POLICE STATE AMERICA

California agency blocks release of police use of force and surveillance training, claiming copyright
Was the search warrant for the drug raid that killed Breonna Taylor illegal?
What the data do and don't say about policing and race
How Federal courts gave us qualified immunity and forced it on all 50 states
It turns out you can spot a bad apple. You just can’t remove one.
From 9/11 to COVID-19, it’s been a perpetual state of emergency
Joe Biden basically admits libertarians were right all along: cops shouldn't have military gear
It’s past time to examine how police unions protect bad cops
Police act like laws don't apply to them because of 'qualified immunity.' They're right.
Minneapolis police killed George Floyd, then failed to protect property owners from riots
Why did Arizona Democrats kill a bill protecting citizens from police overreach?
Cops accused of stealing over $225,000 can't be sued, thanks to qualified immunity
VIDEO: Remy - Surfin' USA (Beach Boys lockdown parody)
10 ways a roadside police stop can go wrong
Here's who just voted to let the FBI seize your online search history without a warrant
Seattle cop prepares to be fired for reminding officers not to obey 'tyrannical orders'
Georgia shooting of Ahmaud Arbery spurs outcry
Miami has recorded no homicides in 6 weeks despite deliberate decline in police enforcement
VIDEO: Stay-At-Home Orders: By What Authority?
To enforce social distancing rules, cops fined a Pennsylvania woman who was driving alone
Ted Cruz: ‘We don't live in a police state’
Checkpoints, arrests: These states are enforcing stay-at-home orders
Californians calling cops on their neighbors if they hear them coughing
Civil asset forfeiture should be eliminated entirely
Liberty activist ‘murdered as he slept’ by SWAT team seizing his guns
10yo boy handcuffed, arrested, charged with felony for playing with a nerf bow and arrow
The Feds' bulk collection of our data records has been expensive and useless
6yo girl taken from school by police without parents’ consent, held in facility for 48 hours for tantrum
Louisiana prosecutors say they can't be sued over the fake subpoenas they used to pressure witnesses
A brief history of the traffic stop (or how the car created the police state)
Police have no duty to protect you, federal court affirms yet again
New Jersey is now the 16th state to require convictions for civil forfeiture
NYPD uses $10 million lab with supercomputer generating millions of passwords to defeat encryption
Facial recognition and the danger of automated authoritarianism
The evil list
Senators propose limits on police use of facial recognition
Nullify government tyranny: In 2020, harness the power of your discontent
Elderly, wheelchair-bound woman alleges TSA agents groped her body in full view of other travelers
Outrage after police use bystanders as "human shields" in Florida UPS truck shootout
Pending ban on flavored e-cigarettes in Massachusetts authorizes forfeiture of vapers' cars
One bad apple? Over 1,000 cops caught illegally accessing police database to stalk citizens
What to do when compliance is not enough?
The county seized man's property, sold it—and kept the profits because he underpaid taxes by $9.
Police blew up an innocent man’s house in search of an armed shoplifter. Too bad, court rules.
