UK: Cops run down, kill 16 year old girl, taser distraught boyfriend
Wednesday, May 21st, 2008 by Mike Gogulski | Posted in police | No Comments »Lunatic killer cop "sent off duty", stone-cold Police Superintendent tells outraged public: "We cannot tolerate that emotion spilling over into violence and disorder." Clown suit defense to follow. From The Daily Mirror: Schoolgirl killed by 'speeding police patrol car' Sixteen-year-old killed by '100 ...
Broad e-surveillance coming to UK
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008 by Mike Gogulski | Posted in surveillance | No Comments »Britons can rest easy knowing that of course it will only be used to find the bad guys... for various and flexible definitions of "bad". Of course. From the Times Online: ‘Big Brother’ database for phones and e-mails [caption id="attachment_65" align="alignright" width="250" caption="INGSOC ...
Britain’s CCTV paranoia boondoggle
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008 by Mike Gogulski | Posted in surveillance | No Comments »A photo from my recent trip to the UK. This is in the main hall at Birmingham New Street rail station. In this one room alone I counted no less than 19 CCTV cameras, and that from just standing in ...
Stateless: “It’s great being free”
Friday, May 2nd, 2008 by Mike Gogulski | Posted in people | 2 Comments »I land around 1pm at Birmingham International Airport. Between the plane's doors and the portal, everything is serene. A placid line of fellow passengers trudging up the jetway, into the terminal, though the camera-lined corridors and past the garish signs proclaiming ...
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