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The Free Thought Project Jay Syrmopoulos July 29, 2014 Minneapolis- A visit to the home of prominent community activist Al Flowers, 55, by the Minneapolis Police, shortly after midnight on July 26, resulted in an alleged brutal beating of the former gubernatorial candidate and outspoken critic of the Minneapolis Police …

During the scuffle several officers had their badges ripped from their uniforms   The Free Thought Project Mike Sawyer July 29, 2014 The 19th Annual West Indian Caribbean festival at Exchange Place in Jersey City came to an abrupt end Saturday when Jersey police showed up and failed to honor the …

The Free Thought Project Matt Agorist July 29, 2014   Earlier this month New York City police officers killed a man after he broke up a fight between two other men. The cops placed father of 6, Eric Garner, in a chokehold and slammed his head to the pavement, piling …

“(I) was trying to instruct them (the girls) on what to not let boys do to them.” The Free Thought Project Matt Agorist July 29, 2014   A Mayes County police chief was arrested and released on a $100,000 bond, Friday the 25th of July. He was charged with two …

Theater of the absurd in the American police state grows more tragic and incomprehensible By John W. Whitehead  July 28, 2014 “The greatest evil is not now done in those sordid ‘dens of crime’ that Dickens loved to paint. It is not done even in concentration camps and labour camps. …

“…the cop just shot him, right in front of me and my 6-year-old daughter.”   RT.com July 29, 2014   A Chicago-area police officer who fatally shot a young dog in front of its 6-year-old owner on Friday was fired on Monday. Witnesses said the dog was not provoking the …

“We’re not taking her home. It’s not our obligation, it’s not our job.”   The Free Thought Project John Vibes July 29, 2014   Last February, Oregon police left a woman on the side of the road at 2 A.M with no money and a dead cellphone, after they arrested …

“Do you have it up your ass? Do you have drugs in your ass?”   The Free Thought Project July 28, 2014 Timothy Young is one of many forced sodomy victims of New Mexico Law Enforcement. According to Reason TV, In October of 2012, Timothy Young was pulled over for …

The Free Thought Project Matt Agorist July 28, 2014   Civil rights activist and independent journalist, Joel Chandler is founder of Florida Open Government Watch.  The group conducts regular litmus tests of public records requests to see if police departments are abiding by the law. Because of the government’s inability to …

The Free Thought Project July 28, 2014   James “JC” Playford, with American News and Information Services, was reporting on an incident in downtown San Diego when an SDPD officer approached him. The officer tells Playford to back up and only get long shots. Laughably the officer asserts that Playford …