Google Maps will tell you where police are hiding
A license for outrageous police conduct
TSA drops fine against man who opted not to board a flight rather than be subjected to invasive search
How the government can steal your stuff: 6 questions about civil asset forfeiture answered
Cops still not charged after dumping 26 rounds Into truck full of small children, shooting 3 Of them
Florida sheriff deputy arrested after planting drugs on innocent people
The St. Louis County SWAT team blasted a dog. Now the county owes $750,000
U.S. Supreme Court rules police can forcibly carry out blood draws on unconscious drivers
Kamala Harris is a cop who wants to be president
The Jackboots are coming: Mass arrests, power grabs and the politics of fear
We fabricated drug charges against innocent people to meet arrest quotas, former detective testifies
The city of Vallejo, California, has a police problem—and it's all being caught on camera
Give up your password or go to jail: Police push legal boundaries to get into cellphones
Watchdog says FBI has access to about 640M photographs
Congress proposes legislation to screen adults and children to predict if you pose a threat
Cops raid innocent family, stop mom from breastfeeding for ‘smelling weed’—they found none
Cops strip-searched a 4-year-old after mom's errand took too long
Weapons of war on our streets: A guide to the militarization of America's police
WATCH: Cops open door to home, don’t ID themselves, kill innocent unarmed teen and a dog
Conviction will soon be required before civil asset forfeiture is initiated
Drivers beware: The deadly perils of traffic stops in the American police state
Man arrested, facing a year in prison for telling police they are ‘pissing on the Constitution’
US abandons all semblance of rule of law to go after Assange
NSA says warrantless searches of Americans’ data rose in 2018
Key body camera footage missing after Chicago police officers raid wrong homes, point guns at children
Taxpayers hit for $270k after cops beat, kidnap 4’11” grandma for refusing warrantless search
Google may be helping the government conduct warrantless searches in 'massive file scanning program'
Ancestry websites giving FBI access to DNA data
How China turned a city into a prison
Your Volvo will soon call the cops on you if it thinks you've been drinking
Police claim teen shot herself in the mouth with hands cuffed behind her back during traffic stop
No drugs, no crime and just pennies for school: how police use civil asset forfeiture
Additional Little Rock residents share stories of "unjustified" no-knock warrants
Phony Houston drug warrant prompts FBI investigation and review of 1,400 cases
How the Feds are using civil asset forfeiture to threaten free speech
VIDEO: Cops smell weed on 16yo boy, so they beat the hell out of him
These are dangerous times, and the government is to blame
Police can seize cash in the mail. An innocent man found out the hard way.
The real reason 4 cops got shot in Houston last week
New York police killed her son, then refused to answer her questions. The law they’re hiding behind.
Marine vet films traffic stop from his porch; California cop gives him a concussion
VIDEO: Don't talk to cops
Andrew Napolitano: An American nightmare
Chronic pain patients gather to protest opioid regulations
One way outraged Americans can beat Robert Mueller
Marijuana is legal in California. So why is the CHP arresting delivery drivers?
Yes, the FBI is America's secret police
A victory for the Chicago police code of silence
Congressman slams civil forfeiture as 'a series of government shakedowns'
The slow diminishment of the 4th Amendment
Supreme Court to consider whether police can order blood draws from unconscious drivers
Please, TSA workers, don’t come back
Congressman slams civil forfeiture as 'a series of government shakedowns'
Boston mayor’s office to force doctors to identify and document patients who own guns
In 2019, say no to the government’s cruelty, brutality and abuse
Mayor of California city destroys more than 100 police shooting records before new law goes into effect
Mom Arrested, Jailed for letting 7-year-old watch his 4-year-old brother at home alone
VIDEO: Police State America - The Persecution of Michael Flynn II
Policing for Profit
Kansas Supreme Court says cops can search your home without a warrant if they claim it smells like pot
Cop gets 15 day vacation for drunken road rage shooting that left Innocent dad paralyzed
VIDEO: Police State America - The Persecution of Michael Flynn
Cops force doctors to sodomize man to look for non-existent drugs, injure him, then make him pay for it
Cops can't ignore New Mexico's ban on civil forfeiture, court rules
Congress ramps up war on sex workers and their customers with four new 'protection' laws
Because a citizen filmed it, cop found guilty for punting handcuffed teen’s head like a football
How Phoenix explains a rise in police violence: It’s the civilians’ fault
Taxpayers to be held liable after cops tortured man strapped to a chair with pepper spray
Yes, you have the right to talk back to the government, but it could get you killed
Cop who enters wrong apartment and kills man is indicted for murder
Profitable penalties imperil justice
Man who bit off cops finger free after jail beating video is revealed
George Will: Civil forfeiture makes law enforcement lawless
Black security guard uses gun to prevent violence, cops show up and kill him
Civil forfeiture is worse than its proponents proclaim
8 ways in which Jeff Sessions sucked
A grave threat to private property: civil asset forfeiture is really policing for profit
It’s not just one bad apple. Little Rock’s police department Is rotten throughout
Civil forfeiture may be over In Philly, but abuses abound across America
Cops charged with home invasion because a man asked for a warrant and they broke In without one
Government police fail to make arrests In nearly half of murder cases
Cops breaking Facebook rules, creating fake accounts to watch you—here’s how to spot them
Creating a suspect society: The scary side of the technological police state
L.A. County deputies stopped thousands of innocent Latinos in hopes of their next drug bust
VIDEO: Steve Silverman: 5 rules for recording police
2 hours in jail for cop who killed Botham Jean. 2 nights for people protesting His Death.
