by Sean Davis. Who is the REAL public servant here? The arrest of a New York man for disabling red light cameras poses a
vital question that all Americans must answer: is this Son of Liberty a
great hero, or the greatest hero? Stephen Ruth, a 42-year-old New Yorker, was arrested earlier this week for neutering red camera lights, which act as automated ... MORE
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American Hero Arrested For Disabling Red Light Cameras
by Sean Davis. Who is the REAL public servant here? The arrest of a New York man for disabling red light cameras poses a
vital question that all Americans must answer: is this Son of Liberty a
great hero, or the greatest hero? Stephen Ruth, a 42-year-old New Yorker, was arrested earlier this week for neutering red camera lights, which act as automated ... MORECalifornia Police Unions Are Fighting Police Accountability
by Steven Greenhut. They fear body cameras like Dracula fears holy water. As a reaction to national news reports about police killings, the California legislature had introduced a flurry of bills designed to provide better oversight of law-enforcement officials. In May, this column was optimistic about the focus on this long-neglected matter, and ... MORESteve Weis: When Curtains Block Justice
A parody of “When Phone Encryption Blocks Justice”. In June, a laptop was stolen
from a bedroom on a Monday afternoon in Palo Alto, CA, a suburb 15 miles
south of San Francisco. There were no witnesses to the larceny, and no
surveillance footage either. With a laptop thief on the loose and few leads at their disposal, investigators ... MOREJacob Sullum: Walter Scott Shooting Highlights Cops’ Contempt For The Citizen's Right to Record Police
Harassing camera-carrying bystanders needs to stop. Even before it became clear that Feidin Santana was witnessing what local authorities now describe as a murder, it took guts for him to record the police encounter that ended in Walter Scott's death. Santana, who was walking to work at a barbershop in North Charleston, South ... MOREJacob Sullum: South Carolina Cop Charged With Murder After Video Shows Him Shooting Motorist in the Back
Bystander video reveals inconvenient truth. In a column
last December, I noted that video footage, while not necessarily
decisive in cases where police use deadly force, can make a crucial
difference. Here is a good example: Today police in North Charleston,
South Carolina, arrested
one of their own, Patrolman Michael Slager, and charged ... MOREMontana Poised To Ban Government License Plate Cameras
by J.D. Tuccille. Cops in Big Sky Country aren't happy about it,
but Montana lawmakers look ready to ban the use of license plate
cameras by government agencies to track motorists' movements.
The legislative move comes after a stream of revelations of local,
state, and federal tracking and databasing of Americans' movements
by car, without cause ... MORECalifornia Legislature Seeks To Reign In Police Violence
Cops likely to get cameras and lectures. After a year in which the use of lethal force by police officers spurred nationwide protests and bared outrage about the intersection of race and law enforcement in America, California legislators have returned to Sacramento determined to pass laws blunting police violence. “It will be probably the ... MOREPolice State America: Man Jailed For Recording Cops
Public servants don't want their behavior public. An Orlando man was jailed for recording police as they arrested another individual. The man subsequently sued for taking his phone and for false arrest and won a settlement of $15,000. The Blaze reported: Alberto Troche, who sued Orlando police for wrongfully jailing him and taking ... MOREVIDEO: Nanny Of The Year 2014 - And The Winner Is ....
Who is the most outrageous busybody trying to mind YOUR own business?
Body Cameras For Police Officers And Ordinary Citizens
by Steve Mann and Brian D. Wassom. In the wake of the fatal encounters between police and citizens in Ferguson, New York and Cleveland, President Obama recently announced millions of dollars in funding to equip police officers with body-worn video cameras. The concept is not new; scores of police departments across the ... MOREIt Is Now A Felony for Illinois Citizens To Record Cops
by Matt Agorist. Government cockroaches prefer darkness to light. In March of this year the Illinois Supreme Court struck down the state’s eavesdropping law, and rightfully so, as it was touted as the most unconstitutional law of its kind in the country. But Illinois, being the the corrupt and violent police state that it is, couldn’t let their ... MOREJacob Sullum: Catching Cops On Camera Can Be Crucial
A powerful weapon against police brutality. Last week, in response to the shooting of Michael Brown and
other controversial uses of deadly force by police, President Obama
proposed federal funding for body cameras to record
interactions between cops and members of the public. Two days
later, a Staten Island grand jury cast doubt ... MORESurveillance Sneaking Its Way Into The Cities
by Steven Greenhut. In 1966, the then-Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas warned
about an "alarming trend whereby the
privacy and dignity of our citizens is being whittled
away." Each step is imperceptible, he
wrote, "but when viewed as a whole, there
begins to emerge a… society in which government may intrude into
the secret regions ... MORENYPD Officers Caught On Camera 'Brutally Punching And Pistol-Whipping' Unarmed Teenager With Hands Up
by Murray Weiss. Public servants caught in the act of being themselves. Two New York City cops are facing criminal charges after they were caught in disturbing footage punching and pistol-whipping a teenage suspect who had already raised his hands to surrender. In the video obtained by DNAinfo New York, 16-year-old Kahreem Tribble is ... MORE
VIDEO: Nanny Of The Month - September 2014
The strained relationship of government and transparency.
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