The Continuing Outrage That Is Civil Asset Forfeiture
by Radley Balko. The motorist advocacy site TheNewspaper.com
has the story of 64-year-old Laura Dutton. Estelline, Tex., police
officer Jason Fry was manning a speed trap (a spot where the speed limit
suddenly drops) when he pulled Dutton over for driving 61 mph just into
the 50 mph zone. Here’s what happened next: Officer Fry said ... MOREWashington Times Editorial: Water Vigilantes In California
Nobody likes a tattletale, but snitching comes naturally to a certain kind of busybody. The remarkable drought in California has produced a new category of righteous snitches called “water vigilantes.” They prowl through neighborhoods with smartphones, creeping through the shrubs and bushes in the dead of night looking for working sprinklers ... MOREFeds Spend $450K To Help Indians With Climate Change
Taxpayers scalped, weather or not. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) plans to spend up to $450,000 in taxpayer dollars to teach Native American tribes in the Great Basin region ”climate adaptation plans” for their hunting, fishing and gathering activities. “Due to climate change, the natural landscapes are becoming ... MOREElderly Man Watches New Jersey Cops Tear Down His Home
Politicians wanted the land. An elderly homeless man watched in tears as the home he'd built in the woods six years before was torn down by police. Sam's eyes filled up as he silently watched the sturdy, wooden structure bulldozed along with his carefully tended garden trimmed with a white picket fence. Until last month, Sam lived in a woodland ... MOREAndrew Napolitano: Spying, Lying And Torture
The manifestation of lawlessness and incompetence. In some respects, the recent admission by CIA Director John Brennan that his agents and his lawyers have been spying on the senators whose job it is to monitor the agency should come as no surprise. The agency's job is to steal and keep secrets, and implicit in those tasks, Brennan ... MORECountry Moves Toward GOP On Every Significant Issue
New AP poll reveals verdict on hope and change. Although you wouldn’t know it from the lack of media coverage, or even the AP's own write-up of the poll (which gives new meaning to the phrase "buried lead"), a new Associated Press-GfK poll offers nothing but harrowing news for Democrats and the media who love them. Buried in the "pox ... MOREEx-Policeman Balks At "Indiscriminate Revenue Gathering"
Tells how to beat the rap on speeding tickets. My name is Stan. I am a retired Sergeant of the Police force for 14 years. I was also a police prosecutor at times, so I know what I am talking about. I spent half my life in Magistrates Court during my time in the Force. I was only ever a very fair copper, and I am proud of my time in the job, ... MOREThe Profit Motive Behind The NSA's Big Brother Spying
by Richard Byrne Reilly. The biggest scandal to ever roil the National Security Agency,
compliments of Edward Snowden, happened on his watch, but that hasn’t
stopped retired General Keith Alexander from demanding a seven-figure
technical consulting fee now that he’s a civilian. Alexander retired from the agency last year, and his ... MORE
Jonah Goldberg: Liberals Come Late To The Pot Party
40 years behind Friedman, Sowell and Buckley. With the usual fanfare and self-regard we have come to expect from the New York Times editorial board, the prestigious paper has changed its mind about pot. It now believes that the federal ban on the substance should be lifted and that the whole issue should be sent back to the ... MOREMeet A Town That's Had Enough Of Militarized Policing
by J.D. Tuccille. Barry Township, Michigan, with
a population of about 4,000, has four full-time
police officers, four part-time officers, two Humvees, two
armored personnel carriers (free, courtesy of the
Defense Department's 1033 program)—and, until recently, about
three dozen unpaid but armed and empowered reserve police officers ... MOREA. Barton Hinkle: It's Time for Cops to Stop Shooting Dogs
Their dog good, your dog bad. The sheriff’s department in Prince Edward Co., Virginia, isn’t returning phone calls about Party. No great surprise. A deputy shot the dog in late June, killing it. The department issued a CYA press release, then dummied up—perhaps in the hope the whole thing would blow over. No wonder: According to a news ... MORE2/3 Of US population Lives In “Constitution-free” Zone
by John Stokes. "Your papers, please." In 2003, the Seattle Times reported on random "spot checks" of cars and luggage that border patrol agents were performing on US citizens who were taking the ferry between Washington State and the San Juan islands. Because most of the passengers on these ferries had not actually crossed an ... MORE
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