Tag Archives: Police State America

twitter.com Trickery, Dickery FOX By Andy McDonald The Huffington Post (9/17/15) Now that the left’s “War on Rich People” and “War on Christmas” are on hiatus — until after Thanksgiving, at least, when we once again blow the dust off … Continue reading →

  www.bet.com By Cecily McMillan & Michael Gould-Wartofsky Al Jazeera (9/17/15) Sept. 17 is the fourth anniversary of Occupy Wall Street, which inspired a new generation of American dissidents and a global wave of protest against economic inequality. Stirred by the Arab … Continue reading →

By Justin Gardner TheFreeThoughtProject.com (8/19/15) Anyone who has taken a road trip knows that speed traps are out there. Slowing down through a township is a good thing, but when authorities deceptively change speed limits and write 1,000 tickets a … Continue reading →

Will the next step be permitting local law enforcement to use lethally armed drones? By Mark Karlin Buzzflash (9/11/15) People may need to be looking to the skies to avoid taser strikes by police, if a North Dakota law starts … Continue reading →

By Ciara McCarthy & Nadja Popovich Guardian UK (9/7/15) Black men have been killed by police in California at eight times the rate of other residents over the past decade, according to records released under the first in a series … Continue reading →

Democracy Now! (9/2/15) Extended discussion with former Missouri state Senator Jeff Smith, author of the new book, “Mr. Smith Goes to Prison: What My Year Behind Bars Taught Me About America’s Prison Crisis.” Smith was elected state senator in 2006 … Continue reading →

By Trace William Cowen Complex.com (9/4/15) Though certain groups are clearly unsettlingly committed to perpetuating the myth of a “war on cops” instigated by the growing #BlackLivesMatter movement, the actual figures simply do not support any version of this alternate … Continue reading →

The “Ferguson Effect” is both junk science and political opportunism. By Alex J. Vitale The Nation (9/3/15) Much has been made in recent months of a series of isolated crime increases in a handful of US cities. Breathless accounts of … Continue reading →

www.nbcnews.com By Frank Eltman Associated Press (9/2/150 Thomas Demint’s voice is heard only briefly on the eight-minute video he took of police officers arresting two of his friends, and body-slamming their mother. “I’m videotaping this, sir,” he tells an officer. … Continue reading →

Stingray phone trackers are so controversial that some state legislatures have passed laws restricting their use – which is why police want to keep it secret. By Trevor Timm The Guardian (8/26/15) Local police around the country are increasingly using … Continue reading →

North Dakota police will be free to fire ‘less than lethal’ weapons from the air thanks to the influence of Big Drone. By Justin GlaweThe Daily Beast (8/26/15)It is now legal for law enforcement in North Dakota to fly drones … Continue reading →

By John Vibes TrueActivist.com (8/14/15) Researchers have recently developed a visor that can actually block facial recognition technology. The new glasses called “Privacy Visor,” can trick facial recognition technology, and prevent cameras from tracing your identity. The development took place … Continue reading →

“You and your friend got any money to buy these ‘Thrill Show‘ tickets? Either you buy these or I take your car. ‘Cause it’s unregistered.” — Phildelphia police officer Matthew Zagursky. (www.philly.com) By Nick Wing Rhe Huffington Post (8/21/15) A Philadelphia … Continue reading →

By Steven W. Thrasher The Huffington Post (8/14/15) St Louis County police are investigating a Facebook comment in which one of their officers appears to brag about the extra income he earned while workingduring protests in Ferguson which marked the one-year … Continue reading →

www.alternet.org The data thus far show that the vast majority of those “lower-level” people detained at Homan Square would eventually be charged with drug offenses. By Spencer Ackerman & Zach Stafford The Guardian (8/5/15) At least 3,500 Americans have been detained inside … Continue reading →