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Showing posts with label public service. Show all posts

Another Sexual Assault In Service Of The Drug War

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by Jacob Sullum.     Public servants or simple perverts, you decide. Yet another case of a driver sexually assaulted in the name of the w...

Matt Agorist: “Please Don’t Shoot Me” Body Cam Shows Innocent Unarmed Dad Killed By A Cop Begging For His Life

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A simple execution.      Mesa Police Officer Philip Brailsford has been charged with the second-degree murder of Daniel Shaver, an innoc...

Illegal Drugs Should Be Decriminalized, Say Health Experts

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by Lisa Ryan.       Current policies are damaging.  The war on drugs has failed – and certain illegal substances should now be decriminali...

Oliver Steinberg: We're One Nation, Under Surveillance

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Another slip down the slippery slope. “Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human liberty; it is the argument of tyrants; it i...

John Charlton: Connecticut Cops Push For Armed Drones

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To promote "public safety."   The drone discussion has been buzzing around the state Capitol for hearings this week. Monday, ...

Here’s How To Fix Flint’s Water System: Privatize It

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by Adrian Moore.      Social media sites are awash in pictures of Flint’s awful water. Local children exposed to lead will likely face ...

How Government Poisoned The People Of Flint

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by John Counts.     Flint water has poisoned more than just its children. It's poisoned the citizenry's faith in government, whic...

What Some Think As Law-Abiding Is Really Jackass Abiding

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by Paul Hein.      If you were to ask people on the street, “Are you law-abiding?” the vast majority would say, some with evident pride ...

Frank Parlato: It's Time You Understood Jury Nullification

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Justice is a result, not simply a process.    Jury nullification is the term used when a jury – or even a single juror – votes to acquit a...

Little-Told Story Of How The U.S. Government Poisoned Alcohol During Prohibition With Deadly Consequences

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by Deborah Blum.     A reminder about public servants.  It was Christmas Eve 1926, the streets aglitter with snow and lights, when the m...

TSA Screens Holiday Travelers Once Again, With Feeling

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by James Bovard.     Flyers must surrender privacy along with boarding passes. If you use hand sanitizer when traveling, the Transportatio...

Video Reveals Motorist Had His Hands Up Before Police Officers Executed His 6-Year-Old Son Strapped In Seat

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by Michael Kunzelman.    Good thing the cops were black and victims white.   A police body camera recorded the father of a 6-year-old auti...

Police State Update: 5 Stories That Speak Volumes

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Austin Police Beat Up Men For Jaywalking (with video) SD Cops Keep Forgetting To Turn Cameras On Before Killing People Video Of Cop Ex...

Proof The System Is Broken Beyond A Reasonable Doubt

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by Carlos Miller.          Serving the public like Colonel Sanders serves chicken.  Juley Harris pulled into a Maryland gas station last D...

The Underbelly Of The California Drought

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by Victor Davis Hanson.       People should be represented as well as salmon. Even the high mountain lakes and reservoirs are about empty...

VIDEO: John Oliver On Public Defenders

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Robby Soave: Man Jailed For Traffic Ticket Dies In Cell After 17 Days of Torture - Officers Watched It Happen

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In the state's custody.     It was a death sentence. David Stojcevski, a 32-year-old resident of Roseville, Michigan, was arrested fo...

Kate Mather: Good News For Citizens! LAPD Urges Officers To Be Community Guardians, Not Warriors On Crime

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Promoting peace officers rather than robocops.    For years, Los Angeles police officers have worked under the shadow of the department...

Claire Bernish: What Happened When Gloucester, Mass. Stopped Arresting Drug Addicts, And Offered Help Instead

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Government as public servants,   what a novel idea.   Situated on the coast of Massachusetts, Gloucester’s claims to fame include its stat...

Brad Schrade: Cops Shot Unarmed Georgia Woman In Head, Admired Their Marksmanship & Prevented First Aid After

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After all, she was suspected of drug use.    At high noon on June 18, 2010, Caroline Small, a petite 35-year-old woman and mother of two, ...