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offline cygnus from nowhere and everyplace on 2008-02-14 10:37 [#02174857]
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..."and give us a DNA sample"

newslink

Armed police arrested a man listening to his MP3 player
and took a sample of his DNA after a fellow commuter mistook
the music player for a gun.

Darren Nixon had been waiting at a bus stop in
Stoke-on-Trent on his way home from work when a woman saw
him reach into his pocket and take out a black Phillips MP3
player. The woman thought it was a pistol and called 999.

Police tracked 28-year-old Nixon using CCTV, sending three
cars to follow him. When he got off the bus, armed officers
surrounded him. He was driven to a police station, kept in a
cell and had his fingerprints, photograph and DNA taken.

He was freed when Staffordshire police realised it was a
false alarm - but will now have his DNA stored on a national
database for life with a record that he was arrested on
suspicion of a firearms offence.



 

offline cygnus from nowhere and everyplace on 2008-02-14 10:38 [#02174859]
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and what is this CCTV shit? we do not even have that here in
america. probably in select places like washington & new
york. so they have a network of cameras that can track you
wherever you choose to go?

are you ok with that?


 

offline 010101 from Vancouver (Canada) on 2008-02-14 10:38 [#02174861]
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He was probably a black, you have to keep tabs on those
guys.


 

offline thatne from United States on 2008-02-14 10:39 [#02174862]
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how do they take a dna sample
do they have to do a spinal tap?


 

offline hanal from k_maty only (United Kingdom) on 2008-02-14 10:42 [#02174866]
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cygnus help us


 

offline 010101 from Vancouver (Canada) on 2008-02-14 10:44 [#02174872]
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In all seriousness, I remeber living in Liverpool before
they had CCTV everywhere and then after. It genuinly made
the city centre safer. I don't know why anyone would be
bothered about being watched by CCTV, unless of course you
are doing something wrong.


 

offline cygnus from nowhere and everyplace on 2008-02-14 10:46 [#02174875]
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i'm coming and i am going to punch cops in the fucking face


 

offline dingle berry from on a small plastic chair breat (Haiti) on 2008-02-14 10:48 [#02174876]
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CYGNUS and others yes......

practically every town in the uk is being constantly
monitored via police CCTV units when i walk through my local
high-street i am being filmed from every angle by about
twenty four cameras!

I dont know if i feel safe or paranoid?

Apparently England is the most monitored country in the
world??


 

offline hanal from k_maty only (United Kingdom) on 2008-02-14 10:49 [#02174877]
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thank you,bring some nice ladies also,just to comfort me in
my hour of need.


 

offline cygnus from nowhere and everyplace on 2008-02-14 10:50 [#02174879]
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I don't know why anyone would be
bothered about being watched by CCTV, unless of course you
are doing something wrong.


well let's say one day you're having a stroll with your dog
while listening to your mp3 player when someone mistakes it
for a gun and calls the police on you and the police track
you with CCTV and when you're arrested you get put in a jail
cell, fingerprinted, your blood samples taken, and kept on
lifetime record


 

offline cygnus from nowhere and everyplace on 2008-02-14 10:51 [#02174880]
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you know i actually had a dream with u in it last night, i
cant remember it tho


 

offline 010101 from Vancouver (Canada) on 2008-02-14 10:57 [#02174885]
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It was the stupid Stokie womans fault not something seen
over CCTV. Stoke has the largest collection of stupid people
in England. The only redeaming feature of Stoke is Oatcakes.


 

offline dingle berry from on a small plastic chair breat (Haiti) on 2008-02-14 10:58 [#02174886]
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UK POLICE DNA


 

offline thatne from United States on 2008-02-14 10:58 [#02174887]
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who doesn't know how to properly identify an mp3 player
i don't see how one could be mistaken for a firearm


 

offline dingle berry from on a small plastic chair breat (Haiti) on 2008-02-14 10:59 [#02174889]
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The only redeaming feature of Stoke is Oatcakes,
THIS IS DEFINITELY TRUE


 

offline elusive from detroit (United States) on 2008-02-14 10:59 [#02174890]
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LOL CIVIL LIBERTIES
LOL MONITORED 24/7
BE A GOOD CITIZEN
REPORT ANY SUSPICIONS



 

offline Raz0rBlade_uk on 2008-02-14 11:04 [#02174894]
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i don't even have a sample of my dna to identify myself with
anything that can be measured so why the fuck should they?
fucking cunts! it makes me so angry!


 

offline vlari from beyond the valley of the LOLs on 2008-02-14 11:05 [#02174895]
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is that an mp3 player in your pants or are you just happy to
see me?


 

offline rad smiles on 2008-02-14 11:08 [#02174897]
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Make sure you always look good for the cameras. Always be
sure to check yourself for any flaws before venturing out in
public. Toilet paper on the shoe can be a real drag. Food
stains. Etc. Don't look like a fool.

Maybe I'm just a hopeless romantic or maybe it's because its
Valentines Day but you never know...your future wife could
be monitoring you. *sigh*


 

offline staz on 2008-02-14 11:10 [#02174898]
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that is pretty damn obscene.


 

offline Raz0rBlade_uk on 2008-02-14 11:10 [#02174899]
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if your future wife happens to be a middle aged overweight
working class male with a drinking problem


 

offline rad smiles on 2008-02-14 11:12 [#02174901]
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hey whatever floats your boat, guy.


