Flutterby™! : Google standing up to "law enforcement" 2011-10-27 01:54:13.284738+02

Google standing up to "law enforcement"

2011-10-27 01:54:13.284738+02 by Dan Lyke 2 comments

Google: "We received a request from a local law enforcement agency to remove YouTube videos of police brutality, which we did not remove. Separately, we received requests from a different local law enforcement agency for removal of videos allegedly defaming law enforcement officials. We did not comply with those requests, which we have categorized in this Report as defamation requests."

"law enforcement" quoted there in the title because the (I suspect, Oakland) "law enforcement" agency in question is clearly a gang of armed thugs with colors that happen to coincide with other police agencies.

I wish that not only the table of items requested to be removed was linked, but that the names, titles and work locations of those making the requests were published.

Requesting the removal of such brutality may or may not be a violation of law, but they are certainly a violation of the spirit of the Constitution. IANAL so I can not say that such individuals must be tried, but they certainly do not belong in public service.

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