Philadelphia will dismantle Its asset forfeiture program and pay $3 million to victims
Vigilantes with a badge: warrior cops endanger our lives and freedoms
Britain turns offensive speech into a police matter
WATCH: Cops dump 17 rounds into ‘good samaritan’ veteran as he tried to break up a fight
Criminalizing childhood: school safety measures aren’t making the schools any safer
Warrior cops endanger our lives and freedoms
Battlefield America: The ongoing war on the American people
Ending police brutality starts with firing dangerous cops
The Justice Department didn't charge him with a crime. It's going to take $39,000 from him anyway.
Lawmaker proposes implanting microchips in people to track non-violent offenders like “pets”
WATCH: Cop walks up to unarmed man, shoots him in the face then plants a weapon on him
Federal Judge Breaks Up Albuquerque’s Car Theft Ring
Keeping cops hands out of your pocket
Can border agents search your phone without a warrant?
Cop costs taxpayers $60,000 and a drug bust after lying about almost everything related to the traffic stop
WATCH: Police respond to video of cop pulling gun on children by arresting the children
Police kill man with bulldozer over 10 marijuana plants
After the dog told the cops it was ok to perform a warrantless search, they find some pot and toss the guy in jail for contempt charges because he won't unlock his phones and give cops evidence of drug possession
TSA screeners win immunity from abuse claims: appeals court
How to file a complaint against a police officer
How the United Kingdom became a police state
Police union calls for banning of books in high school because they mention police brutality
School strip-searches 22 sixth-grade girls because a cop thought they were hiding $50 in their underwear
Cops arrested a black man. He called them Nazis, so he was charged with a hate crime.
Shocking moment a cop uses a stun gun on a suspect sitting on a curb who WAS following police orders
Supreme Court will decide if civil forfeiture is unconstitutional, violates the Eighth Amendment
Judge rules cop can be sued for tasering teen’s genitals on video until he died
Taxpayers shell out $2 million after video showed cop kill innocent mom while trying to kill her dog
At least one judge in Brooklyn knows how to stop police brutality
Apple to undercut popular law-enforcement tool for cracking iPhones
Anti-drug police unit admitted it conducts illegal no-knock raids
Civil asset forfeiture is a form of legal theft
Cops swarm and beat a black man unconscious in Arizona for no apparent reason
Badge of impunity
Police use of Amazon’s face-recognition service draws privacy warnings
Civil asset forfeiture: highway robbery marketed as a drug enforcement tool
Your Home is your...snitch? When your appliances work as police informants.
Video of a bully cop getting owned by an informed citizen
Want to listen to police scanners? Cops say no more
House passes another violation of the Tenth Amendment to federalize criminal law
The Protect and Serve Act could make the fight against police brutality more difficult
Stop asking what happened before someone started filming police brutality
How a “location API” allows cops to figure out where we all are in real-time
New law: Kansas cops can no longer have sex during traffic stops
VIDEO: Cop savagely beats his own daughter at school, and no one tries to stop him
Promoted as a law enforcement tool, this practice is actually highway robbery
Man protests police department's violation of speech rights, so cops arrest him
WATCH: Cop shoots fleeing teenager in the back multiple times, then turn off body cams
‘I Think He’s Dead’: Horrific video shows raging cop repeatedly smash man’s head into the floor
US police forces buying hack-vulnerable 'GrayKey' box to crack into encrypted phones
Congress killed efforts to undo Sessions's civil forfeiture expansion, despite unanimous house votes
VIDEO: During raid on wrong home cops kill innocent unarmed dad—no charges
The slippery slope to a Constitution-free America
Cops kill innocent 84yo woman while trying to kill her mentally ill son in a hail of bullets
New surveillance camera software allows law enforcement to identify groups of people in real-time
Illinois town votes to ban assault weapons, fine violators up to $1,000 per day
The Supreme Court's continuing immunity crusade
Congress should stop ‘policing for profit’
The deep rooted crisis of police violence in the USA
Cops kill unarmed dad over window tint, then use his dead finger to unlock phone
Enough is enough: police violence plagues America
Will Stephon Clark’s killing by police finally force open California misconduct investigations?
