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Cops shoot unarmed woman watching TV, cops shoot man for watering lawn, cops shoot boy for carrying a toy gun, cops beat man with Down syndrome, cops taser handcuffed teen in face, cops mace woman’s vagina, cops sodomize man for routine traffic stop….. Headlines like these are becoming far too …

The 911 call which led to the arrest of a Michigan man who was exercising his right to open carry is a perfect example of how the American people have been conditioned to fear guns in the hands of law-abiding citizens. Last March, a Grand Rapids officer confronted 28-year-old Johann …

Courthouse News via Alternet.org Police in Harvey, Ill., shot a man in the back of the leg without cause, threatened to “shoot the shit out of” a witness with a camera, then shot to death a witness’s puppy, the wounded man and dog owner claim in federal lawsuits. Paul Manning …

The cops are out of control. So much so that some of us are dreaming of a post-police world. Well, there’s no more need to dream. Wake up. It’s happening right before our eyes. And it’s about time. The police have gotten so far away from their purported role of …

 By John W. Whitehead  The Rutherford Institute LewRockwell.com In Harold Ramis’ classic 1993 comedy Groundhog Day, TV weatherman Phil Connors (played by Bill Murray) is forced to live the same day over and over again until he not only gains some insight into his life but changes his priorities. Similarly, as …

Lee Paige, DEA Agent and motivational speaker, was talking to high school students about the “dangers” of guns when suddenly his credibility went down the toilet. “I’m the only one in this room professional enough, that I know of, to carry a Glock .40” Paige says, and then………. BOOM!! Good …

2013 has been a dark year as far as police brutality and corruption is concerned. No longer does the phrase “isolated incident” or “bad apple” apply. Americans have been privy to gruesome and debauched acts of cruelty from California to New York and they are anything but “isolated.” It seems …

AlterNet / By April M. Short Most people in jail in the U.S. have not been convicted of any crime. That is unless poverty can be considered an automatic-lockup offense. Tour a jail in any county in the nation and chances are six of every 10 inmates are people legally …

Via PoliceStateUSA.com MILWAUKEE, WI –A disgusting scandal involving police officers performing illegal anal cavity searches with the intent to “degrade and humiliate” dozens and dozens of victims has come to an apparent conclusion, which some feel amounts to little more than a slap on the wrists for those involved. Between …

It all started when police showed up at the wrong house to serve a warrant to a person that the homeowner didn’t even know. When Richard Stotlar, the homeowner, told the cops he didn’t know who they were talking about, they proceeded to break into the property. Scroll Down inside …