Showing posts with label citizens. Show all posts
Showing posts with label citizens. Show all posts
Police 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 ... MORE
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citizens,
government,
law enforcement,
police,
police state,
public,
recording,
rights
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 ... MORE
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cameras,
citizens,
law enforcement,
police,
police state,
protection,
recording,
surveillance
Nat Hentoff: How Government Tricks Us Into Being Its Spies
Not just the night has a thousand eyes. I’ve long been annoyed and increasingly angered by a message from our government on radio, TV and other forms of communication in and around New York City, where I live and work: “If you see something, say something. If it doesn’t seem right, it probably isn’t.” The message often ends: “Be careful, ... MORE
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citizens,
government,
police state,
privacy,
Rand Paul,
reporting,
snooping,
spying,
surveillance
Ed Adamczyk: Cost Of Renouncing U.S. Citizenship Goes Up
Govt's shrewed scheme to reduce the debt. The cost of renouncing U.S. citizenship will increase Sept. 12, from $450 to $2,350 per person, the U.S. State Department said. The new fee reflects what a U.S. Federal Register notice calls the "full cost" of the paperwork involved. "Documenting a U.S. citizen's renunciation of citizenship is ... MORE
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citizens,
citizenship,
economics,
fees,
government,
incentives,
penalties,
politics,
revenue
Tyrannical Governing Body Placed Under Citizen's Arrest
by Phil Rogers and Patrick McCraney. In a highly unusual move, the leader of a Downstate watchdog group placed an entire park district board under a citizen's arrest for failing to allow public comment and violating a state disclosure law. Public boards are used to facing angry crowds, but most have never dealt with what happened at one ... MORE
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arrest,
citizens,
government,
law,
law enforcement,
police,
politics,
public,
recording,
rights
Americans Are Renouncing Citizenship At A Record Pace
by Laura Saunders. Significant numbers of people are continuing to renounce their U.S. citizenship or end their long-term U.S. residency. There are 776 names on the Treasury Department list published Friday for the third quarter of 2014. That’s the third highest quarterly figure ever, according to Andrew
Mitchel, an international tax lawyer in ... MORE
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citizens,
DOJ,
incentives,
income,
money,
passport,
self-interest,
statistics,
tax,
taxpayer
VIDEO: Citizen Pulls Washington Cop Over, Gives Warning
A citizen schools a cop on the state law regarding unmarked police vehicles.
A Strategy To Preserve Liberty: Serve On A Jury
by Dave Benner. I have often heard friends and acquaintances complain when they are called to jury duty. It is easy to understand the common gripes made in response to this mandate. As a result of the obligation, people are often displaced from their jobs and other pursuits, often for long hours and for little compensation. What if a jury ... MORE
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citizens,
individual liberty,
juror,
jury,
jury nullification,
justice,
law,
power,
prosecute,
rights
The Jury Won You The Right to Read This Newspaper
by Frank Parlato. As everyone knows, there is sometimes a difference between "the law" and justice. The framers of the constitution knew this and they imposed upon the government the right of the people to a trial by jury, making it the jury's responsibility to deliver justice, not uphold the law. This is evident in the writings of the founders of ... MORE
Study: You Have 'Near-Zero' Impact on U.S. Policy
by Winton Hall. A startling new political science study concludes that corporate interests and mega wealthy individuals control U.S. policy to such a degree that "the preferences of the average American appear to have only a minuscule, near-zero, statistically non-significant impact upon public policy." The startling study, titled "Testing Theories ... MORE
Police Officer Shoots And Kills Teen For Contempt
by George Sells. Your public servants at work. A community is shocked and angered after a Ferguson police officer shot
and killed an 18-year old in the Canfield Green apartment complex
Saturday afternoon. At the request of the Ferguson Police Department,
the St. Louis County Crimes Against Persons Unit
has taken over the investigation of the ... MORE
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authority,
brutality,
citizens,
government,
kill,
law enforcement,
police,
police state,
violence
Nick Gillespie: The Shittiest President Since World War II
The survey says: The
folks at Quinniapiac College have just released a new poll that
must surely be making the rounds of the White House bunker. After
talking to about 1,500 registered voters nationwide, Quinniapic
finds that one-third of Americans rate Barack Obama as the worst
president since 1945. Another 28 percent say George W. ... MORE
R. Scott Moxley: Dispatches From The Police State
Badges do not change the identity of the evil. Perhaps we should forgive Fullerton Police Department (FPD) officers Frank Nguyen and Anthony Ciciarelli
for believing their conduct would go undetected in the wee hours of
Feb. 11, 2011. For law enforcement, it was still the golden age when
Orange County residents steadfastly believed ... MORE
Jeffrey Tucker: The War Is On You
Why governments needs an enemy. After 25 years of war on Iraq, the U.S. has what to show for it? A
handful of dust. And at what cost in lives and property? It boggles the
mind to consider the breadth and depth of the suffering. Iraq was the great experiment following the Cold War for how the U.S.
military machine could be used to make ... MORE
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citizens,
coercion,
control,
deception,
government,
history,
incentives,
power,
propaganda,
war
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