http://www.techdirt.com/ Easily digestible tech news.... http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/18345423136/doj-dept-education-to-colleges-start-restricting-free-speech-campus-kiss-your-federal-funding-goodbye.shtml#c793 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:10:50 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/18345423136/doj-dept-education-to-colleges-start-restricting-free-speech-campus-kiss-your-federal-funding-goodbye.shtml#c793
With a broad rule like this, might as well never hand out a compliment, 'I like your]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/19190923142/if-youre-going-to-illegally-seize-citizens-cell-phones-least-make-sure-youre-grabbing-right-ones.shtml#c299 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:10:08 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/19190923142/if-youre-going-to-illegally-seize-citizens-cell-phones-least-make-sure-youre-grabbing-right-ones.shtml#c299 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/18345423136/doj-dept-education-to-colleges-start-restricting-free-speech-campus-kiss-your-federal-funding-goodbye.shtml#c792 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:09:43 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/18345423136/doj-dept-education-to-colleges-start-restricting-free-speech-campus-kiss-your-federal-funding-goodbye.shtml#c792 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/19190923142/if-youre-going-to-illegally-seize-citizens-cell-phones-least-make-sure-youre-grabbing-right-ones.shtml#c293 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:09:07 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/19190923142/if-youre-going-to-illegally-seize-citizens-cell-phones-least-make-sure-youre-grabbing-right-ones.shtml#c293
However as one astute poster put earlier.. "reality doesn't always work that way."

Cops needs to be held to a higher standard of conduct than the public, because they have the guns and the authority to use them, and all the get-out-of-jail-free card. While plenty of "resisting arrest" arrests would seem to prove otherwise, berating a cop is not against the law, nor should it be.

Frankly, I think a whole mess of cops need to take some of those "fuck you fascist"s to heart.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/19190923142/if-youre-going-to-illegally-seize-citizens-cell-phones-least-make-sure-youre-grabbing-right-ones.shtml#c280 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:09:06 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/19190923142/if-youre-going-to-illegally-seize-citizens-cell-phones-least-make-sure-youre-grabbing-right-ones.shtml#c280 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11200723149/war-journalists-doj-claimed-fox-news-reporter-was-aider-abettor-co-conspirator-with-leaker.shtml#c1192 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:03:43 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11200723149/war-journalists-doj-claimed-fox-news-reporter-was-aider-abettor-co-conspirator-with-leaker.shtml#c1192 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-i5sDOdoFqg]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/12190223151/prendas-paul-hansmeier-asks-appeals-court-to-delay-sanctions-appeals-court-says-no-try-again.shtml#c460 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:03:02 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/12190223151/prendas-paul-hansmeier-asks-appeals-court-to-delay-sanctions-appeals-court-says-no-try-again.shtml#c460 Is this the judge's job?

At a hearing to show cause? Yeah, I'm pretty sure it is.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/19190923142/if-youre-going-to-illegally-seize-citizens-cell-phones-least-make-sure-youre-grabbing-right-ones.shtml#c262 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:58:37 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/19190923142/if-youre-going-to-illegally-seize-citizens-cell-phones-least-make-sure-youre-grabbing-right-ones.shtml#c262 "It also seems to me that if a device has two SD cards then one of them is a clear decoy. This is a nice addition to fight unlawful seizure but clearly this is a sign that she aimed to get arrested."

Several digital cameras have double SD Card slots.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/19190923142/if-youre-going-to-illegally-seize-citizens-cell-phones-least-make-sure-youre-grabbing-right-ones.shtml#c241 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:57:51 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/19190923142/if-youre-going-to-illegally-seize-citizens-cell-phones-least-make-sure-youre-grabbing-right-ones.shtml#c241
Plus, the young lady who has filmed this has a history of provoking police officers, as has been noted on her own youtube channel by other youtube commenters.

She was deliberately looking to get arrested by the police.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/18345423136/doj-dept-education-to-colleges-start-restricting-free-speech-campus-kiss-your-federal-funding-goodbye.shtml#c781 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:57:29 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/18345423136/doj-dept-education-to-colleges-start-restricting-free-speech-campus-kiss-your-federal-funding-goodbye.shtml#c781 ... at the 80% male engineering school...
Only 80%?

Really? Where?]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/19190923142/if-youre-going-to-illegally-seize-citizens-cell-phones-least-make-sure-youre-grabbing-right-ones.shtml#c223 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:54:36 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/19190923142/if-youre-going-to-illegally-seize-citizens-cell-phones-least-make-sure-youre-grabbing-right-ones.shtml#c223
While there are some circumstances of police brutality that videotaping does catch, this lady filming this is a complete moron. When you come across a best of bees, do you poke the bees nest to get a response? Hell no, you don't.