Privileged whites leave inner-city minorities defenseless with gun control push
Why you should NEVER talk to police
Detroit taxpayers cough up $225,000 to pay for unjustified dog killings by cops
Cop charged for shooting 9yo girl in the head as he tried to kill her tiny dog in room full of kids
Cops want Google to provide user data for all people near crime scenes
Cops attack innocent family as they grieve the death of 2-month-old son
Turning schools into prisons with more cops is NOT a solution to shootings, it’s a deathblow to liberty
ACLU is suing the government for info about TSA device searches
Say no to “hardening” the schools with zero tolerance policies and gun-toting cops
TSA accused of searching domestic travelers’ devices with no warrant
Social services worker fired, escorted out by cops for having a gun permit—NOT a gun
If police don’t have to protect the public, what good are they?
Video of cop beating man for crossing the street so horrific, he was actually arrested
Trooper stops driver twice within 3 hours, gropes her for no apparent reason
Just like Vegas, authorities are hiding the surveillance footage of Parkland shooting
The awful Supreme Court precedent that helped create today's asset forfeiture nightmare
84yo Holocaust Survivor abused by TSA draws ominous parallel with her time in Auschwitz
Police unions defend bad cops who do awful things. Why won't they defend Broward County deputy?
Cops Are taking people’s firearms, selling them to make a profit and It’s 100% legal
Armed and dangerous: If police don’t have to protect the public, what good are they?
State takes child from parents because they refused to allow her to become transgender
Police announce program to Illegally stop people for ‘SAFE driving
Don’t talk to police! Legal behavior justified a search
2 Baltimore detectives convicted of racketeering, robbery
Seattle to remove controversial city spying network after public backlash
China’s surveillance police glasses could usher in a new age of government tracking
Convictions thrown out after police caught paying labs for positive DUI test results
The need to regulate civil asset forfeiture
California to treat homeschoolers like child abusers, reveals plans for involuntary home visits
If you think the Nunes memo will 'discredit' FBI and DOJ, you haven't been paying attention
Dealers take the stand to testify against 'corrupt cops who faked warrants to steal money and drugs
Cops raid licensed chef’s home, steal his cooking equipment—for feeding the homeless
VIDEO: Cops taser, assault handicapped vet—then arrest him for half a gram of cannabis
Police now conducting mouth swab checkpoints to test drivers for marijuana
Video of cop beating, sexually assaulting handcuffed woman so bad, he’s now in prison
‘Don’t be evil’? Google is becoming a police state
VIDEO: Don't Talk to Cops
Justice Department claims that increasing traffic stops by 56% will lower crime
VIDEO: How the State justifies homicide
The top 5 most disturbing police brutality videos from 2017
WATCH: Cop shoots into minivan full of unarmed children—court says it’s justified
Federal agents can still seize marijuana at California checkpoints despite legalization
Study: Most ticketed pedestrians are innocent, only cited because cops don’t know the law
Cops kill 7-year-old boy while executing unarmed woman in a neighborhood full of kids
Martial law in America: Cook County commissioner asks the U.N. to send troops to Chicago 
Musician arrested, strip searched, thrown in jail for singing without a license
What happens after the next 9/11
Bogus wiretap charges brought against man who recorded cops costs NH taxpayers $275,000
Scared Cops Are Scary
VIDEO: Tucker Carlson - Corruption@FBI
Shocking VIDEO of cop executing an unarmed man begging for his life
Chief pathologist resigns to expose sheriff for falsifying autopsy reports to protect killer cops
New York prosecutors gave themselves $3.2 million in bonuses with asset forfeiture funds
Court to cops: Forcing a teenager to masturbate in front of you is not reasonable
VIDEO: 52 year old woman torn to shreds by k9 as cops admit she’s innocent
Police in two states use hospitals to take motorists’ blood without a warrant
Another ugly civil asset forfeiture tactic -- highway stop 'waivers'
Swat-style raid over tea leaves headed to court
Supreme Court asked to stop warrantless searches of vehicles parked on private residential property
