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Illinois judge rules police entitled to SWAT raid over parody Twitter account
- pavel_lishin 12y agoThat's not a flattering photograph of Mr. Daniel. I find it hard to believe that that's the only one that was available.
- wldcordeiro 12y agoMaybe that was done on purpose?
- earlz 12y agoSummary: You piss someone in power off, and you're subject to a SWAT raid for one reason or another
- Thesaurus 12y agoPolice state.
- cryoshon 12y agoHorrendous precedent set here, but it props up my theory that people looking to the courts to strike down government overreach will be disappointed. Free speech can be countered with a SWAT team, legally. Even if they hadn't found marijuana when they bashed down his door, it is still extremely intimidating to be raided by paramilitaries. The USA is a police state, and has been for a few years.