Exactly what are you benefiting from by filming police officers? Are you a groupie? Then, join the police force. I'm certain you wouldn't want police officers filming you while you are in your yard or inside your home. These are nothing more than attention seeking idiots who are looking to provoke the police into doing something that they don't normally do.

Notice in the video how the lady filming it approaches the cop and asks "what happened", to which the officer responds to her to go away. These officers didn't react to her until she started approaching these cops. This lady is nothing more than a nuisance which the cops only reacted after the lady started to interfere with their jobs.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/18345423136/doj-dept-education-to-colleges-start-restricting-free-speech-campus-kiss-your-federal-funding-goodbye.shtml#c772 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:54:31 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/18345423136/doj-dept-education-to-colleges-start-restricting-free-speech-campus-kiss-your-federal-funding-goodbye.shtml#c772 When you can use the word you want to use for any number of reasons, you can replace the word with another word that makes syntactic sense.

Let's replace some words and try it out
Breasts-> Personality
Result:
Pst,check out that girl's personality.
Hi, I was just impressed your outgoing personality.
etc.

Making an asshole shut up doesn't make the person not an asshole. It's not even a good way to ignore the problem.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/13573923121/retired-lt-col-violent-media-has-bred-generation-killers.shtml#c817 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:52:07 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/13573923121/retired-lt-col-violent-media-has-bred-generation-killers.shtml#c817 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130507/06201422976/chicago-blackhawks-fire-reporter-over-silly-old-youtube-videos.shtml#c610 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:51:27 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130507/06201422976/chicago-blackhawks-fire-reporter-over-silly-old-youtube-videos.shtml#c610
"Although they had been a fully disclosed non-issue upon her hiring, [...]" (regarding the videos).

"In a letter to the Vice President/General Manager of Comcast Sports Net Chicago, team chairman Rocky Wirtz demanded that reporter Susannah Collins be removed immediately, [...]" (regarding the complaints they received).

Also from the article; this wasn't a complaint from some random viewer, it was from one of the owners. Not that it changes anything.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/18345423136/doj-dept-education-to-colleges-start-restricting-free-speech-campus-kiss-your-federal-funding-goodbye.shtml#c754 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:50:36 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/18345423136/doj-dept-education-to-colleges-start-restricting-free-speech-campus-kiss-your-federal-funding-goodbye.shtml#c754
So much for free speech and freedom of religion.... Maybe they can go for the trifecta by searching your room at any moment without cause...]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/13573923121/retired-lt-col-violent-media-has-bred-generation-killers.shtml#c813 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:50:05 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/13573923121/retired-lt-col-violent-media-has-bred-generation-killers.shtml#c813 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/18345423136/doj-dept-education-to-colleges-start-restricting-free-speech-campus-kiss-your-federal-funding-goodbye.shtml#c733 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:49:43 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/18345423136/doj-dept-education-to-colleges-start-restricting-free-speech-campus-kiss-your-federal-funding-goodbye.shtml#c733 abundantly clear that the concern is effectively dealing with sexual assault. A cursory web search reveals that sexual assault is a serious problem at this school. Neither the DoJ nor the DoE is trying to curtail students' rights of free speech. It is not particularly surprising that most commenters have not troubled to read the document, but it is disappointing and discouraging that Tim seems not to have read it.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/13573923121/retired-lt-col-violent-media-has-bred-generation-killers.shtml#c800 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:49:09 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/13573923121/retired-lt-col-violent-media-has-bred-generation-killers.shtml#c800 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/18345423136/doj-dept-education-to-colleges-start-restricting-free-speech-campus-kiss-your-federal-funding-goodbye.shtml#c717 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:47:06 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/18345423136/doj-dept-education-to-colleges-start-restricting-free-speech-campus-kiss-your-federal-funding-goodbye.shtml#c717
Apparently, the government is requiring, among other things, that the university STOP requiring clear and convincing evidence to punish students. I mean, who needs clear and convincing evidence as long as we think you did it?

And to make things worse, the government calls out the university for not changing its evidence standards IN THE MIDDLE OF A CASE. Can you imagine preparing a defense only to find that the other side's burden of proof has suddenly been lowered?]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/18345423136/doj-dept-education-to-colleges-start-restricting-free-speech-campus-kiss-your-federal-funding-goodbye.shtml#c707 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:47:04 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/18345423136/doj-dept-education-to-colleges-start-restricting-free-speech-campus-kiss-your-federal-funding-goodbye.shtml#c707
Now you know one of the reasons for the obama takeover of student loans.]]>