Culpeper Cop Who Shot and Killed Patricia Cook Sentenced to Three Years in Prison
Reason.Com Daniel Harmon-Wright, the police officer in Culpeper, Virginia, who shot and killed former Sunday school teacher Patricia Cook in February 2012, has been sentenced to three years in prison. This is what the jury recommended upon convicting Harmon-Wright of manslaughter three months ago. According to WJLA, the […]
I Was Detained and Interrogated at the Border for Carrying Condoms
Huffington Post What do you do when you’re detained by powerful officials, everything you say is presumed deceptive, arbitrary “evidence” is held against you, and you’re treated like a moral deviant? And what if its 2013, you’re a woman, and the “evidence” is that you possess condoms? It […]
Eric Holder says Feds Will Ignore State Laws and Enforce Gun Grab
Fractured Paradigm Attorney General Eric Holder has written to Kansas Governor Sam Brownback[1], informing him that the Obama administration considers state attempts to protect the Second Amendment “unconstitutional” and that federal agents will “continue to execute their duties,” regardless of state statutes to the contrary.
Woman Arrested For No Reason
Business Owner In N.Y. Fined $60,000 For Selling “Gun Shaped” Lighter
MrConservative.Com From the files of “stupid things Democrat-controlled cities do” comes the story of a Times Square, New York City tourist gift shop that got fined $60,000 for selling a cigarette lighter shaped like a tiny pistol. The city swooped down on shop owner Fred Shayes, 49, for […]
Reflecting Today On The Anniversary Of Kent State University Shootings
By Bobby Seale, co-founder and former Chairman of the Black Panther Party The 1960s and ’70s were tumultuous times in the United States. The country was fighting an unpopular war in Vietnam that was instigating a wave of protests. In 1970, tensions came to a fever pitch when […]
Exclusive: Victims Of Boston Police State Lockdown Speak Out
Remembering Kent State
Noam Chomsky: Obama’s Attack on Civil Liberties Has Gone Way Beyond Imagination
Alternet.Org Under Obama’s administration, if you meet with someone in a terrorist group and advise them to turn to nonviolent means, then that’s material assistance to terrorism. April 26, 2013 |
Why Should I Care That No One’s Reading Dzhokhar Tsarnaev His Miranda Rights?
Emily Bazelon Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will not hear his Miranda rights before the FBI questions him Friday night. He will have to remember on his own that he has a right to a lawyer, and that anything he says can be used against him in court, because the government […]
The Bill of Rights was written for Dzhokar Tsarnaev
Thomas Mullen AMPA, April 20, 2013 – 19-year-old Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokar Tsarnaev is in custody. Assuming that Tsarnaev is indeed guilty of these crimes, a very real threat to public safety has been taken off the streets. That’s the good news. The bad news is that […]
“You’re a punk, and your breath smells of bacon!”
Hats off to this man! There may be hope for my island yet.
The Totalitarianism of Universal Background Checks
By Anthony Gregory Finally, some sanity, and from a somewhat unexpected source. The ACLU is concerned about the civil liberties implications of the new Harry Reid Senate bill to establish so-called “universal background checks” for firearms purchases. The organization has tended toward silence on gun rights, but at […]
NY officer accused of leading drug robbery crew pleads not guilty
CNN Alleged crooked NYPD officer Jose Tejada’s service weapon, which was allegedly used in a hold-up.
Man Facing Charges For Not Being Mauled By Bear
Political Outcast A 76-year-old Auburn, Massachusetts man Richard Ahlstrand had spotted a black bear in his backyard last Thursday around his bird feeders. On Friday, he went to fill up his bird feeders, and as a precaution, he took his shotgun. Sure enough, the black bear showed up […]
The Growing Militarization of U.S. Police
By James Simpson As politicians exploit the Newtown tragedy to promote new laws to restrict firearms and implement universal background checks that could lead to gun registration and confiscation, another parallel trend– namely, the increasing militarization of law enforcement, most visibly demonstrated by the growing use of massive, […]
All The King’s Knights
Legal Group Launches to Aggressively Challenge US Government Prosecutions of Whistleblowers
The Dissenter A legal group of criminal defense attorneys has formed to combat what they describe as the FBI and Justice Department’s use of harassment and over-prosecution to chill and silence those who engage in journalism, Internet activism or dissent.
