The militarization of police in the US is now even extending into school police departments, as San Diego Unified School District Police are to receive a Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle as part of the Federal Government’s program to hand down military equipment to domestic law enforcement. Steve Watson | …
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The United States Department of Homeland Security may require the local police forces it supplies with military-grade weapons to repay federal anti-terrorism grants should the items be used to suppress dissent. RT.com A representative of the DHS, one of three federal agencies responsible for allocating military equipment to local police …
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A panel of top global narcotics experts fronted by prominent public figures including Kofi Annan, Richard Branson and eight ex-national presidents, is strongly urging that drugs be a matter for health professionals, not the police, in a new report. RT.com “Overwhelming evidence points to not just the failure of the …
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“The victim was seated and in handcuffs and she basically kicked the subject, suspect in the chest and knocked her over,” said Sgt. Phil Russell of the LMPD. Louisville, KY — A Louisville Metro Police officer is on paid vacation after being caught on dashcam kicking a handcuffed and seated …
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We’ve seen an encouraging number of videos made by citizens calling out police for their above the law actions. However, how often do these citizen stops result in action? Almost never, until now. A video uploaded to Liveleak Sunday shows a cop watcher confronting a Los Angeles Parking Enforcement officer …
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Russell J Matson Is it a crime to decorate your car like a vehicle from one of your favorite movies? This case is definitely “more than meets the eye.” Or maybe less. My client accused of impersonating a police officer for decaling his Maserati to look like Barricade from Transformers. On …
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You go inside right now…it’s a lawful order…go inside right now” In Gresham, Oregon, a man was filming a heavily militarized SWAT raid on his iPad from across the street, when he was assaulted by 1st Amendment violating thugs dressed in Kevlar. According to the man who uploaded …
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The Pentagon’s 1033 program, which allows the Defense Department to unload its excess military equipment onto local police forces, has quietly overflowed onto college campuses. HANNAH K. GOLD | VICE NEWS In 1968, students at Columbia University staged a mass uprising other college campuses in protesting not just the war …
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Her detention is “characteristic of a pattern and practice of the NYPD in aggressive over policing of people of color and persons lawfully exercising their First Amendment rights.” RT.com A Muslim woman, and human rights lawyer has taken her accusations of NYPD’s abuse and racism to court, following her violent detention …
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Albert Woodfox, last remaining prisoner of the Angola Three, seeks to sue prison authorities for constitutional rights violations Nadia Prupis | CommonDreams.org After 41 Years in Solitary, ‘Angola Three’ Prisoner Renews Fight for Justice After serving more than 41 years in solitary confinement, the longest sentence in isolation ever served by …
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