• WiFi signal with racist, anti-Semitic slur in Teaneck, NJ sparks police probe
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[release]A bigot named their WiFi signal “F--- All Jews and N----” — and now cops are investigating. The hateful signal I.D. popped up on the iPhone of a 28-year-old mom inside a Teaneck, N.J. recreation center, where her 3-year-old daughter was attending dance class. The offending signal was coming from a router connected in the Richard Rodda Community Center in the the township, located 10 miles outside New York City. "When I first saw it, I said, 'Did that say what I thought it said?," said the woman, who asked that her name not be used. “I was shocked, hurt. I felt harassed." The signal showed on her phone as it searched for an Internet connection in the center Tuesday. "I felt like I'm bringing my daughter to this place, and it should be a safe place," she said. The woman, who is African-American, rushed to the office, and informed employees and other parents of the hateful WiFi connection. Police were called, and when they responded they located the router in the rec center, township Police Chief Robert Wilson said. Police received similar complaints about the signal Friday during a "teen night" event at the center, the woman said she was told. The Teaneck Police Department Juvenile Bureau and the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office Computer Crime Unit are investigating it as a "possible bias crime," Wilson said. "I hope that the person responsible for this is caught,” the woman who reported the signal said. “This should not be tolerated in this town. They should see jail time for it," the mom of two said. Township Mayor Mohammed Hameeduddin called news of the rec center incident "deeply disturbing." He noted recent attacks in Bergen County against the Jewish community. "It's very disheartening that someone would put that out there. I was very concerned about these things coming to Teaneck." He said the town has stepped up patrols to prevent hate crimes in the township, and vowed to track down the culprit. "We're going to work hard to find out who did it," said Hameeduddin, who became the first Muslim mayor of the town in 2010. "I don't know if this is organized." Township Councilwoman Lizette Parker heard about the WiFi signal last night while at the recreation center. "It's appalling to me," said Parker, who is black. "It's horrifying to me that a person could hate a group of people so much that they give that name to their router. It's very troublesome. We need to get to the bottom of this." The community center is located in the center of the township, near the local high school and a large park. Teaneck, known for its diversity, was the first community to voluntarily integrate its public schools in the 1960s. The township website bills the suburban town as "one of New Jersey's most culturally diverse communities."[/release] Source: [url]http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/wifi-signal-racist-anti-semitic-slur-teaneck-nj-sparks-police-probe-signal-rec-center-router-article-1.1008135#ixzz1k0VkhfAL[/url]
This definitely an interesting case.
I have seen a WiFi named:'' Get your own WiFi, nigga. ''
im so doing this
Also is it illegal to say "fuck all niggers and jews" in the US? I thought it was covered under freedom of expression
Should've left it open and rewritten all the pages to that instead. Then when they complain you can just say you didn't give them permission to connect gg. But really, it's an SSID. If I wrote that on a post-it and stuck it on a wall I don't think it'd receive this much attention. They're never going to find out who wrote it.
Ha, Teaneck. I would say 'Really, world, really?', but I can appreciate what would obviously be a funny joke on the Internet wouldn't be understood elsewhere.
Ohhh my god, somebody had a racist slur on their WIFI connection, how disgusting, somebody call the police. People need to stop getting worked up over stupid things.
If i ever get a wifi modem i'll name it a funny name. Which one? No idea.
"Get off my WiFi faggot" would be more my style.
My wifi is called, You are a wizard Harry. I can't remember why.
Pretty fly for a wifi
As bigoted as this is, it still isn't illegal.
[QUOTE=Contag;34306479]Also is it illegal to say "fuck all niggers and jews" in the US? I thought it was covered under freedom of expression[/QUOTE] Doesn't that classify as hate speech though?
[QUOTE=Sir Whoopsalot;34306637]Doesn't that classify as hate speech though?[/QUOTE] The US is pretty lax on hate speech It might be a state (New Jersey) bit of legislation though
[QUOTE=Sir Whoopsalot;34306637]Doesn't that classify as hate speech though?[/QUOTE] Well explain to me why the Westboro Baptist Church hasn't been shut down yet then.
[QUOTE=Van-man;34306688]Well explain to me why the Westboro Baptist Church hasn't been shut down yet then.[/QUOTE] Nobody can.
My wifi is called "How fly is my wifi"
[QUOTE=timman;34306632]As bigoted as this is, it still isn't illegal.[/QUOTE] It probably isn't some bigot doing it, I'd bet it's some immature teenager.
My wifi, and my neighbor's wifi is named "DEA_SURVEILLANCE_432" and "DEA_SURVEILLANCE_434" accordingly.
Calling the police because an SSID is offensive. First world problems...
My two networks are FBI Surveillance Van #42 and Bureau of Piracy. I made sure they remained visible to the public :)
my dad just moved into a new house and the only open wifi he can get is called 'FUCK OFF'
Also, why did the police even consider this as a serious case. If I got the call from that woman I would have laughed and hung up.
[QUOTE=News]"I hope that the person responsible for this is caught,” the woman who reported the signal said. “This should not be tolerated in this town. They should see jail time for it," the mom of two said.[/QUOTE] ahahahaha, good fucking luck, lady someone doesn't know how computers work
I think everyone should do this so the police get completely over fucking blown at the amount of racist SSID's and they just give up. Make soccer mums cry like they've never cried before.
My neighbor's WiFi is named something like: [i]"Get the fuck off our internet Mexican assholes."[/i] Apparently this Hispanic guy and his whole family would pull up in front of their house, sit there crammed in their truck, and steal their internet for hours on end.
[quote]I felt harassed.[/quote] People don't know what words mean.
WiFi is racist because its a social construct. Must be that darned "WiFi Privilege" I've heard so much about. What would it take to not offend a Jew? Now I remember: the Jew will only be pleased when all goyim are as politically correct and hyper-sensitive to absurdities as they are...or just plain dead. How do the writers of the article know whoever named the network was a bigot? Seems like a strange conclusion to make. He just doesn't like jews or negroes, what about that suggests that he is intolerant of any other ideas but his own? Similarly, are you a "bigot" if you don't like tomatoes or pickles? Ironically, wouldn't that make the woman in the story the bigot? After all, she was the one who was intolerant of the idea that negroes and jews are inferior. "Bigot" is one of those words the leftist loves; like "racist," "ignorant" and "prejudiced," it is a perfect buzzword that they can throw around to immediately establish feelings of fear and distaste toward whatever it is applied to. Never mind the fact that it is almost 100% of the time used incorrectly. Vote Contag (WP) 2012 [img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/36759995/FP/nation.png[/img]
It's a terrible thing to name a wifi signal for sure, and I do wonder if naming a wifi signal is covered under freedom of expression. It's a different form of communication than speech, since the message is forcibly displayed on your mobile device. It invades peoples personal space, just by being in its vicinity. An interesting topic to think about.
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