UK Police Raid Party After Seeing "All-Night" Tag On Facebook 628
An anonymous reader writes "Apparently the police like to spend their time trawling our private information on Facebook looking for criminals. 'Riot police stormed a man's 30th birthday barbecue for 15 guests because it was advertised as an "all-night" party on Facebook. Four police cars, a riot van, and a force helicopter were dispatched to a privately-owned field in a small village near Sowton, Devon in the UK on Saturday, ordering the party shut down or everyone would be arrested. The birthday barbecue was busted up before they even had a chance to plug the music in, reports the BBC. It was about 4pm when eight officers with camouflage pants and body armor jumped out of their vehicles and ordered everyone out about an hour into the party.' The event's organizer, Andrew Poole, said, 'The police had full-on camouflage trousers on and body-armour, it was ridiculous. There were also several plain-clothes officers as well ... they kept on insisting it has been advertised it as an all-night rave on the internet. The times on it were put as "overnight" in case people wanted to sleep-over, but after being explained this they were still banging on saying it was advertised on the internet. They wouldn't accept it wasn't a rave. It was in a completely isolated field.'"
Wow (Score:5, Funny)
I guess everyone should put all night party tags on their Facebook pages tomorrow night.
Must suck (Score:4, Funny)
Must suck for those guys to live in a police state. Man am i ever glad to live in a free an democratic country.
Oh, wait...
Re:We are not alone! (Score:5, Funny)
...citation needed.
Just post it to facebook, the police will take care of the citation...
Sure, yeah, I can believe that (Score:5, Funny)
Now, I don't want camouflaged police showing up, but when I call the cops and these guys demand to know "which neighbor was it?" and STILL don't shut up after the cops are gone, I have to think that somebody with a Facebook account and a field is probably driving his neighbors FREAKING insane.
Thank goodness for my linux box and synths that can play a nice loud PSHHHHHHTTTT sound, brown or pink as you like it. (Had to work linux in there somehow)
Re:Wow (Score:5, Funny)
Isn't that going to get kind of expensive having all your parties shut down by the cops?
Re:Even if it was a rave... (Score:5, Funny)
Ravers only write Java and Python code.
Real programmers don't go to parties, unless they have bearded men with homebrew beer or possibly pen and paper role-playing games (but not miniatures!)
Re:What a good idea (Score:3, Funny)
Pics or it didn't happen.
Re:Wow (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Wow (Score:2, Funny)
Yes it would... if any of those events were actually in Sowton, Devon, UK.
Re:$100 BILLION (Score:5, Funny)
One american is arrested and has their life ruined every 18 seconds just for smoking pot.
Really?
Who is this person? It must be awful for them to have their life ruined every 18 seconds.
Re:Wow (Score:2, Funny)
This is the police... we know your game - reverse psychology! Your just pretending you won't show up, but we'll be there waiting... we'll be there!
(sarge... can I borrow your aftershave ?)
Re:Wow (Score:5, Funny)
Since they replaced their training manual with 1984 and their procedures manual with Monty Python's Flying Circus.
Re:Wow (Score:3, Funny)
Actually, this story gave me a start, since I actually AM going to an all-night rave in an isolated field in Devon tonight.
Re:Wow (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Fuck 'Em, And Their Law (Score:5, Funny)
I'm suspicious! This law was passed before George Bush was president?!?!? How could that be??? Sounds *very* fishy to me!
Anyone here like The Human League? (Score:4, Funny)
So, no repetitive beats... (Score:3, Funny)
FrankN
Re:Fuck 'Em, And Their Law (Score:1, Funny)
What are you going to do next time you get pulled over for a traffic stop? Pull your piece out, yell something like "Fuck you Copper! Yeee-Hawww" and start shooting in the air waving your cowboy hat around doing a little dance while your spurs jingle?