still haven't given up trying to demand things I'm never giving them. Too many have given in to the Windows UAC / Popup 'just click yes' illness of security fatigue.
- mike_d 5y ago
  Just use Firefox with Total Cookie Protection (each domain you visit gets an isolated cookie jar) and set the "Delete cookies and site data when Firefox is closed" option. You are now free to carelessly click on and accept any random cookie that comes your way. Just restart once a week or so for Firefox updates and you are a completely new person.
  - shakna 5y ago
    Your fingerprint islikely to persist between that. Just your graphics driver and fonts is enough that deleting those cookies did exactly nothing - and that's not any of the advanced tracking techniques.
    - egberts 5y ago
      ^THIS^
- bakuninsbart 5y ago
  There's so many sneaky ways these sites try to get you to accept cookies, and the european legislation will probably need a couple more iterations until it is in a state where most annoying loopholes are closed. It is gone so far that sometimes out of happiness over a "reject all"-button, I will disable adbloc to give the sites some revenue.
jyriand 5y ago
Strange, I'm also from an European country, but can see the site fine
- rob74 5y ago
  Sorry for generalizing, I guess you are from a non-EU European country? Or their filtering is buggy...

mike_d 5y ago

Your link is actually a great example of the confusion that has led to harassment and hatred of Capitol Police officers. The Capitol Police (Controlled by Congress), DC Metro Police (Mayor of DC) and DC Protective Services (Mayor of DC) were the good guys in almost all of this. The Park Police (subject of your link), Secret Service, Federal Protective Service, US Marshal Service, and DC National Guard were all under the authority of the Executive branch and the ones who forcefully cleared the park and harassed BLM protestors. (ACPD and MPD also assisted Park Police under a mutual aid request) The Bureau of Prisons was never requested but showed up to the party anyway, likely at the direction of the head of DHS, who was not interviewed for the OIG report.

mschuster91 5y ago
From the perspective of someone beaten up by a police officer, there is no way to distinguish from which part of the police he just got beat up.