http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/07/15/vancouver-riot-charges-could-be-months-away-police/
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More than 50 officers and civilian experts are assigned to the Integrated Riot Investigation Team, which so far has received more than 600 GB of data, 15,000 images and almost 3,000 individual video files, many of which were captured on cameras and cellphones.
Police have flagged more than 1,700 potential suspects involved in more than 120 incidents."
The cornucopia of data is the citizens of Vancouver collectively coming forward to provide the photos and videos they have of the riots. Most of Vancouver is pissed off at the rioters and hope they get due punishment.
Internet Collective Action is people organizing in a nonhierarchical manner to accomplish a particular goal. The reward is in the doing, and how much or how little anyone participates is completely voluntary, depending on their abilities and commitment to the goal. By this process amazing things can be accomplished. ICA will grow so long as the Internet is free. http://www.lisamcpherson.org/pc.htm is an example of ICA.
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