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Cops violate restricted database to target journalist

damien · 2005-09-22 09:20:58

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22-09-2005 10:20am

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After an Edmonton journalist wrote an article criticizing red light and speed cameras in the city (citing statistics that the cameras "raise about $14 million annually for police" but do nothing to reduce traffic injuries), the police there targeted him in a sting operation, hoping to bust him on drunk driving charges.

The police broke the law when they used a restricted database to obtain information on the journalist (who, much to the dismay of the police, had a clean record). The police were also unsuccessful in their attempt to bust the journalist.

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#2 22-09-2005 12:30pm
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damien.m wrote:

But this could never happen here, now could it?

Yeah you keep right on believing that

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