by Sean Piccolli. Stats illustrate America's move to a police state. At a time of anxiety over policing in the United States and heated debate about "militarized" law enforcement, the practice of conducting "no-knock raids" – in which heavily armed SWAT teams burst unannounced into homes – has come under widespread scrutiny. Here are facts, figures, and ... MORE
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5 Eye-Opening Facts, Figures on No-Knock Warrants
by Sean Piccolli. Stats illustrate America's move to a police state. At a time of anxiety over policing in the United States and heated debate about "militarized" law enforcement, the practice of conducting "no-knock raids" – in which heavily armed SWAT teams burst unannounced into homes – has come under widespread scrutiny. Here are facts, figures, and ... MOREMichael Suede: Cop Shoots And Kills 17-Year-Old Unarmed Boy For Flashing His High Beams And Flexing His Rights
The killer cop keeps his job. video included. This is pretty much how things go with all aspects of government. The most mundane and trivial of infractions can always result in a dead human being because ultimately all laws are enforced at the point of a gun. Any failure to comply with a state functionary ALWAYS results in the escalation ... MOREGina Tron: Man Threatens Suicide; Police Kill Him
To serve and protect. Justin Way was in bed with a knife. His girlfriend called a non-emergency number to try to get him into a hospital. Minutes later, cops shot him dead. On May 11, Justin Way was drinking and threatening to hurt himself. His father, George Way, said his son was a recovering alcoholic and had been alcohol-free for five weeks. ... MORENeetzan Zimmerman: Dad Calls Cops On Son To Teach Him A Lesson, Then Cops Respond By Shooting The Son Dead
Lesson learned. A
father's attempt to teach his son a lesson for taking his truck without
permission ended in tragedy Monday after a local police officer shot
the teenager dead. James Comstock told the Des Moines Register
he called the police on his son Tyler after the latter took the
former's truck in retaliation for refusing to buy him cigarettes. ... MOREWhen Violence And Lawlessness Are Acceptable
by Radley Balko. Yesterday, the Fox News show Fox & Friends devoted a segment to discussing the shooting of New York Police Dept. officer Brian Moore.
The discussion was framed in a particularly absurd way. Why, the hosts
asked, aren’t there protests and riots when police officers are killed,
as there are when police kill suspects? It’s the sort of question ... MOREWhat One Cop’s Acquittal Reveals About Police Violence
by Katie McDonough. A license to kill. The trial of a Chicago police detective who killed a young woman after opening fire on a group of unarmed people ended Monday with the judge finding the officer not guilty on all charges. Detective Dante Servin shot and killed Rekia Boyd, a 22-year-old black woman, in April 2012 and was charged with ... MOREThousands Dead From Police Shootings, Few Prosecuted
from the Washington Post. On a rainy night five
years ago, Officer Coleman “Duke” Brackney set off in pursuit of a
suspected drunk driver, chasing his black Mazda Miata down rural
Arkansas roads at speeds of nearly 100 miles per hour. When the sports
car finally came to rest in a ditch, Brackney opened fire at the rear
window and repeatedly ... MOREVIDEO: Police Thugs Brutally Beat Suspected Horse Thief
Ten California cops pummel suspected horse thief who is face down with hands behind his back ... MORE
The Beginning Of The End Of The War On Drugs
by Ryan Cooper. 50 years of failure is enough. One of the many depressing aspects of the 2004 election was the crushing defeat of pro-gay marriage forces. Republican operatives, cynically stoking turnout with outright lies, put gay marriage bans on the ballot in 11 states, every one one of which was passed overwhelmingly. So it's jarring that gay ... MORETyranny: An Essential Feature of Socialism
by Doug Reich. I recently heard a television pundit lament the likely outcome of his own prediction that the liberally biased media, after a temporary fit of outrage over the egregious scandals engulfing the Obama administration, will return to its sycophantic posture just in time for the next election cycle. While I agree with this prediction, the more ... MOREJohn W. Whitehead: The Only Truly Compliant, Submissive Citizen In A Police State Is A Dead One
"Serve and protect" has become "comply or die." Americans as young as 4 years old are being leg shackled, handcuffed, tasered and held at gun point for not being quiet, not being orderly and just being childlike—i.e., not being compliant enough. Americans as old as 95 are being beaten, shot and killed for questioning an order, ... MOREPolice Brutality Can't Be Overlooked Any Longer
by Nadiah Abuswai. Truly senseless violence. Martese Johnson, 20, was beaten by police outside Trinity Irish Pub in Charlottesville, Va., March 18. Police officers beat the University of Virginia junior over a suspicion that he was using a fake I.D. to get into the pub. A video shows police after forcing Johnson to the ground and handcuffing him, while ... MOREGRAPHIC VIDEO: Homeless Man Killed By LA Cops
Justifiable force? You decide. WARNING: Graphic violence and language.
Home Surveillance Records Cop Assaulting And Abusing Teen Without Cause; Charges Him With Resisting Arrest
Another criminal with a badge. Police in New Jersey are investigating allegations that one of their own officers roughed up and abused a teenager, and the whole thing was caught on camera. It happened Saturday night. The cop was at the teen's house and the young man ended up handcuffed in the snow in a t-shirt and no shoes. Michael doesn't want us to use ... MORENo Consequences For Cop Who Killed Innocent Cooperative Man Standing In His Own Home With His Hands Raised
White privilege didn't protect John Geer. That's not to say he didn't have it. As a middle-class kitchen designer living in the pleasant Washington suburb of Fairfax, Va., he had nothing whatsoever in common with the impoverished black men killed by police in Missouri and Brooklyn last year. Those deaths triggered riots, marches and ... MORE
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