October 2, 2009
In England, riot police wearing body armor and backed by a helicopter stormed Andrew Poole's birthday party and barbecue and shut it down. There were just 15 people at the party, and Poole says they hadn't even put any music on. But a police spokesperson said they had a right to shut down the party since it had been posted on Facebook as an all-night party.
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