A music executive was arrested in Canada for failing to Tweet, after the police asked him to help disperse a crowd assembled to greet a teenage pop singer.
Thousands had gathered at a clothing stall to scream at Justin Bieber - who we are reliably informed is some form of teenage star - and pushing, shoving and general pubescent angst was beginning to overcome many of them
In an attempt to control the throng, which was in danger of becoming violent, the police asked the singer's record label to send out a Tweet asking for calm.
Arrest
When this didn't happen they then arrested vice president of Def Jam records James Roppo for a series of misdemeanours, including endangering the welfare of children and obstructing governmental administration.
"We asked for his help in getting the crowd to go away by sending out a Twitter message," said Nassau County Police Det. Lt. Kevin Smith.
"By not cooperating with us, we feel he put lives in danger and the public at risk."
We're now fully expecting a spate of arrests in Canada for such public misdemeanours as 'Not Poking back when prompted' and 'failure to correctly divvy up World of Warcraft loot'.
Via AP
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plattypus1
January 12th
6. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2009/11/21/2009-11-21_island_def_jam_records_exec_.html
NY Daily News post showing that the incident in question occurred at the Roosevelt Field Mall, Garden City, Long Island, New York (USA)
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plattypus1
January 12th
5. Nassau County is on Long Island, New York. (The United States)
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xplode
November 24th 2009
4. screaming girls? how ever will we deal with them?
the police only have batons, pepper spray, tasers, and a gun?
women are the new superweapon.
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drevil666
November 23rd 2009
3. only in Canada....
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louis058
November 23rd 2009
2. They arrested someone for failing to tweet? Wow, bad luck.
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m185874
November 23rd 2009
1. Teenagers may be (i.e. are) vacuous simpletons, but I very much doubt that if something is kicking off their first reaction will be to see if they have received a tweet. It would probably have had totally the opposite effect that the police hoped for anyway. Idiots, all of them...
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