Anti-Government” Couple on Run After Kidnapping Their Own Children From Court-Appointed Guardian
By Mike Riggs This story probably isn’t going to end well: Joshua Michael Hakken and his wife Sharyn Hakken are on the run in Florida after kidnapping their own two children from Sharyn’s mother this morning. Patricia Hauser has had legal custody of her grandchildren, four-year-old Cole and […]
Fusion center director: We don’t spy on Americans, just anti-government Americans
Russia Today Law enforcement intelligence-processing fusion centers have long come under attack for spying on Americans. The Arkansas director wanted to clarify the truth: centers only spies on some Americans – those who appear to be a threat to the government.
Boston Punk Zombies Are Watching You!
Slate.Com As anyone who’s watched a single crime story on TV or film knows, undercover detective work is dangerous business. There inevitably comes a moment when the crime boss gets suspicious. Scary, sure, but at least police officers have a working knowledge of the rules of the crime […]
The Death Penalty for Marijuana Possession
Popehat.Com TJIC alerts us to the tremendously disturbing story of Jonathan Magbie, a 27-year-old quadriplegic sentenced to ten days in jail for his first offense — possession of marijuana, a misdemeanor. Because the Washington D.C. jail was incompetent to meet his special medical needs, including his dependence on […]
Where Law Fails, Vigilance Prevails
Colorado Department of Corrections Chief Shot Dead
Huffington Post MONUMENT, Colo. — Colorado’s top state prison official was shot and killed when he answered the front door of his house, and police are searching for the gunman and trying to figure out if the attack had anything to do with his position. Authorities are also […]
Dad: This Picture of My Son Holding a Gun Triggered a Visit from NJ Police, Family Services
theblaze.com Mike Opelka Did this photograph spark a police action that tried to enter a New Jersey home without a warrant? That’s the story being told on a website dedicated to “Open Carry” in the state of Delaware. The title of the story, “The fight has officially been brought […]
Thousands Line Up Outside Cal Expo Gun Show To Buy Ammunition
CBS Sacramento Thousands of people lined up for hours outside Cal Expo to buy ammunition. The line wrapped around the building for the first day of the two-day gun show. You’ve heard the early bird gets the worm. At the Crossroads of the West gun show it couldn’t […]
Virginia government prosecutes homeowner with criminal charges for backyard chickens
naturalnews.com Summer Tierney (NaturalNews) An ongoing debate over the rights of homeowners to raise and keep their own chickens may soon gain an audience in the Virgina Supreme Court. Attorneys at the Rutherford Institute have filed a Petition for Appeal on behalf of Virginia Beach resident Tracy Gugal-Okroy, […]
Feinstein’s Gun Ban Bill Crumbles
infowars.com Kurt Nimmo Feinstein’s measures may be added later as amendments to a more comprehensive Democrat bill. California Democrat and influential senator Dianne Feinstein admitted Monday her gun ban proposals will not be part of a Democrat bill to rollback the Second Amendment.
Feds: No Warrant Needed to Track Your Car With a GPS Device
wired.com David Kravets The second of two GPS trackers found on the vehicle of a young man in California. Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired The President Barack Obama administration is claiming that authorities do not need court warrants to affix GPS devices to vehicles to monitor their every move.
Prison Profiteers
By William Norman Grigg One aspect of drug prohibition that gets far too little attention is the fact that the drug war is immensely profitable for prohibitionists. Ten former high-ranking officials of the Drug Enforcement Administration recently signed a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee criticizing the Obama […]
The Politics of Fear in America: A Nation at War with Itself
Tenth Amendment Center “Fear is the foundation of most governments.” –John Adams Turn on the TV or flip open the newspaper on any given day, and you will find yourself accosted by reports of government corruption, corporate malfeasance, militarized police and marauding SWAT teams. America is entering a […]
Just About Sums It Up…
Nine terrifying facts about America’s biggest police force
Salon.Com NYPD officers (Credit: Reuters/Carlo Allegri) This article originally appeared on AlterNet. The NYPD is the biggest police force in the country, with over 34,000 uniformed officers patrolling New York’s streets, and 51,000 employees overall — more than the FBI. It has a proposed budget of $4.6 billion for 2013, […]
83 Yr. Old Woman Uses Gun To Scare Off Burglar, But Is Then Shot & Killed By Police in Her Backyard
SecretsoftheFed.Com An 83 year old woman in VA allegedly used a handgun to fire a warning shot to scare off a burglar late at night. The woman, Delma Towler, also called police to report the break in.
