by John W. Whitehead. Is this really a government of consent? “Who needs direct repression,” asked philosopher Slavoj Zizek, “when one can convince the chicken to walk freely into the slaughterhouse?” In an Orwellian age where war equals peace, surveillance equals safety, and tolerance equals intolerance of uncomfortable truths and ... MORE
Showing posts with label SWAT. Show all posts
Showing posts with label SWAT. Show all posts
Are ‘We The People’ Useful Idiots In The Digital Age?
by John W. Whitehead. Is this really a government of consent? “Who needs direct repression,” asked philosopher Slavoj Zizek, “when one can convince the chicken to walk freely into the slaughterhouse?” In an Orwellian age where war equals peace, surveillance equals safety, and tolerance equals intolerance of uncomfortable truths and ... MORETravis Gettys: Police Expert Says War On Terror Turned Our Cops Into Occupying Armies — And We’re The Enemy
Terrorists and politicians morph liberty to slavery. The war on terror has essentially turned police into occupying armies in some American communities, said a police and criminology expert. Thomas Nolan, an associate professor of criminology at Merrimack College and former senior policy analyst with the Department of Homeland ... MOREJim Hightower: Rabid Florida Police SWAT At Barbers
Barney Fifes on steroids. When it comes to policing an area, the good people of Orange Country,
Florida are lucky, because they’ve got the astonishing law-enforcement
team of DBPR and OCSO on the beat, eager to stop any possible criminal
activity. Consider just one example of the truly-incredible vigilance of
this dynamic policing duo. ... MOREHow To Serve A Warrant: 1972 Versus Today
by Lt. Harry Thomas. This past week I was over on Officer.com trying to convince some hot-headed, patriot-hating young cops that the Constitution is actually the law of the land. I failed. One of them refers to open carriers as “attention whores.” I was denounced as a traitor to law enforcement for insisting that gun owners actually have rights ... MOREJoshua D. Filler: Time To Call In SWAT Team Reform Crew
Excessive force by cops becoming widely recognized. In February 2013, an armored vehicle and a special weapons and tactics
(SWAT) team funded in part by a Department of Homeland Security grant
were deployed by the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department during
the manhunt for domestic terrorist Christopher Dorner.
Dorner ... MORECops Do 20,000 No-Knock Raids Against Citizens Each Year
by Dara Lind. Most of the time, when a person kills an intruder who breaks into his home, dressed in all black and screaming, the homeowner will avoid jail time. But what happens when the break-in was a no-knock SWAT raid, the intruder was a police officer, and the homeowner has a record? A recent pair of cases in Texas are an example of how ... MOREOne More Unwarranted, No-Knock Raid Ends In Murder
by Stirling Watts. Cop gets a pass on killing of 7-year-old. The frequency of civil rights violations carried out daily across
this nation by out-of-control police departments is as alarming as is
their sickening and shocking natures, but unwarranted no knock raids are
the worst kind. Just over four years ago, an innocent seven year old girl
was shot in ... MOREHollow Justice In Age Of Government-Sanctioned Tyranny
by John W. Whitehead. “The Constitution is not neutral. It was designed to take the government off the backs of the people.”—Justice William O. Douglas With every passing day, it becomes more apparent that we live in an age of hollow justice, with government courts, largely lacking in vision and scope, rendering narrow rulings focused on ... MOREThe High Cost Of Living In A Police State
by John W. Whitehead. Who pays the price for the police shootings that leave unarmed citizens dead or injured, for the SWAT team raids that leave doors splintered, homes trashed, pets murdered, and family members traumatized and injured, if not dead? I’m not just talking about the price that must be paid in hard-earned dollars, whether ... MORENo Charges Against SWAT Team That Disfigured Baby
The war on drugs is a war against people. A grand jury has announced that the police officers from a Georgia SWAT team will not face any charges in relation to harming and disfiguring the face of the toddler named Bounkham Phonesavanh. The medical bills related to the incident are stacking up, and it’s now questioned whether or ... MORESmall-Town America Rebels Against 'Police State' Arsenal
by Leo Hohann. Citizens urge return of armored vehicles to Pentagon. Residents of an Idaho town are asking their city council to return an armored vehicle to the federal government and just say no to militarization. John Whitehead, president of The Rutherford Institute, said he was contacted by a group of residents from Nampa, ... MOREEd Krayewski: The Role of the Media in the War on Drugs
The strategic air support. The media's often called the fourth estate. Where's that come from? In the Middle Ages in Europe the first estate was the nobility, the second estate was the clergy, and the third estate was peasants, everyone else. Together the three estates constituted a feudal "realm." The king existed outside the ... MORERethinking ‘No-Knock’ Tactics In Wake Of Cop’s Death
by Jared Keever. The downside of breaking in through a window. The recent announcement that a Texas district attorney will seek the death penalty for a man accused of fatally shooting a police officer raiding his home has sparked debate among many as to whether so-called no-knock search warrants, conducted by local SWAT teams, are safe or ... MORE
Right of Self Defense in Texas Completely Depends on Race
By all means if you're white. In the first stage of what is known as general adaptation syndrome, a recognized natural response among all vertebrates and many other organisms is hyperarousal or acute stress response. In its more recognizable name, the “fight or flight” response is a natural physiological reaction to a perceived harmful event, ... MOREDEA Shoots Grandmother During Fruitless Drug Raid
by Ed Krayewski. Lilian Alonzo, a 49-year-old grandmother, was shot while trying to pick up an infant grandchild during a by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in Manchester, New Hampshire, according to her son. Police in raids elsewhere arrested two of Alonzo's daughters in an oxycodone ring but neither of them lived with ... MOREScott Shackford: Texas Wants to Execute Man Who Killed Home Intruder Who Turned Out to Be A SWAT Member
Should protecting your home be a capital crime? Attempting to serve a search warrant by
entering a house through a window got Killeen, Texas, Police
Detective Charles Dinwiddie shot in the face and killed last May.
It was yet another SWAT raid organized for a purpose other
than the reason they were invented. The police had a ... MOREJacob Sullum: Federal Appeals Court Rebukes Florida Cops for Using SWAT-Style Raids to Check For Barbers' Licenses
Government pit bulls tethered by court. Today a federal appeals court rebuked police in Orange County, Florida, for mounting a warrantless, SWAT-style raid on a barbershop under the pretense of assisting state inspectors. "We have twice held, on facts disturbingly similar to those presented here, that a criminal raid executed ... MOREU.S. Army Drills To Battle Domestic Political Dissent
by Eric Blair. Government prepares for citizen confrontation. As we've witnessed recently in Ferguson, Missouri, the difference between police and military is already nearly indistinguishable. In other words, the Army is already taking on peaceful citizens in domestic cities. Tank-supported SWAT teams already grenade and raid homes to serve warrants ... MORE
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