And Happy Birthday to You, Too

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.

Comments

John Tagliaferro|10.2.09 @ 9:32AM|#

And then a soccer game broke out.

Daniel|10.2.09 @ 11:09AM|#

I thought this looked familiar. It occurred in July and I'm pretty sure it was posted in the Brickbats.

Technomist|10.4.09 @ 2:43PM|#

Its a cheap space filler, but a bit old for all that. How about doing a brickbat about hat Obama guy getttig elected?

|10.2.09 @ 11:17AM|#

All night parties bring a response from the cops in England merely for being all night parties now?

I guess night owls are the new niggers.

|10.2.09 @ 11:19AM|#

Thank you for opening up brickbats for comments. They provide fertile ground for snark and snide.

Does strikethru work yet?

|10.2.09 @ 11:19AM|#

Yaaaaay!

d|10.2.09 @ 3:43PM|#

What the hell is with the new interface? I mean, I can't even view more than one brickbat on the same screen. W...T...F?!!!

|10.2.09 @ 7:26PM|#

I'm with "d". While I like being able to comment, some format that gives the ability to read multiple brickbats at a time, then choose to read or view comments on selected ones would be nice!

|10.2.09 @ 10:19PM|#

d/Sphynx, of what are you speaking? If you just click on "Brickbats" on the left side of the screen you get the same old list you've always had...

LarryA|10.5.09 @ 11:12AM|#

In other news:
One of San Antonio’s most wanted criminals posted an invitation to his birthday party on Facebook. Cops showed up for that, too.

|10.6.09 @ 1:52AM|#

The UK needs more crime. Lets send them some.

Mango Punch|10.6.09 @ 1:48PM|#

From the ages of 7-11, I would have loved to have a real SWAT team at my birthday party... Not so much anymore.