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Corporations Assuming Police Powers[ Reply to This ] (none / 0) (#2)
by srynas on Mon May 19, 2008 at 02:42:45 PM PDT

An emerging thought with me is that the corporations today are actually assuming police powers normally reserved for the State (Federal/State/Local Government). Not only are they assuming police powers, but they seem to be increasingly able to action on their own volition and without regard to due process.

As an example TechDirt wrote Warner Brothers Shuts Down Auction For Children's Cancer Charity

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