Considering the recent discussions about bikes and cars, and MeFi's previous investigative work, is this something that we could get the Great MeFi Detective Squad on? [more inside]
posted by specialagentwebb on Sep 3, 2009 - 2 comments

We've had a lot of police brutality threads lately, and those have gotten pretty heated. It might be good for each of us who are interested in talking about this to make it clear where we're coming from. hermitosis suggested a poll -- let's do that. Here's a quick and highly unscientific survey about how crime and law enforcement have affected each of us (I hope this is the right place to do this -- it's not really an askMeFi question). [more inside]
posted by justsomebodythatyouusedtoknow on Mar 1, 2009 - 81 comments

Birmingham, Alabama meet-up in March? (Mini-Meetup this Week!) [more inside]
posted by cinemafiend on Jan 18, 2009 - 24 comments

Why are people attempting to help this person's girlfriend?
posted by apple scruff on Aug 5, 2007 - 103 comments

"Help me get this stolen property fixed. Given how I describe receiving it, and given that I'm asking how to get it fixed without getting in trouble, I clearly know it to be stolen property. Don't help the rightful owners get compensated for their losses, but please do help me get their laptops working for my benefit, mm'kay? Because I can't afford to buy a legit laptop, and apparently I can't afford a conscience either."
posted by orthogonality on Nov 13, 2006 - 102 comments

Dennis Murphy : "It kills you that everyone doesn't think exactly like you, right? This is metafilter. There is one post on on this case, and hundreds on the iraq war, most antibush, antiwar, antiright. What more do you want?"
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken on Apr 20, 2003 - 59 comments

If you could be a professional criminal, what would you be? (more inside)
posted by clavdivs on Oct 31, 2001 - 67 comments