 

offline rad smiles on 2008-02-14 11:30 [#02174916]
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16th century nude portrait too racy for London's
Underground



 

offline hedphukkerr from mathbotton (United States) on 2008-02-14 12:26 [#02174946]
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getting a sample of someone's dna is one of the least
invasive processes you can do. that shit's everywhere.

we gotta stop the spread of dna!! thats the real problem!


 

offline BoxBob-K23 from Finland on 2008-02-14 12:53 [#02174958]
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it's a global grid of control, especially visible in the
U.S.-U.K. axis but also across Europe and even here in
Scandinavia


 

offline larn from PLANET E (United Kingdom) on 2008-02-14 13:01 [#02174967]
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god damn


 

offline plaidzebra from so long, xlt on 2008-02-14 13:41 [#02174981]
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it's a great time to be alive. seems like 100 years ago
would have sucked, and 100 years from now will suck.
today's just about right, shadowy but not too dark...


 

offline iiiiiiiiii from Gloucester on 2008-02-14 13:44 [#02174982]
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whilst i agree this is a bit shitty, in america that guy
would've probably been shot dead.


 

offline SlipDrinkMats from Thanks (Bhutan) on 2008-02-14 13:55 [#02174987]
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I do find female police officers sexy, I must admit. I'd
happily let them keep abreast of me by giving them a wad of
my dna.


 

offline larn from PLANET E (United Kingdom) on 2008-02-14 13:57 [#02174990]
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lolol our police are not veyr tough on our young offenders,
unlike in E-merica example: please click here


 

offline iiiiiiiiii from Gloucester on 2008-02-14 13:57 [#02174991]
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you're a slimy bastard


 

offline larn from PLANET E (United Kingdom) on 2008-02-14 14:10 [#02174998]
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your're a cheap stinking bottle of chip oil, come and get
some in the yarbles, if you have any yarbles


 

offline K300i from United Kingdom on 2008-02-14 15:40 [#02175037]
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oh you dont have a cctv, you dont need that though. all you
need is a big mac, diet coke, george bush and a little bit
more knowledge of outside world.


 

offline Ceri JC from Jefferson City (United States) on 2008-02-14 16:48 [#02175048]
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To be fair, this was in Stoke...


 

offline Zephyr Twin from ΔΔΔ on 2008-02-14 17:16 [#02175051]
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wow, trying a bit hard, there?


 

offline earthleakage from tell the world you're winning on 2008-02-14 17:33 [#02175053]
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no


 

offline Zephyr Twin from ΔΔΔ on 2008-02-14 17:50 [#02175059]
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oh.


 

offline rad smiles on 2008-02-14 17:52 [#02175063]
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you mean yes


 

offline earthleakage from tell the world you're winning on 2008-02-14 18:06 [#02175072]
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no

i mean no


 

offline rad smiles on 2008-02-14 18:57 [#02175083]
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no, you mean yes.


 

offline Zephyr Twin from ΔΔΔ on 2008-02-14 19:59 [#02175090]
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oh.


 

offline bogala from NYC (United States) on 2008-02-14 20:02 [#02175092]
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Aren't these cctv cameras starting to talk back now too?
Like "I saw that, pick up that candy wrapper right now
mister!" .. If Jeremy Clarkson hates this shit than I do
too.


 

offline lupus yonderboy from 1970. (United Kingdom) on 2008-02-14 20:14 [#02175095]
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Clarkson has periodically released motoring-based videos,
such as "Clarkson - Unleashed on Cars".[18] Over the years,
his videos have shown him driving many exotic cars,
including a Ford GT40 which had been specially adapted to
accommodate taller drivers; Clarkson is 6 feet 5 inches
(1.96 m). He is also known for destroying his most hated
cars in various ways, including catapulting a Nissan Sunny
using a trebuchet, and dropping a Porsche 911 onto a caravan
(after plunging a piano onto the bonnet and dousing it in
hydrochloric acid, amongst other things). For his 1985
album, Solo for the Wounded CD, he damaged audio CDs and
used the information that a CD player was able to extract
from those discs to create new pieces. Clarkson doesn't make
use of a traditional sampler, however though
"de-controlling" the playback of the CD audio, his works
consist of samples played back in an unexpected (almost
random) order. Clarkson has stated that the error-correction
functionality of modern CD players has made it hard to
continue to use this technique and, for this reason, he
continues to use older equipment.[2] For his collaboration
with Hecker, Palimpsest, he converted Japanese
Man'yōshū poems to sound. Clarkson is one of a few
celebrities who have been blamed for poor denim sales.
Louise Foster of Draper's Record, trade magazine to the
fashion industry, is quoted as saying, "For a period in the
late Nineties denim became unfashionable. 501s — Levi's
flagship brand — in particular suffered from the so-called
'Jeremy Clarkson effect', the association with men in middle
youth."


 

offline earthleakage from tell the world you're winning on 2008-02-14 20:30 [#02175105]
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is it really necassary to point out i have a small penis?


 

offline lupus yonderboy from 1970. (United Kingdom) on 2008-02-14 20:36 [#02175109]
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nothing is necassary. everything is permitted.


 

offline earthleakage from tell the world you're winning on 2008-02-14 20:47 [#02175118]
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yr missing a "but". but u can alway have mine.


 

offline lupus yonderboy from 1970. (United Kingdom) on 2008-02-14 21:43 [#02175143]
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is this you?


 

offline oxygenfad from www.oxygenfad.com (Canada) on 2008-02-15 05:15 [#02175234]
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Why do you need cameras watching the street again ?
Fuck I would totally move somewhere else that's gay.


 

offline rad smiles on 2008-02-15 12:40 [#02175400]
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the hard mean streets of Stoke require constant surveillance


 


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