Tag Archives: crime

NYTimes.com – Man Accused of Stalking via Twitter Claims Free Speech

It’s an inter­est­ing case because while Twit­ter itself is a pub­lic medium, the per­son is direct­ing their mes­sages to a par­tic­u­lar person.

August 28, 2011 – 1:55 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Communication, Politics, Quick Posts, Technology | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments Off

Electronic Frontier Foundation – Open WiFi and Liability for Copyright Infringement: Setting the Record Straight

The line about “online debates” had me giggling.

August 19, 2011 – 1:13 am | By Justin Yost | Posted in Copyright, Quick Posts, Security, Technology | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments Off

Official Blog of the American Civil Liberties Union – Just A Smack On The Ass: A Tale Of Sexual Assault, Vengeance And Nervous Swearing

Just an awe­some story of one woman going and con­fronting street harassment.

April 19, 2011 – 12:38 am | By Justin Yost | Posted in Culture, Politics, Quick Posts | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off

BBC News – Giffords shooting: Suspect Jared Loughner charged

What a tragedy.

January 9, 2011 – 9:34 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in General News, Politics, Quick Posts | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off

BBC News — US border violence: Myth or reality?

BBC News gets into the act on dis­cussing the myth behind the Texas/Mexico bor­der being super violent.

July 27, 2010 – 11:29 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Politics, Quick Posts | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

NYTimes.com – On Border Violence, Truth Pales Compared to Ideas

Vio­lent crime rates have fallen while advo­cates for more strin­gent action on ille­gal immi­gra­tion claim crime is on the increase.

June 23, 2010 – 10:57 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Politics | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off

The El Paso Miracle – Reason Magazine

Large immi­grant pop­u­la­tions is a decent pre­dic­tor for how safe a city is.

May 23, 2010 – 6:59 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Politics | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off