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posted by n1 on Monday March 16 2015, @08:33PM   Printer-friendly
from the truth-hurts dept.

IP addresses linked to the New York Police Department's computer network have been used to sanitize Wikipedia entries about cases of police brutality.

This wouldn't be the first time we've seen nefarious alterations to Wikipedia entries, and it won't be the last. But the disclosure of NYPD's entries by Capital New York come as the Justice Department announced a national initiative for "building community trust and justice" with the nation's policing agencies.

As many as 85 IP addresses connected to 1 Police Plaza altered entries for some of the most high-profile police abuse cases, including those for victims Eric Garner, Sean Bell, and Amadou Diallo, Capital New York said. Edits have also been made to other entries covering NYPD scandals, its stop-and-frisk program, and the department leadership.

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/03/nypd-caught-red-handed-sanitizing-police-brutality-wikipedia-entries/

 
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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 18 2015, @01:50PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 18 2015, @01:50PM (#159373)

    1% bad cops? Maybe from that brainwashed traitor's perspective. I'm sure he sees the enforcement of the drug war and all the rest of the "good" cop's daily treason as just doing their job.

    Police are here to stay, our nation would be in a state of anarchy without them.

    it's pretty obvious you've been around cops for a while, you're regurgitating all their propaganda. What was supposed to be so scary about this anarchist hell we've all been reminded of every time the cops want to justify their unamerican tactics? oh yeah, the wild west, predator and prey... and how is that different from thousands of morons with guns trying to catch slaves for the prison economy?