“At the VIP section, she took my credit card, too my ID, brought the bottle service out and after a while, she came back out and she told me, ‘Your credit card is declined,’ and I said, ‘that’s impossible,’” said Marcani.

Marcani said he then tried a Capital One card he used earlier in the evening, but it too was declined.

“It wasn’t accepted at the nightclub, but I used that credit card to get out of jail,” Marcani said.

Marcani said he works for a company that transports computer products, so security is crucial, but now his mugshot is on the internet. He said he hopes that his record will be completely cleared at some point.

Two California poker players are refusing to fold in a legal battle against the state, claiming Iowa State Patrol troopers unlawfully seized their $100,020 gambling bankroll.

The state of Iowa filed a forfeiture complaint to try to keep the money, but agreed to a settlement after the pair hired an Iowa attorney: $90,000 was returned, though one-third of it was spent on standard attorneys' fees.

The cash seizure forced Davis to sit out of poker tournaments through September 2013, the main source of his income, according to the lawsuit.

Taylor quickly lifts his shirt and takes his hands out of his waistband. Salt Lake police officer Bron Cruz reacts by firing two quick shots, striking Taylor in the chest and stomach. Taylor died as a result of his injuries.

"I was scared to death. The last thought I had go through my mind when I pulled the trigger, and I'll never forget this … was that I was too late. I was too late. And because of that, I was gonna get killed. Worse, my (partner) was gonna get killed."

The family members, he said, did not agree with his conclusion and were upset.

62,000 US drivers have been pulled over and had their cash seized by small-town American cops in the past 13 years, under civil forfeiture laws that let them declare anyone to be a probable terrorist and/or drug dealer and take their money without charge or evidence.

Because: "on an American roadway with a full wallet, in the eyes of thousands of cash-hungry cops you're a rolling ATM."

Increasingly, businesses are looking for ways to suppress or erase consumers’ negative online reviews of them. In particular, we’ve recently seen a proliferation of contract clauses purporting to stop consumers from reviewing businesses online.

I recently wrote about a New York hotel’s contract that fined customers $500 if they, or their wedding guests, posted negative online reviews.

Or other businesses, such as KlearGear, have filed negative credit reports against consumers who didn’t pay the fine.

WFIE 14 News is reporting that 31-year-old James Evans of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky was arrested on terroristic threatening charges after he posted lyrics from a song by the heavy metal band Exodus on Facebook.

Evans remained in jail for eight days before he was released at a hearing at which his case was deferred for six months.

The heavy metal music site Loudwire quoted additional comments by Exodus guitarist Gary Holt, who said, "The idea that an individual in this great country of ours could be arrested for simply posting lyrics to a song is something I never believed could happen in a free society."

Even though it might sound harsh and impolitic, here is the bottom line: if you don’t want to get shot, tased, pepper-sprayed, struck with a baton or thrown to the ground, just do what I tell you. Don’t argue with me, don’t call me names, don’t tell me that I can’t stop you, don’t say I’m a racist pig, don’t threaten that you’ll sue me and take away my badge.

“Now we’re going to give you what you deserve for meddling in our business and when we finish with you, you can sue the city for $5 million and get rich, we don’t care,” Lt. Dennis Ferber said, according to the suit filed in Brooklyn Federal Court.

n the wake of the phone video of Eric Garner’s fatal chokehold last month, the NYPD last month issued a memo reminding the entire force of the public’s right to record their activities on the street.

The police action against Immunicity is concerning as the service merely allows users to route their traffic through a proxy network, much like other anonimizing services such as TOR and VPNs do. The service itself doesn’t host or link to infringing content.

Based on letters that were sent out to registrars previously, the police accuse proxy services and sites of running a criminal operation. While no court order has been obtained, PIPCU claims to have launched an investigation into the sites and has asked the domain registrar to cooperate.

The software became an instant hit by offering BitTorrent-powered streaming in an easy to use Netflix-style interface. Needless to say this has been a thorn in the side for Hollywood.

Earlier this week the team behind the Time4Popcorn fork informed us that they have gathered millions of users over the past several months, and that the application is being downloaded tens of thousands of times per day.