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n2doc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-10-10 08:14 AM
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Revenge against the speed cameras: U.S. man buys police department's website
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By DAILY MAIL REPORTER

It's poetic justice for the 21st century.

A U.S. man is exacting revenge against a local police department that issued him a speeding ticket - by buying their domain name from under the city's nose.

Now Brian McCrary is using the website www.bluffcitypd.com to campaign against speed cameras in the Tennessee city - where they have caused something of a local outcry since they were installed earlier this year.

'It's kind of surprising that they'd just let it lapse like that,' Mr McCrary - who was caught doing 56mph in a 45mph zone and fined $90 - told reporters.

'I figured they would be aware and renew it on their own.'


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1319227/Bluff-City-PD-Brian-McCrary-buys-Tennessee-police-departments-website-domain-speeding-ticket.html
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