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Re:Tor exit node operator gets raided by police by kbenson on Tuesday April 05, 2016 @08:02PM (#11435615)
To make it fit this case, they got an anonymous call about drunk driving with a car that fits the description. It looks like it's just a root beer bottle, but it's not out of the question (IMHO) to stop the driver and make sure.
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Re:Tor exit node operator gets raided by police by Dylan16807 on Tuesday April 05, 2016 @08:08PM (#11435644)
If "root beer" is tor traffic, and "beer" is illegal non-tor traffic, then they got an anonymous call about the driver holding a bottle. No evidence of drunkenness.

Well, not quite, but eh I can't make it perfect, it's a throwaway analogy.

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Re:Tor exit node operator gets raided by police by kbenson on Tuesday April 05, 2016 @08:29PM (#11435739)
No, the police showed up because a a report of child pornography was traced to his ip. An actual crime was reported and followed up on. Let's not lose that point, it's important.
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Re:Tor exit node operator gets raided by police by Dylan16807 on Tuesday April 05, 2016 @08:34PM (#11435752)
An actual crime, but they knew they had no good guesses about who committed the crime.
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