GoDaddy, the popular U.S. web hosting service, last Monday unceremoniously shut down RateMyCop, a controversial site that became an overnight success. The reason? Police didn't like being criticized by the public.The site, which is modeled on the ratemyprofessor.com idea has sparked outrage from US police officers all over the country. The shut down clearly is an act of censorship, but Godaddy claims bandwidth overload was behind the decision.
RateMyCop has quickly moved hosts and is already online again. Top hated officer in the US is a certain Charles Wheeler, an Oklahoma cop who, according to user comments “Very unethical in the way he uses his authority. Abuses his power at any given chance and is an overall horrible person to deal with. Even off the job at casual settings (ie thunder valley) he is general abrasive and isn’t liked by anyone who is around him. I would rate him as low as possible and would recommend that his badge be taken from him”.
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