Memphis police imitate Chinese Communists
July 25, 2008 at 6:22 am by Andisheh Nouraee in Not-lantaMemphis police director Larry Godwin has sued to uncover the names of anonymous contributors to a blog harshly critical of the Memphis Police Department.
The lawsuit asks AOL to produce all information related to the identity of an e-mail address linked to MPD Enforcer 2.0, a blog popular with police officers that has been extremely critical of police leadership,
I don’t know much about the Memphis Police Department, but it looks like its leaders have adopted Chinese Communist tactics to bully its force into silence. This only makes me more inclined to believe the nastier allegations on MPD Enforcer 2.o.
I hope the bloggers identities are kept mum. Imperfect as anonymous blogging is, blogs like MPD Enforcer and, closer to home, Dekalb Officers Speak, provide important information about otherwise opaque institutions.
July 25th, 2008 at 9:06 am
Isn’t that why China is called a police state? The worst cops aren’t imitating China, rather, China is imitating the worst cops. Memphis cops show up with subpeonas, Chinese cops show up with AK47’s.