Cops steal $91,800 from a musician, claiming he gave it to them
Four camera surveillance PODS coming to a city near you
Supreme Court asked to stop warrantless searches of vehicles parked on private residential property
We live in a police state, and our legal system is the cause
Records show these prosecutors gave themselves huge bonuses using asset forfeiture funds
Cop tries to taser man for refusing to give ID, tasers fellow cop instead
This awful SCOTUS decision helped create today's civil asset forfeiture racket
Nervous about traffic stops? I am. You should be too
State courts say early-morning pot raids were gratuitous and illegal
These laws are eroding public trust with police. And they are hurting good officers too
Mother, Air Force vet kidnapped, sent to Rikers for traveling in NY with her legal Texas handgun
Cop sentenced to 5 years for shooting into car of teens, 16 times
Asset forfeiture: inherently abusive, and awful in Alabama
High schoolers win $3 million against sheriff for warrantless drug search molestation
Asset forfeiture gone wild: after pot raids, cops legally steal 7 houses
The state of street-level surveillance
Justice department bizarrely uses Madoff to defend taking people's stuff without convicting them first
Police kick off program to warrantlessly test saliva to check for ‘drugged driving’
Senate pushes to eliminate Jeff Sessions' civil asset forfeiture program
Over a few bullets, man loses truck to civil asset forfeiture
Civil forfeiture: The ransacking of the American people
Arrested, cuffed, raped, and Brooklyn DA sees a consent question?
Cop caught on video breaking into elderly man's home, stealing cash & prescription drugs
Don’t call the cops if you’re autistic, deaf, mentally ill, disabled or old
Alabama police use asset forfeiture to ruin an innocent small business owner
DHS pays police millions to ticket and prosecute motorists
Jeff Sessions announces new scheme to strengthen and expand legalized theft
Who's 'the Harvey Weinstein of sex work? The police
Police ‘protect’ society by stealing man’s money for improperly selling hot dogs
Entire student section detained, forced to have blood/urine tests after beer can found at football game
The Utah nurse is not alone — police have a history of abusing professionals rendering aid
Congress is finally working to defund civil asset forfeiture
Cop attempts to force a nurse to violate hospital policy and US Constitution.
Once again, our public servants go to wrong address and kill the man who lives there
Police devise new revenue scam by citing people who forget to press crosswalk button
High school students sue after being 'groped' during warrantless drug sweep
Is the tide turning against civil asset forfeiture? 
Police now using ‘firewood checkpoints’ to conduct warrantless searches
The gap between what police see fit to do and what the people want them to do
Police kill 18-year old in order to "prevent him from injuring himself"
The illusion of freedom: the police state is alive and well
Rules of engagement for interacting with police
3 reasons Trump is wrong to oppose civil asset forfeiture reform

Read how Chicago police routinely violated cvil rights and covered it up
Mass incarceration in America, explained in 22 maps and charts
VIDEO: Policing for Profit - Civil Asset Forfeiture
Man insists police cannot search without a warrant so cops kill him
VIDEO: Watch California cops use the law to steal every penny from an innocent family
Find out why Columbus Police are eliminating most sobriety checkpoints
AP: police officers abuse confidential databases across the U.S.
All the ways you can comply and still die during an encounter with police
Rape, nude catfighting, prostitution... your fall guide to officer-involved sex crimes in America
John Oliver explains why police accountability is about more than just “a few bad apples”
How Chicago police use asset forfeiture as a slush-fund for surveillance equipment
VIDEO shows police trying to run over homeless guy before shooting him to death
Houston cop resigns after video shows him savagely beating man for no reason
Donald Trump's police state has little regard for the 4th Amendment
VIDEO emerges of cop killing a black man in St. Louis, then planting a weapon on him
Police execute unarmed black pastor with his hands up suspected of no crime
Policing for profit has made NYPD more money than they can count!
