Badge Abuse

This article by Steve Silverman originally appeared April 5, 2012 in Reason.com. It’s been updated to include new information regarding recent rulings in favor of citizens’ right to record. Last week the City of Boston agreed to pay Simon Glik $170,000 in damages and legal fees to settle a civil rights …

Cell phone footage mysteriously deleted in police custody Mikael Thalen Infowars.com March 7, 2014 A man in Fall River, Mass. has been charged with unlawful wiretapping for recording a police officer shouting profanities in public. During the Jan. 6 encounter, 51-year-old George Thompson overheard officer Thomas Barboza swearing profusely while …

In a aggressive display of ignorance and force a Rock Hill Sheriff’s deputy somehow felt threatened by a dog on a leash! So he killed it. ROCK HILL — Alice Renee McGlone says her cats Rhett Butler and Tara will have to go on without Scarlett –– her 9-year-old Labrador …

Cop was tired of cleaning up after dog Adan Salazar Infowars.com March 6, 2014 A Baltimore cop is suspended without pay after he beat his girlfriend’s dog with a mop, then strangled it to death, police say. The officer then took a picture of the dead dog and sent it …

  A mother and father are left scarred both physically and mentally after being tased in front of their children at the birthday party of a 1 year old. According to KHOU, the encounter took place during what was supposed to be a happy occasion. The couple attended a birthday …

Unarmed man jailed and charged for worrying bus driver Mikael Thalen Infowars.com March 6, 2014 An Oregon man riding a public bus was arrested and booked into the Multnomah County Jail Tuesday for allegedly mentioning firearms during a conversation. According to reports, a TriMet bus driver claims to have overheard …

The war on drugs is not a ‘war’ on ‘drugs’ at all. It is a war on personal freedom. It’s a war on human consciousness, on the human body; a war on the one thing in this life in which all human rights are derived, self-ownership. The war on drugs …

A key witness in a case against two Baltimore City police officers is the target of an incident involving a dead rat left on the windshield of his car, harassment, and personal threats. The witness is himself a Baltimore city police officer. He was the whistle-blower providing key testimony against …

Officer chats it up with open carry advocates instead of harassing them Adan Salazar Infowars.com March 4, 2014 An Austin police officer is being hailed as a hero for abiding by the Constitution, upholding Texas gun laws and not overreacting to open carry advocates brandishing rifles just down the street …

A favor, if you are a law enforcement officer, is a felony, if you selectively enforce the laws that you are sworn to uphold; whether or not the person you are choosing to selectively enforce the law against is a family member, makes no difference. How is society supposed to …