Posted 10/03/2007 at 04:15:48pm

Samuel Peterson was not hacking a secure connection to disrupt or steal private computer files, he was checking his own e-mail!!!! the former is punishable by the law he was charged with, not the latter! maybe the town should change its name to Oceania and the cop can call himself Big Brother. The cafe owner didn't seem to even have a problem with it, it was Pig Brother; who was obviously bored and wanted to bully someone; that "had a feeling he was breaking the law" but Samuel Peterson was not hacking private files, he was checking his own e-mail. He is guilty of NO crime, unless you count thoughtcrime. the Pig Brother had to go look up some irrelevant anti-hacking law to punish someone in their car for no reason. Piggy wanted something to be wrong, he stuck his head suddenly in the guy's car and demanded to know what he was doing. it was no business of his; his job is to protect and serve, not go looking for facecrime. thanks to all the 1984 readers who caught my references. ps. check out this website, it gives a more detailed account of it. the cafe owner DIDN'T care and the cop was there because the nearby barber thought he was a stalker of his hairdresser. the cops went out of their way to disrupt the life of a volunteer firefighter/ bagpipe player/toolmaker who wasn't breaking a law. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,276720,00.html