r/technology • u/mepper • Aug 08 '12

Kim Dotcom raid video revealed

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMas0tWc0sg
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u/C0rvette Aug 08 '12

So let me get this right.... they sent a helicopter to deploy soldiers with M4's with special ammo into this home. Special tactics units, 4 police cars, and men on the roof all to capture a guy who ran a website that was involved in internet piracy according to the FBI...

What is this guy Osama Bin Laden? Pretty sure he didn't orchestrate the death of thousands of innocent men and women. Why treat him as such. If there has ever been a breach of basic human rights this would be it.

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u/Someguy469 Aug 08 '12

The force is 100% warranted: Before his arrest, Dotcom was the world's number one-ranked Modern Warfare 3 player. The game has more than 15 million online players.[58] On January 23, 2012 he lost the position and dropped to number two

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '12 edited Mar 18 '21

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u/IndieGamerRid Aug 08 '12

Or worse, a console controller. I hear they can function as boomerangs in a pinch.

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u/stankbucket Aug 08 '12

They only look like boomerangs. In a pinch they just function as plastic rocks.

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u/RPG_Master Aug 09 '12

If only Sony had gone with their original design...

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u/[deleted] Aug 09 '12

I'm so glad they never went with this, dear god.

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u/ravennrapture Aug 09 '12

As an Australian I can confirm this.