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July 12, 2005

New York's Finest Web site

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Posted by Dominic Basulto

According to the New York Daily News, an Internet bulletin board known as NYPD Rant has landed its creator, police officer Edward Polstein ("Polecat") in big trouble with the city's finest. The problem is that the bulletin board turned into a "forum for disgruntled cops," with controversial postings from other NYPD officers that included potshots at top police brass and the police union. After the bulletin board started attracting as many as 60,000 visitors daily, Polstein was notified that Internal Affairs was taking a closer look at the site; yet, Polstein still persisted in some of his antics and provocative tactics (i.e. posting pictures of Adolf Hitler and unflattering cartoon portraits of his boss).

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