Police Arrest Man For Refusing To Tweet

[LinuxFanBoi]

not kidding: http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/11/24/174259/Police-Arrest-Man-For-Refusing-To-Tweet


"Police arrested a senior vice president from Island Def Jam Records, saying he hindered their crowd-control efforts by not cooperating. The crowd at a mall where Justin Bieber was appearing got out of control, and police wanted the man to send a tweet asking for calm; he refused and they arrested him on a felony assault charge 'for putting people in danger.'"

Can we say acquittal?

[NoaHall]

People are really slow at reading the news on here, aren't they.

[dragos240]

not kidding: http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/11/24/174259/Police-Arrest-Man-For-Refusing-To-Tweet



Can we say acquittal?

What the........

[ticopelp]

People are really slow at reading the news on here, aren't they.

On the up side, it evidently gives you something to feel superior about.

[PhoHammer]

I just read this in my RSS reader, hilarious!
Edit:

People are really slow at reading the news on here, aren't they.

Umm... Slashdot pinged my Google Reader with this a mere 43 minutes ago... We're not all sitting on some news website hitting F5 eternally.

[suitedaces]

People are really slow at reading the news on here, aren't they.

Any chance you're confusing it with this? http://rawstory.com/2009/10/g20-protester-arrested-for-twitter/

[earthpigg]

that is completely ridiculous.

website took forever to load due to the slashdot/digg effect.

here is copypasta in case it dies completely...

http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20091122/heres-a-first-man-arrested-for-not-using-twitter/



Here’s a First: Man Arrested for Not Using Twitter

Terrifying? Inevitable? Harbinger? In any case, it’s a first: Police in Long Island, New York, have arrested a man for not using Twitter.

Someone named Justin Bieber, who apparently is a teenage singer, was supposed to appear at the Roosevelt Field mall on Friday, but stayed away because the crowd had become too unruly. Police asked a record label executive to help disperse the horde using the messaging service, and claim he didn’t cooperate. More from Newsday:


Police arrested a senior vice president from Bieber’s label, Island Def Jam Records, James A. Roppo, 44, of Hoboken, N.J., saying he hindered their crowd-control efforts by not cooperating.

He was in custody Friday night, pending charges that could include criminal nuisance, endangering the welfare of a minor and obstructing government administration, Smith said.

“We asked for his help in getting the crowd to go away by sending out a Twitter message,” Smith said. “By not cooperating with us we feel he put lives in danger and the public at risk.”

Slightly confusing, because Bieber’s Twitter account–presumably the one the cops wanted Roppo to use–does indeed show that he asked his fans to leave at 4:30 pm Eastern:

--4:30 pm tweet telling people to calm down--

But apparently that was too late:

--4:33 pm tweet telling people the event was canceled--

Here’s what a mall full of unruly Justin Bieber fans looks like, by the way. Not sure how helpful Twitter would have in the face of this:

--youtube video i didn't watch--

[NoaHall]

Any chance you're confusing it with this? http://rawstory.com/2009/10/g20-protester-arrested-for-twitter/

No, not at all.

[pwnst*r]

People are really slow at reading the news on here, aren't they.

do you know what fresh air smells like?

[NoaHall]

do you know what fresh air smells like?

Yes.

[LinuxFanBoi]

People are really slow at reading the news on here, aren't they.

Obviously he believes that just because he read the RSS feed the very instant it was received, everyone else should have as well. He is using this delusion to justify being a douche.

[NoaHall]

Obviously he believes that just because he read the RSS feed the very instant it was received, everyone else should have as well. He is using this delusion to justify being a douche.

I don't get that RSS feed. It was reported on the BBC ages ago. Oh, wait, not the BBC, a blog site I follow.

[pwnst*r]

link?

and if by "ages" ago you mean today, well then....

http://news.google.com/news/story?cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&ncl=dtbnMvQnmx8O3oMqTfL9LsSoUl4GM&scoring=n

[NoaHall]

Here. http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/man_arrested_failing_tweet
It was posted yesterday.
Maybe we should make a thread and state what news coverage sites we use.
It's a good feed for hardware lovers, btw.

[earthpigg]

the decisions of any indivudual common Police Officer within the scope of the established policies and laws can be regarded initially as the Police Officer doing his best to Serve and Protect within the confines of an imperfect system.

Any decision made by a high-ranking Police Officer must be regarded initially as a political decision first and foremost.

Ergo, this case is to be regarded as identical to a situation wherein a man is told by the Police to sit in front of a camera and read a political speech prepared for him in advance.

I am slightly appalled.

[cariboo]

Thread closed by request of the op.

[t0p]

Check out this story (http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/11/24/174259/Police-Arrest-Man-For-Refusing-To-Tweet?art_pos=2):


"Police arrested a senior vice president from Island Def Jam Records, saying he hindered their crowd-control efforts by not cooperating. The crowd at a mall where Justin Bieber was appearing got out of control, and police wanted the man to send a tweet asking for calm; he refused and they arrested him on a felony assault charge (http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20091122/heres-a-first-man-arrested-for-not-using-twitter/) 'for putting people in danger.'"

Is this just some cop getting carried away in the heat of the moment? Or do Canadian citizens really have to obey whatever order a police officer feels like giving?

Cop: "Sing happy birthday to my cat!"
Citizen: "No, that's stupid."
Cop: "You're under arrest for making my cat feel sad on his birthday!"

[lisati]

Exactly. There has already been a little bit of discussion here on the forums but the thread has been closed.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1336455

[JBAlaska]

When they asked for his name, he should of said cory or trevor lol.