Flex Your rights

“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 …

Minneapolis – In almost every city across the US, tax dollars are used to cover the damages and settlements from lawsuits filed against their police departments due to officer misconduct. Taxpayers in essence pay out massive amounts in damages for officers not doing their job properly. Additionally, the cost is …

Danièle Watts, star of Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained, wrote on her Facebook page that she was handcuffed and thrown into the back of a police cruiser after failing to provide officers with ID. The reason for the kidnapping and harassment….the ignorant cops assumed Watts was a prostitute. According to the post on her …

You always wear your seatbelt — even when playing Grand Theft Auto. You yield to pedestrians — who have yet to be conceived. You drive so defensively that Chuck Hagel calls you for advice. You are The Most Careful Driver in the World! Flexyourrights.org Okay, you might not be The …

“You are videotaping this crime scene, right? … That makes you part of it. And your little camera phone could be used as evidence, you understand?” dcist.com D.C. police chief Cathy Lanier said she was “shocked” by a video that shows an officer confronting a citizen who was filming an arrest on …

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 …

“I’m on a public sidewalk.” “But you’re videotaping private cars…..I am going to detain you if you don’t answer my questions.” A blood boiling video of a Covina, CA police officer, K. Counts, was recently uploaded to youtube by Damon Enz. In the video officer Counts proceeds to trample Enz’s …

“Can I ask you a question sir? Did you swear an oath to uphold the Constitution?” With multiple cameras and microphones, and a knack for flexing rights, these guys know how to perform when going through an unconstitutional DUI checkpoint. Sobriety checkpoints — also known as DUI checkpoints — are …

If police come to your door and you don’t need their help, you can simply decline to answer. They cannot come into your home without a search warrant. Even if the police have probable cause, they cannot come in your home without a search warrant. You might even be a …

Two videographers were in Jacksonville Florida conducting a First Amendment Audit on Wednesday. They were filming prisoners being transported in and out of the Duval County Courthouse’s sally port. A sally port is usually behind a wall or other fixed protection but the this one empties right on to a public …