Badge Abuse

May 24, 2014 In Quincy, California the Plumas County Sheriff’s Department is trying to conduct a little community outreach by pulling over people and surprising them with a sweet gift. We’d love to cover this story as great news, but the fact is that California cops have a horribly abusive …

Hash brownies could net Texas teen life in prison RT.com May 23, 2014 A pound-and-a-half of pot brownies might lead a 19-year-old Texas man to a life sentence in prison. Jacob Lavoro is being charged with possession of marijuana, possession of the illegal hash oil and sale of the hash-infused …

May 23, 2014 In December of 2013 Marion County Corrections Officer, Charlie Broaderick, was caught on surveillance video clearly assaulting a handcuffed DUI suspect. James Duckworth was being booked for DUI when he went to clear his throat and mouth to talk to officers. Broaderick thought that Duckworth tried to …

May 23, 2014 It is quite heartening to see a cop even listen, but to engage in a paradigm shifting conversation such as this, goes above and beyond. To be able to view one’s own actions as repugnant is one of the hardest things in the world to do. The …

“The state is a gang of thieves writ large — the most immoral, grasping and unscrupulous individuals in any society.” -Murray Rothbard The Free Thought Project Matt Agorist May 23, 2014 If anyone else in society went to another individual’s house and destroyed it they would not only be held responsible …

“I was completely humiliated beyond reason.” May 23, 2014 Kevin Cooper was at a party with his family and decided to walk to a nearby store. While on the way to the store a Houston Police Officer pulled up. The officer was allegedly looking for a white male, and thought …

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled recently that police are allowed to search vehicles without a warrant. Meanwhile, the state General Assembly is advancing a bill to grant police authority to arrest those with “secret compartments” in their vehicles. Pennsylvania to allow police to search cars without a warrant RT.com May …

May 22, 2014 In a repugnant display of police incompetence and negligence, Clayton County Police arrested a man they thought was breaking into a house. These highly intelligent police officers, thinking Dhoruba Bin-Wahad was a burglar who was lying about the presence of a fellow burglar in the house, tried to …

May 22, 2014 Charles Ross is an internet comedian of sorts who films himself doing, what some would call, funny stunts. One day in March of 2013 Ross gathered up the courage to hurdle over two Sarasota County Deputies sitting at a picnic table. After he completed this acrobatic feat …

Police referring to Twitter as the “new police scanner”   Infowars.com by Adan Salazar May 22, 2014   Police are increasingly turning to social media to help solve crimes and nab bad guys, but some officers are urging departments to utilize services like Twitter as tools for pre-crime prevention. In a …