Showing posts with label protest. Show all posts
Showing posts with label protest. Show all posts
John W Whitehead: Fear Of The Walking Dead
The American police state takes aim. The zombies are back. They are hungry. And they are lurking around every corner. The zombie narrative, popularized by the hit television series The Walking Dead,
in which a small group of Americans attempt to survive in a
zombie-ridden, post-apocalyptic world where they’re not only fighting
off ... MORETMZ: Macy's Fires Trump, Then Takes It In The Shorts
Gutless political correctness costs chain store. Macy's is paying the price for sacking Donald Trump, because we've learned thousands of customers are cutting up their Macy's credit card in protest. Sources connected to the department store tell TMZ, Macy's has
received complaints from approximately 30,000 customers since ... MOREKatie Kieffer: Lower The Minimum Wage To $0
Or, how to energize a floundering economy. If you love In-N-Out burgers and care about the workers who flip your burgers, then you should support a minimum wage of $0. Deep down, I know you’re tired of seeing actors jump up and down for TV cameras while waving professional signs that read: “McGreedy! McStingy! McPoverty!” or “McShame. ... MOREThomas Sowell: Race, Politics and Lies
Behavior matters and so do facts. Among the many painful ironies in the current racial turmoil is that communities scattered across the country were disrupted by riots and looting because of the demonstrable lie that Michael Brown was shot in the back by a white policeman in Missouri — but there was not nearly as much turmoil created by ... MORERioting Threatens Public Safety. Police Unions Are Worse .
by Ed Krayewski. How much does a lack of police accountability and transparency contribute to the anger that helps turn protests violent? Protests in Baltimore over the Freddie Gray's unexplained death while
in police custody from a fatal spine injury are turning violent. As
usual, authorities blame outsiders for the violence, a spurious claim. ... MOREGlobal Warming Protest Postponed Due To Cold Weather
by Michael Bastach. A propaganda fail at Yale. Yale anti-fossil fuel campaigners have indefinitely postponed a
protest that was set for this weekend due to “unfavorable weather
conditions and other logistical issues.” Fossil Free Yale, a group pushing the university to divest itself from fossil fuels, told the Yale Daily News that frigid, snowy ... MORE
Libertarians: Looking For Results Or Self-Congratulation?
by Sheldon Richman. When I was researching my
recent article on Nathaniel Branden, who died last month, I
came across an
audio file of a talk Branden gave at the 1979 Libertarian Party
national convention in Los Angeles. I was at the convention, but I
don't remember attending the talk. I might have been busy with
other things; on the other hand, I ... MOREWhat Dallas's Murder Rate Can Teach Us About Policing
by Radley Balko. Here at The Watch, we’ve praised Dallas Police Chief David Brown and his staff for the department’s community-oriented approach to policing, openness and transparency about excessive force, its rejection of law enforcement as a revenue generator, and its First Amendment-friendly approach to protest. Now, there’s some ... MOREJohn W. Whitehead: Turning America Into a War Zone
Where ‘we the people’ are the enemy. “If you don’t want to get shot, tased, pepper-sprayed, struck with a baton or thrown to the ground, just do what I tell you.”—Sunil Dutta, an officer with the Los Angeles Police Department for 17 years. Life in the American police state is an endless series of don’ts delivered at the end of a loaded gun: ... MOREThe Dark Side Of California's Cell Phone “Kill Switch” Bill
by Jake Laperruque. This week the California legislature passed a bill that requires all smartphones to include a “kill switch” that can remotely render the device inoperable. Although created to deter smartphone theft, this kill switch mandate could actually become a nefarious tool co-opted by government to suppress protests. ... MOREJohn Stossel: Policing A Riot
Previews of coming attractions. Libertarians warned for years that government is force, that government always grows and that America's police have become too much like an occupying army. We get accused of being paranoid, but we look less paranoid after heavily armed police in Ferguson, Missouri, tear gassed peaceful protesters, ... MORE
Have We Reached a Tipping Point in the Police State?
by John W. Whitehead. From Boston to Ferguson. The difference between what happened in Boston in the wake of the Boston Marathon explosion and what is happening now in Ferguson, Missouri, is not in the government’s response but in the community’s response. This is what happens when you ignore the warning signs. This is what ... MOREAndrew Napolitano: Obama's Chilling Effect
Government-approved tyranny. "Chilling" is the word lawyers use to describe governmental behavior
that does not directly interfere with constitutionally protected
freedoms, but rather tends to deter folks from exercising them. Classic
examples of "chilling" occurred in the 1970s, when FBI agents and U.S.
Army soldiers, in business suits ... MORE
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