North Dakota becomes first US state to legalize use of armed drones by police
The tyranny of 9/11: the building blocks of the American police state from a-z
Freedom no more: 'Pre-search' is coming to U.S. policing
Your prescriptions are not private, law enforcement has ways to monitor them
Here is why abolishing the police is not a crazy idea
Cops say they can detain photographers if their photos lack estethic value
Federal appeals court: stop using SWAT-style raids for regulatory inspections
Deaf mute dad shot dead by cops while trying to communicate with them
Court rules cops can lie to pull people over in order to fish for criminal behavior
Funny, if not true: Cops destroy home during 10-hr standoff with family dog
California moves to limit taking property from people not convicted of crimes
Filmmakers demand DOJ investigate arrests of people who record police violence
Killer instincts: When police become judge, jury and executioner
NYPD used civil forfeiture system to fleece millions from low-income New Yorkers
California's policing for profit scheme may be reformed to require convictions
Video reveals SF cops mercilessly beating, then robbing a car theft suspect
Demilitarizing, not training, a better solution to reducing police brutality
Court says no remedy for asset forfeiture victim subjected to illegal search
Police debates need more policy, less emotion
Public servants? Police kill family dog at child's birthday party
Civil asset forfeiture slapdown: one small step for the Fourth Amendment
I was a cop – but I still don't know how to survive a police stop
Warrantless searches: In first, U.S. judge throws out cell phone 'stingray' evidence
Programmed to kill: The Growing Epidemic of Cops Shooting Dogs (25-500 a day)
VIDEO: Trevor Noah identifies police violence is an ‘American problem’
You don’t have to be Black Lives Matter to support police accountability
What to say when the police tell you to stop filming them
VIDEO: TSA - Authority Run Amok
The FDA is stockpiling military weapons — and it’s not alone
Supreme Court blows off Fourth Amendment as we move toward a police state
How to create (and destroy) a police state
Cops use checkpoints (warrantless searches) to troll for fineable offenses
Playing both ‘cops and robbers’ on asset forfeiture
A Week in the Life of the American Police State
VIDEO: When Police Pull You Over
Hillary Clinton and Chuck Schumer team up to push police militarization
VIDEO: Bully cop bars man from boarding bus just because he said so
Austin police take stupid risks and blame the victim
Cop’s false testimony sent teen to prison for 9 years
Florida cop allows dog to maul man for riding bike with no lights
VIDEO: The moment cops paralyzed a MMA fighter during a violent arrest
New Mexico Ended Civil Asset Forfeiture. Why Then Is It Still Happening?
Will California stop cops from taking people's property without a conviction?
Why are cops shooting dogs? 5 things you should know
FBI is now pushing for warrantless access to internet browsing history
Oklahoma's highway patrol have a new device to seize your money
VIDEO: KC cop inflicts severe brain damage to teen suspected of smoking pot
How to deal with police: a cop reveals 10 rules for dealing with cops
Fight the red-light camera rac­­­­­ket
In the public service: treatment of disabled man exposes shoddy police work
Mesa SWAT team shoots innocent family dogs for no good reason
Illinois racks up millions in property seizures by police
What it takes to be president of the American police state
New forfeiture bill would help keep cops from simply taking people’s stuff
Analyst discovered NYPD issued millions of dollars of bogus parking tickets
The police state and license plate scanners
New Hampshire asset forfeiture bill unmasks power of police lobby
Prosecutorial misconduct: anatomy of a snitch scandal
Blowing the whistle on the TSA
VIDEO: Police Kill 76-Year-Old, Mentally Ill Man
VIDEO: Massachusetts State Police beat man on live news
Feds gave $2.2 billion worth of military gear to local police departments since 2006
“If you obey the law, you’ve got nothing to fear” except the justice system
Warrantless tests for drunken driving are slippery slope
Are asset seizures by police ripping black people off?
Police subject entire town to warrantless surveillance over $50 chicken wing theft
What you need to know to survive a police interrogation 
Why America incarcerates people, in one chart
Don’t sleep through the revolution: a graduation message for a dark age
Amtrak Officer lies about drug dog behavior in order to perform an illegal search

Chicago police pepper spray and beat a female pastor in front of her children
Little girl detained by police after trying to buy school lunch with real $2 bill
Police subject entire town to warrantless surveillance over $50 Chicken Wing Theft
What You Need To Know To Survive A Police Interrogation 
Why America incarcerates people, in one chart
Don’t Sleep Through the Revolution: A Graduation Message for a Dark Age
Amtrak Officer lies about drug dog behavior in order to perform an illegal search
Chicago police pepper spray and beat a female pastor in front of her children
Little girl detained by police after trying to buy school lunch with real $2 bill
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