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No, the newspaper was investigating Chief of Police Gideon Cody's sexual misconduct, and the identities of the accusers were on one of the seized computers. So
by jacobolus 3y ago
No, the newspaper was investigating Chief of Police Gideon Cody's sexual misconduct, and the identities of the accusers were on one of the seized computers.
Source: https://thehandbasket.substack.com/p/a-conversation-with-the-newspaper https://thehandbasket.substack.com/p/a-conversation-with-the...
- barbazoo 3y agoCrazy. Imagine the environment in this is either lawful or felt like they could get away with it.
- uoaei 3y agoAmericans live it every day...
- shiftpgdn 3y agoYou are delusional if you think corrupt policing only happens in America.
- barbazoo 3y agoI don't think anyone said or implied that at all.
- fnordpiglet 3y agoI think humans have lived with it every day ever since the first human picked up a rock and told someone else what to do or else. The point is an orderly use of power according to the law. These events do seem fairly far outside the norm in America, otherwise it wouldn’t be a top story on HN or anywhere else. It would be common life. There are many place on earth where writing such a story is itself a crime because it’s illegal to criticize the government in any way. While the American law enforcement system is broken in a systemic and fundamental way, and there are better places, and there are worse places, there is at least a system of laws that often provides relief and redress - but most importantly there exists avenues to fix the system over time and the open ability to advocate loudly for a restructuring of the government and its powers. This is a blessing in every society that has it, including in America.
- justinclift 3y agoWonder if their next computer setup will be using encryption at rest? Sounds like they'd be motivated to do so now.