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The message from the state is clear, either you keep your kids locked up in the house or you very well may be the one locked up. “You just don’t let them play outside.” Austin, Texas – Children’s book author, Kari Anne Roy,  received an unexpected visit from Child Protective Services …

Police officer Jarett Branson from Fort Collins, Colorado, was recently fired for using police resources to stalk women who were total strangers to him.  Ironically, in 2011, Branson received an “Officer of the Year Award” from “the Safe Space Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Program”. Branson was fired after one …

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 …

The realization of a standing army in the supposed “Land of the Free” has since become mainstream, after last month’s show of militarized force in Ferguson, MO, a town with a population of 21,000. Nothing says it’s time for a national conversation more than politicians becoming worried about the rise of the …

“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 …

38-year-old Gregory Pyle, of Crest Hill, Illinois, was sentenced to 50 years in prison this week after confessing to sexually abusing a child and distributing images of the attack online.  Pyle was a 10-year veteran of his police department who actually worked in a child predator task force for a …

As if the police don’t have enough tools at their disposal to steal the hard earned money of the public, a new device is being developed to tell if a person in a vehicle is texting. A Virginia company, ComSonics, is working on development of a device that detects radio frequencies that …

47-year-old Daniel Martin Jr. of Lawton Oklahoma was shot and killed by police in March after he called 911 to report vandals outside of his house. The police responsible for the murder have been cleared of any wrong-doing by an internal investigation, and the death has been ruled “justified”. When Mr. …

Although presented as impartial and infallible, it turns out that such dogs are not only often poorly trained, they are frequently wrong. Reason.tv The case of Timothy Young made national headlines in 2012 when New Mexico police anally probed him in search of drugs (no contraband was found). His ordeal …