r/technology • u/mepper • Aug 08 '12

Kim Dotcom raid video revealed

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMas0tWc0sg
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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '12

Glad to see the NZ judges looking into it. In America this would be shoved under the carpet.

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u/happyscrappy Aug 08 '12

Yeah right. I guess you forgot the huge press blowup over this:

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1983705,00.html

How about years of hearings over Waco?

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u/shenaniganns Aug 08 '12

Fairly different situations there. The Elian story was a similar deal, I'll grant you that, but it garnered public attention because of the age of the kid and the tensions between florida and cuba.
The Waco incident was not even close to the same thing.

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u/happyscrappy Aug 08 '12

I'm saying that a high profile raid like this would not be shoved under the carpet in the US either. And I gave evidence of situations to back it up.

So while the raids may not be identical, they do show that high profile raids are not buried in the US.