Exaggerating fear for political purposes. We live an age of unprecedented danger. The country is being battered by a nationwide crime wave. Subversives are waging a guerrilla war on cops. ISIS threatens the very existence of the United States, and its agents are infiltrating the homeland
through our porous southern border. Even when the ... MORE
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Showing posts with label police. Show all posts
Thomas Sowell: Remembering 2015
The lessons we should have learned. How shall we remember 2015? Or shall we try to forget it? It is always hard to know when a turning point has been reached, and usually it is long afterwards before we recognize it. However, if 2015 has been a turning point, it may well have marked a turn in a downward direction for America and for ... MORE
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civilization,
deception,
dishonesty,
Hillary Clinton,
Iran,
ISIS,
Islamic state,
police,
terrorism
Justin Gardner: A Federal Judge Just Shamed The DEA For Fabricating Sham Cases Trying To Justify War On Drugs
Entrapment, law enforcement's favorite tool. Since the War on Drugs began in earnest under Nixon and Reagan, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) has ruined millions of lives for nonviolent, victimless behavior. The DEA’s drug crusade is not limited to the homeland either, as it also has sole responsibility for pursing international ... MORE
Public Safety's Greatest Threat: The American Police State
by Matthew Harwood. If you’ve been listening to various police agencies and their supporters, then you know what the future holds: anarchy is coming—and it’s all the fault of activists. In May, a Wall Street Journal op-ed warned of a “new nationwide crime wave” thanks to “intense agitation against American police departments” over ... MORE
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crime,
government,
law enforcement,
police,
police state,
policing for profit,
protection,
safety
Jeff Nesbit: We Have Lost The War On Drugs
Criminalizing drugs just destroys more people. It's time, finally, to face the ugly truth. We've
lost the war on drugs in America. We need a new playbook, now, before
more lives are lost. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said last week that fatal drug overdoses in America were the highest in recorded history in 2014.
The news ... MORE
Video Of Long Beach Killing By Police Of Suspect Released; Officer Shot His Partner, Then Both Cops Shot The Suspect
by Brian Doherty. So what was the crime for which Noel Aguilar had been apprehended? Riding a bike wearing headphones. Petty law enforcement claims another life. When Noel Aguilar was shot and killed by two officers in Long Beach, California, in May 2014, the police initially reported that Aguilar had shot Officer Albert Murad before ... MORE
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abuse,
authority,
brutality,
government,
law enforcement,
police,
police state,
shooting,
violence
Jacob Sullum: Want My Blood? Get a Warrant.
Balking at warrantless alcohol testing. Danny Birchfield drove his car into a ditch. Steve Beylund "nearly hit a stop sign while making a right hand turn into a driveway." William Bernard got his truck stuck in the river while trying to extract his boat. In his underwear. These embarrassing incidents—the first two of which happened in North
Dakota, ... MORE
William N. Grigg: Chicago Cops Say Keeping Evidence Of Misconduct Puts Cops In Danger – So They’re Destroying It
Destroying the evidence of long festering corruption. With protesters thronging the streets of Chicago demanding police accountability
and clamoring for the resignation of Mayor Rahm Emanuel, the city’s
police union is frantically trying to destroy decades of records
documenting police misconduct. As is always the case, the ... MORE
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accountability,
evidence,
government,
law enforcement,
misconduct,
police,
police state,
politics
Police Shooting Videos Spark Need For Reform
by Steven Greenhut. It’s easy to understand why law-enforcement lobbyists have largely opposed efforts to expand the use of officer body cameras.
