Clik here to view.
Know Your Rights When Encountering Law Enforcement With This Handy Chart
Picture: Online Paralegal Programs (C) This handy chart might help you remember your rights in the event you have an unexpected encounter with law enforcement of some sort. Disclaimer: Exercise of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
FBI Admits It’s Not Really About Law Enforcement Any More; Ignores Lots Of...
Techdirt Mike Masnick noticed that the declared primary role of the FBI has changed and details his findings at Techdirt: A couple years ago, it was revealed that the FBI noted in one of its...
View ArticleMan’s Death ‘Suicide By Cop’ or Execution-Style Killing By Law Enforcement?
Manuel Longoria led police on a lengthy chase in a stolen vehicle before they managed to box him in. After being blasted with several less-than-lethal beanbag rounds, Longoria appears to try reach...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Six King City, CA Cops Arrested For Bribery, Conspiracy, and Threatening Locals
By Andrew Emett On February 25 at 5:59 a.m., the Monterey County Sheriff’s Department, Salinas Police Department and the FBI orchestrated the simultaneous arrests of six King City police officers....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Cop Who Went on Violent Rampage Said Antibiotic Made Him Psychotic
Pic: Yikrazuul (PD) This is the first I’ve ever heard of it, but apparently clarithromycin, an antibiotic sold under the brand name Biaxin can cause psychosis, agitation, mania and delirium in about 3%...
View ArticleClik here to view.
British Man Wearing Pig Mask Arrested For Impersonating A Police Officer
PIC: Manchester Evening News (C) Really? I think he should sue (eeeeeeeeeee!). Greater Manchester Police arrested a man who put on a pig mask, toy helmet and reflective jacket in order to perform...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Guilty of Being Poor: When a Community Issues Arrest Warrants for More...
ann harkness (CC BY 2.0) Karen Dolan writes at OtherWords: Here’s something you might not know about Ferguson, Missouri: In this city of 21,000 people, 16,000 have outstanding arrest warrants. In fact,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Police Chief Magazine: Possible New Revenue Streams For Law Enforcement
Elvert Barnes (CC BY 2.0) In the April edition of The Police Chief magazine, Paul LaCommare, Commander of the West Covina Police Department in West Covina, California, discusses new ways for law...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Self-Styled Abolitionist’s Orwellian Assault on Sex Workers
r2hox (CC BY-SA 2.0) Self-styled abolitionist Ryan Dalton’s new tech startup, Rescue Forensics, wants to change the way the police fight human trafficking sex work by dredging up that old spectre The...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Law Enforcement as Revenue Stream
Robert Couse-Baker (CC BY 2.0) Mike LaBossiere analyzes the growing use of law enforcement for revenue by local governments. via Talking Philosophy: After the financial class melted down the world...
View ArticleAnother Victim of Fed’s Anal Probing Obsession Comes Forward
Abductions, anal probing and medical scans… This reminds me of all of the UFO abduction reports from the eighties. Makes you kind of wonder. Via KOB4: It may be hard to believe... The post Another...
View ArticleInside the World of Hitman for Hire Stings
GQ’s profile of an undercover ATF agent who poses as a hitman to foil murder for hire schemes is an interesting read. Via GQ: “Tell me what you want done,” the hit... The post Inside the World of...
View ArticleSadistic Cops Videotape Themselves Torturing Mentally Ill Man With Taser
As stupid as they are sadistic, a bunch of cops and their paramedic buddies taped themselves torturing a mentally ill man witha stun gun. Naturally, they uploaded it to YouTube. Via BoingBoing:......
View ArticleFuture Crime Comes to Texas: Police Can Get A Warrant For Crimes You Might...
Y’all better not let ’em think that you’re ‘fixing’ to commit a crime. Via Raw Story: An appeals court in Texas ruled last week that police may obtain a search warrant based... The post Future Crime...
View ArticleHouston Cops to Wear Body Cams
Cop Block reports that some Houston cops will be waring body cameras. Step toward public accountability? Latest signs of an encroaching surveillance state? Via Cop Block: Over the past few weeks 100......
View ArticleSan Antonio Cop Body Slams 12-Year-Old Girl
A middle school student was taken to the hospital after a school police officer brutally body slammed her into the concrete floor, where she landed on her face. The post San Antonio Cop Body Slams...
View Article‘Honeypot’ Recording is More Evidence of How FBI Targets American Muslims
Jannah Bride was what is known as an FBI "honeypot"—a spy who uses romantic allure to entrap his or her target. The post ‘Honeypot’ Recording is More Evidence of How FBI Targets American Muslims...
View Article