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One person is in critical condition and seven people have been arrested in the latest Ferguson protest, local police said in a news conference. They also confirmed the use of tear gas. RT.com Earlier, conflicting reports suggested either tear gas or smoke bombs were used. #Ferguson cops say smoke, other …

Things escalated once again late Friday evening in Ferguson, Missouri.  An incredible uprising against the police state has been on-going in the streets there ever since the murder of seventeen year old Mike Brown, an unarmed teenager who was shot ten times by Officer Darren Wilson. Things seemed to be …

Cellphone video shows 37-year-old Omar Abrego bleeding while lying facedown, and one witness said police officers punched him for 10 minutes. Father of three, Omar Abrego, was on his way home from work on August 2, when he was pulled over in front of his own house by 2 LAPD …

Davis was straddled by a female officer while being kicked and assaulted by others, and ultimately ended up in the emergency room. In a shocking story put out on Friday by Michael Daly of The Daily Beast he shines a bright light on the character of the Ferguson Police Department, …

According to new statistics released by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, 8 out of every 10 police officers in America are overweight. The new study highlights a widespread problem in police departments across the country.  According to some researchers, law enforcement officers are actually 25 times more likely to …

A white police officer in the United States killed a black person on average of twice per week from 2005 to 2012, according to homicide reports offered to the FBI. But this data is limited, as only about 4 percent of law enforcement agencies contributed. RT.com There was an average …

Any use of deadly force is “reasonable” if the subjective perceptions of the officer lead him to believe he is threatened, and courts have traditionally been disinclined to “second-guess” those actions. By William Norman Grigg Pro Libertate Blog Edward Garner was unarmed when he was shot in the back of the head …

British comedian Russell Brand took to his online series The Trews to criticize Bill O’Reilly of Fox News for insisting that protesters angry over the death of unarmed teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson are not letting justice take its course. RT.com On the latest episode of The Trews, Brand performed …

The police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black teenager in Ferguson, Missouri has been identified as Darren Wilson. The incident, which happened on August 9, stoked racial tension throughout the country. RT.com Michael Brown was shot dead while walking to his grandmother’s house after getting into an argument with …

A man in Quakertown, PA, was exercising his rights when an officer pulled up to ‘protect and serve’ him. The officer, knowing that he could not legally detain the man, tried to engage him through questions about his age. In Pennsylvania you must be 18 years or older to open …