Brooklyn neighborhood on police lockdown following protest
Police intervened when more than a hundred people joined in a candlelit vigil in the East Flatbush neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York, where 16-year-old Kimani Gray was shot 11 times by police on Saturday. Brooklynites on Twitter reported that police followed the march and searched apartment buildings in […]
In honor of slain 16 year old teen, Kimani Gray
Rest in peace and fuck the pigs. Brooklyn neighborhood on police lockdown following protest Further reading here at Attack the System: The Rebillion in Los Angeles – The Context of a Proletarian Uprising
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The Conservative Case Against More Prisons
By Vikrant P. Reddy and Marc A. Levin vgm8383 / Flickr Since the 1980s, the United States has built prisons at a furious pace, and America now has the highest incarceration rate in the developed world. 716 out of every 100,000 Americans are behind bars. By comparison, in […]
Peril from ‘patriots’
The LA Times is pissed. Demonstrators rally outside the Capitol in Albany, N.Y. to assert their right to own firearms and to denounce recent gun-control efforts. (Tim Roske / Associated Press / January 19, 2013) Related photos » Photos: The 10 trigger-happiest states in America Can bipartisanship break out […]
Ex-DEA heads, UN panel urge US to nullify pot laws
San Francisco Chronicle In this photo taken Feb. 14, 2013, Peter Bensinger, a former Drug Enforcement Administration chief under Presidents Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan, speaks at a news conference in Chicago. Bensinger is one of eight former DEA chiefs that say the federal government needs […]
Would Conscription Curb US Militarism? Thom Hartmann Thinks So
By Dave Hummels Do you ever get the feeling that progressives have run out of ideas? This thought crossed my mind when I read Thom Hartmann’s “The Draft: A War-Killer” on Truthout. Hartmann advocates reinstatement of conscription in a “new and improved form.” He proclaims that the military […]
Are You Sleeping with an Undercover Cop?
22 Years Ago Today: Rodney King Beating is Caught on Tap
Control Your Local Police
By Dave Hummels While reflecting on recent episodes of police misconduct in my community and beyond, I began to think about how much law enforcement agencies resemble the Catholic Church. And no, this is not a pre-St. Patrick’s day Irish joke. Consider the following: The Church and police departments […]
The U.S. Supreme Court: Architects of the American Police State
By John Whitehead “The unspoken power dynamics in a police/civilian encounter will generally favor the police, unless the civilian is a local sports hero, the mayor, or a giant who is impervious to bullets.” ~ Journalist Justin Peters From time to time throughout history, individuals have been subjected […]
NYPD’s Spying Program: Coming Soon to a City or Corporation Near You
By Taylor Berman Last August, the NYPD announced they’d partnered with Microsoft to create an elaborate city-wide spying/surveillance program, called the Domain Awareness System. The program provides the department with access to over 3,000 public and private security cameras, information that’s then instantly cross-referenced with criminal and terrorist […]
Stockpiling Arms To Overthrow the Government
This article unintentionally gets to the point. This is why I am pro-Second Amendment. I don’t give a damn about hunting or burglars. I hate the NRA as much as most liberals do. Most conservative gun rights advocates are also cop-loving, flag-waving jingoists. Fuck ’em. The purpose of […]
Honor Bradley Manning: Defend Julian Assange
By Justin Raimondo Bradley Manning has slipped off the media’s radar, and not because he isn’t newsworthy: his “trial”—which has now reached its 1000th day – has been conducted largely in secret, with motions classified and testimony not available to the general public. This underscores the significance of […]
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