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Police Misconduct: A Short Story

In New York, a jury acquitted an ex-con on gun possession charges after the arresting officer was impeached by statements he had made on Facebook.

The defense was that the officer used excessive force and then planted the gun on the defendant to create a justification for rough treatment.

At trial, the officer was confronted with the fact that on his Facebook page, he listed his mood as “devious”…

Claimed to be watching the movie “Training Day” as preparation for the case…

Flickr Photo by Dreamer7112: http://bit.ly/LvNgF

and boasted that if an officer “is going to hit a cuffed suspect, at least get your money’s worth.”

Flickr Photo by John Joz: http://bit.ly/32HJf5

Source of Short Story

Davallis Rutledge, Point of Law: The Whole World is Watching, POLICE, September 2009, at 60 (Bobbit Business Publishing).

With friends like these…

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Professionalism

• You are the product• Advertising your expertise• Oversharing• Critical Eye• Think Twice before posting• Are your friends oversharing?

10 Tips for Managing Facebook Privacy• Organize Friends into Lists• Customize Profile Privacy• Set Facebook Privacy Level of Photo Albums• Restrict Search Visibility• Control Automatic Wall Posts and News Feed

Updates• Set Facebook Wall Privacy• Avoid Appearing in Advertisements• Protect Yourself from Friends’ Applications• Privacy from Your Applications• Quitting Facebook: Delete vs. De-Activate

Mahendra Palsule, 10 Solid Tips to Safeguard Your Facebook Privacy, http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/the-complete-guide-to-facebook-privacy/ [http://bit.ly/gvGZC](last visited July 17, 2009).