by Steve Miller. Another one of those police reports, comin' up! A Chicago man might think twice the next time he goes into a police station to report something as stolen. On Friday night, 31-year-old Adam Wisneski rode his bike to the Shakespeare District police station on the Northwest Side to report a stolen iPhone. He says he didn’t have his bike ... MORE
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Citizen Reporting Theft Has Bike Stolen In Police Station
by Steve Miller. Another one of those police reports, comin' up! A Chicago man might think twice the next time he goes into a police station to report something as stolen. On Friday night, 31-year-old Adam Wisneski rode his bike to the Shakespeare District police station on the Northwest Side to report a stolen iPhone. He says he didn’t have his bike ... MOREIRS Horror Story Makes Past Scandals Pale In Comparison
IRS and their license to steal. There are times when it becomes absolutely impossible to support the remarkably bad judgment often displayed by federal agencies under the control of the current administration—even for those of us who are typically viewed as backers of many of this administration’s policies. The latest installment ... MOREKatie Kieffer: Next Time, Try Rogaine
How to not share the hair. “Desperate” is not disguising a bald spot with spray paint or treating a thinning scalp with Rogaine; desperate is murdering over a lock of human hair—and unemployed Americans are growing desperate. Despite Michelle Obama’s claim that her hubby unleashed a “huge recovery,” the only visible recovery is on ... MOREPolicing For Profit: Training Videos Suggest Abuses
by Noah Pransky. A procedure law enforcement agencies use to take cash, cars, and other
personal property away from accused criminals continues to create
controversy nationally as more stories of potential abuse surface. 10 Investigates has been reporting on civil forfeiture, a process designed to let law enforcement seize tools from ... MORE
Policing For Profit: Who Says Crime Doesn't Pay?
by Gil Smart and Susan Baldrige. Barbara and Ralph Spring are struggling to raise their two grandsons after their daughter, Jessica Marie Crawford, died from a drug overdose last year. The Quarryville couple wish they had their daughter's Jeep Cherokee to take the kids back and forth to sports events. Or, they wish they could have sold it and ... MOREWhy Cops Can Seize Your Property Even If You're Innocent
by Erin Fuchs. In a Philadelphia suburb last year, cops seized the home of a couple who had never been charged with a crime. Their son had allegedly dealt heroin out of the house, and cops said the home could be seized because it was tied to illegal activities. Markela and Chris Sourovelis — who owned the house — said they had no knowledge ... MOREHow Asset Forfeiture Allows Cops To Steal From Citizens
by A. Barton Hinkle. It probably seemed like a bright idea at the time: Let the police seize the ill-gotten gains of alleged drug dealers and other suspected criminals and sell it, using the proceeds to buy much-needed crime-fighting gear. Unfortunately, the process—civil asset forfeiture—did not require convicting anybody of a crime. ... MOREJudge Gives County Green Light To Sell Woman’s Home After One Property Tax Payment Was Missed By Mistake
by Matt Erspamer. A Kalamazoo County judge has sided with county officials in a dispute
where a Richland woman says her home is being seized over a property
tax mistake. FOX 17 first talked with Deborah Calley
in mid-September, when she told us she lost her home after she
accidentally missed a property tax payment of roughly $2,000 ... MOREA Barton Hinkle: The Civil Asset Forfeiture Racket
It's time to end the practice of policing for profit. Hey, here’s a great crime-fighting idea: Let’s give local police and prosecutors the authority to seize cash, cars, homes, and other property from private citizens—without a court convicting those citizens of any crime. Without, in fact, even charging those citizens with any crime. Then let ... MOREVIDEO: How To Thwart Dishonest Baggage Handlers
Warning: following advice in this video could result in you being placed on a terrorist list.
Canada Warns Citizens Of America's Cash-Hungry Cops
A heads up on asset forfeiture schemes. On its official website, the Canadian government informs its citizens that “there is no limit to the amount of money that you may legally take into or out of the United States.” Nonetheless, it adds, banking in the U.S. can be difficult for non-residents, so Canadians shouldn’t carry large amounts of cash. ... MORECivil Forfeiture Laws Should Meet Same Fate As Jim Crow
by George Leef. One of the greatest political philosophers, Frederic Bastiat, wrote
that the law should exist to protect life, liberty, and property, but
unfortunately is often perverted into a means of “legal plunder.” In
other words, the law is used to legitimize the use of force to deprive
people of their wealth. A recent Washington Post article ... MORECops Seize Family Home After $40 Drug Bust
by Zoe Szathmary. How Philadelphia uses cops to legally steal. A Philadelphia civil forfeiture law has reportedly allowed the government to take away citizens' homes - and much of it funds city prosecutors. CBS Philadelphia reported on the story, saying homeowners Christos Sourovelis, Norys Hernandez and Doris Welch have filed a lawsuit, ... MOREFrank Pariato: Jury Nullification Set Wild Bill Hickok Free
Although he killed a man illegally. On July 20 1865, James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok was playing in a poker game at the Lyon House Hotel in Springfield MO., when a friend of his, Davis Tutt showed up claiming Hickok owed him $45 from an earlier game. Hickok said he only owed $25 since he had paid Tutt $20 some days before. Tutt snatched ... MORE
John W. Whitehead: The Stealing of America
By the Cops, the Courts, the Corporations and Congress. Call it what you will—taxes, penalties, fees or fines—but the only word that truly describes the constant bilking of the American taxpayer by the government and its corporate partners is theft. We’re operating in a topsy-turvy Sherwood Forest where instead of Robin Hood and ... MOREWalter E Williams: Our Unwillingness To Defend Ourselves
Welcoming the barbarians. The U.S. Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics reports that 2012 losses because of personal identity theft totaled $24.7 billion. The money losses from identity theft pale in comparison with the costs of paperwork, time and inconvenience imposed on the larger society in an effort to protect ourselves. ... MORE
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