From the "Oh-I-thought-it-was-a-Tazer" Department (of the Bay Area Transit Police), LA: The police officer who drew his gun and then fatally shot an unarmed 22 year-old lying face-down at an Oakland (LA, USA) train platform, has been convicted of involuntary manslaughter. This killing has achieved notoriety as it took place in front of a train full of witnesses, many of whom recorded the killing. A number of the recordings have found their way onto the internet. According to the attorney general, "We believe Johannes Mehserle was guilty of the crime of murder. We presented the case that way, we presented the evidence that way, and the jury found otherwise."

If you like playing computer games...you could be a pedophile! That is according to Andy Anderson of the Mid-Missouri Internet Crimes Task Force, who when discussing Animal Crossing: City Folk for the Nintendo Wii, said "There is no reason an adult should have this game," going on to state that adults who play games like Animal Crossing are likely doing it for "the wrong reasons." Perverts! (also see: missouri-police-warn-adults-about-nintendo-game)

Interesting case. Mother gets a call that her son has been arrested. Goes to fetch him. Films cops with video camera (not a bad idea - see the BARTS case )...gets arrested. Illegal use of a camera?

"For a second consecutive year, Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell’s award-winning "And Tango Makes Three," a children’s book about two male penguins caring for an orphaned egg, tops the list of American Library Association’s (ALA) 10 Most Challenged Books of 2007. "

From the land of the free (no...not Germany...)..."Last year, it (DHS) quietly changed its policies to allow customs and border guards to read and copy any personal papers the traveler has, even without "reasonable suspicion" or "probable cause.""