A police officer has been wounded with a gun shot in the US city of Ferguson, Missouri, a St. Louis suburb still gripped by public outrage over the killing of an unarmed teenager by a cop last month. The police have cordoned off the crime scene. RT.com The police have …
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By William Norman Grigg Pro Libertate Blog “We have historically been a paramilitary organization,” observed Indianapolis Police Chief Rick Hite during a September 17 City Council meeting. “And we serve whoever sits in that chair, regardless of race, gender, creed, or political party. I don’t know what we would do if …
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The family of a deceased Pennsylvania man has filed a federal lawsuit alleging that police forcefully and unnecessarily ejected the slain gunshot victim’s step-father from a Pittsburg emergency room in June 2012. RT.com Surveillance camera footage recorded from the ER at UPMC Mercy Hospital in Pittsburgh more than two years …
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A man was recently stopped by TSA agents in the Denver International Airport and asked to undergo additional screening after he had already flown from Minneapolis. The man refused their requests, capturing the encounter on video. RT.com Kahler Nygard says he has assumed based on his treatment at airports in …
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Not only are local police departments across the United States increasingly relying on so-called StingRay devices to conduct surveillance on cell phone users, but cops are being forced to keep quiet about the operations, new documents reveal. RT.com Recent reports have indicated that law enforcement agencies from coast to coast …
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Washington, DC is littered with surveillance devices designed to trick surrounding mobile phones into logging onto signal-lifting networks, thereby allowing for tracking or call-monitoring purposes. RT.com While traveling around the capital city with Washington Post reporters, a top executive using his company’s mobile-security technology detected as many as 18 such …
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Eric Garner’s chokehold death put a spotlight on efforts to reform the NYPD from inside and outside the department by Christof Putzel @ChristofPutzel & Ranjani Chakraborty @ranjchak | Aljazeera America STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – The guest of honor wasn’t at his own birthday party. On Saturday, Eric Garner’s family and friends gathered …
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Technology giant Google has developed a new version of its Android operating system, featuring data encryption that is said to automatically foil investigation by law enforcement. RT.com Google announced on Thursday that its next-generation installment of Android – the world’s most popular mobile operating system, with roughly 1 billion users …
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“The means of defense against foreign danger, have been always the instruments of tyranny at home.” – James Madison Criminal Justice Degree Hub From Mayberry to Martial Law: The Transfer of Military Surplus to Domestic Police “The means of defense against foreign danger, have been always the instruments of tyranny …
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Following revelations that the NSA, in cooperation with various telecom companies, was spying on private communications, Apple Inc. has released new technology that it says cannot be compromised by the police. RT.com In an effort to protect the private communications of iPhone and iPad users, Apple said on Wednesday its …
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