This day in history

2002, 2017.

#20yrsago Airport cops grope pregnant woman, jail her husband https://www.lewrockwell.com/2002/12/nicholas/coffee-tea-or-should-we-feel-your-pregnant-wifes-breasts-before-throwing-you-in-a-cell-at-the-airport-and-then-lying-about-why-we-put-you-there/

#5yrsago Charter told a family their new house was ready for internet, then sent them a $16,000 bill to activate it https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/12/charter-promises-internet-service-to-family-then-says-itll-cost-16000/

#5yrsago Washington state says Comcast stole at least $73 million from subscribers over 5 years https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/12/washington-state-comcast-was-even-more-deceptive-than-we-thought/

#5yrsago Surveillance advocate Eric Schmidt is stepping down as head of Google parent company Alphabet https://www.cnbc.com/2017/12/21/eric-schmidt-is-stepping-down-as-the-executive-chairman-of-alphabet.html

#5yrsago Women routinely caught fire in the mid-19th century https://www.racked.com/2017/12/19/16710276/burning-dresses-history

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