As we see in Chicago—and now in San Francisco—the video images of
police shootings may be at odds with what officers said took place. In Chicago, protesters have been demanding the ... MORE
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accountability,
force,
government,
justice,
law enforcement,
police,
reform,
shooting,
violence
FBI Admits Police Violence Tracking System Is A Travesty
by T.C. Sottek. The Washington Post reported today that the Federal Bureau of Investigation plans to replace its
inadequate system for tracking police violence by 2017; an FBI official
is calling it a "travesty." "We are responding to a real human outcry,"
FBI assistant director Stephen L. Morris told the Post. "People
want to know what police are doing, and ... MORE
Matt Agorist: College Grad Tasered & Beaten Until He Dies – The Chicago PD Releases The 3rd Horrific Video In Days
The hits keep on comin. It seems that the Chicago Police department is holding confession as the third video in just days has been released showing officers beat and taser a man before he dies. Only two weeks ago, after months of public pressure, the Chicago PD released the dashcam of Laquan McDonald being murdered by officer Jason Van Dyke. ... MORE
Ed Krayewski: Video Captures A Knife-Wielding Man Surrounded And Executed By A Firing Squad Of Cops
Police admit five of the officers fired their guns. Police in San Francisco shot and killed a man they say was a suspected
stabber after he approached an officer while holding a knife. Video
posted of the incident to Instagram
shows at least nine officers pointing their guns at the man, who
appears to be trying to walk away as an officer moves in ... MORE
NY Times Editorial: The Chicago Police Scandal
A conspiracy of concealment. The cover-up that began 13 months ago when a Chicago police officer
executed 17-year-old Laquan McDonald on a busy street might well have
included highly ranked officials who ordered subordinates to conceal
information. But the conspiracy of concealment exposed last week when
the city, under court order, ... MORE
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abuse,
corruption,
cronyism,
deception,
dishonesty,
government,
incentives,
police,
politics
J.D. Tuccille: Business Opportunities For Corrupt Cops
Drug laws and gun controls. Following in the footsteps of so many people before him, Juan Pimentel
saw opportunity in restrictive laws. It's an old story; government
officials tell people they can't have what they want, and that
prohibition creates a lucrative business opportunity for anybody willing
to break the law to keep buyers happy. But ... MORE
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cocaine,
corruption,
crime,
drug war,
incentives,
law enforcement,
police,
policing for profit
Innocent Man Paralyzed After Unprovoked Police Beating
Cops arbitrarily destroy a man's life. Family say a man beaten by three officers with the San Antonio police department last year is now paralyzed from the chest down after surgeons experienced complications attempting to repair his spine. Forty-three-year-old Roger Carlos was in the 10600 block of Westover Hills Blvd. in May, 2014 taking ... MORE
The Corrupt System That Killed Laquan McDonald
by Conor Friedersdorf. A Chicago cop now faces murder charges—but will anyone hold his colleagues, his superiors, and elected officials accountable for their failures? Thanks to clear video evidence, Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke was charged this week with first-degree murder for shooting 17-year-old Laquan McDonald. Nevertheless, ... MORE
In The Public Service - Heroic Cops Protect Community By Raiding A Group Of 90-Year-Old Women Playing MahJong
by Matt Agorist. As hundreds of thousands of rape kits collect dust and remain untested, cops are quick to jump to action to raid a group of elderly women playing mahjong. A concerned citizen, with a knack for blindly following all decrees handed down from the establishment on high, conducted their patriotic duty of ‘seeing something’ and then ... MORE
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elderly,
gambling,
law enforcement,
police,
police state,
prohibition,
raids,
victimless crimes
New Rankings Expose Worst “Policing for Profit” Offenders
Separating drivers from their money. When it comes to embracing transparency, no government enterprise fails more miserably than traffic enforcement. Police departments and municipalities resist disclosing the number of tickets they issue for fear of branding their communities as speed traps. And local courts routinely reduce speeding charges ... MORE
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checkpoints,
fines,
government,
incentives,
police,
policing for profit,
revenue,
speed traps
Stephen Lendman: Police State Europe
An opportunity for tyranny. Churchill once said: “Never let a good crisis go to waste.” More recently, former Obama White House chief of staff/current Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel said earlier: “You never let a serious crisis go to waste. And what I mean by that it’s an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before.” Post-9/11, ... MORE
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authority,
government,
law enforcement,
Patriot Act,
police,
police state,
security,
tyranny
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