Cybergangs?
E. ALLEN SMITH
EALLENSMITH at ocelot.Rutgers.EDU
Fri Aug 9 00:03:25 PDT 1996
From: IN%"educom at educom.unc.edu" 8-AUG-1996 22:27:27.58
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>CYBERGANGS
>The head of the gang task force for the Arizona Department of Public Safety
>reports that a Web site established in Detroit offers a how-to guide for
>gangster wannabes and is urging gang members everywhere to unite under its
>umbrella to form the first cyberspace gang. The official says: "Now it's
>in your home, your living room, your den... Unfortunately, these guys can
>talk about anything they want and there's nothing law enforcement can do
>about it." (Atlanta Journal-Constitution 8 Aug 96 F3)
Umm... yes, it's called free speech. While organizational ability
might be a matter for concern, somehow I doubt that having them on the net
will do any real damage... being on a computer that mine is connected to hardly
puts them "in [my] home," even if my computer at home were connected to a phone
line. Bloody law enforcement paranoids...
-Allen
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