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Times Dispatch March 27, 2014 A University of Virginia student charged last year with assaulting ABC agents attempting to stop her for underage possession beer that turned out to be sparkling water has filed a $40 million lawsuit against the state and seven agents. Instead of beer, a friend of …

March 26, 2014 A man was filming a street march in Norfolk, VA when an unmarked police car pulls into the camera frame. A high-ranking cop becomes furious and threatens the citizen, and another cop breaks the camera when he knocks it out of the citizen’s hand and it falls …

March 26, 2014 In the 19070’s SWAT teams were estimated to be used just a few hundred times per year, now we are looking at over 40,000 military style “knock and announce” police raids a year. The police presence in this country is being turned into a military with a …

March 25, 2014 It should come as no surprise that many police officers aren’t the brightest crayons in the box. After all, a smart enough person would eventually begin to question the enforcement of arbitrary and immoral laws that put innocent people in cages for victimless crimes. However, did you …

Here at the Free Thought Project, we have stories pouring in of police misconduct and abuse. We even added a link in the right column of this page because we were getting so many requests. Many folks are unaware of what to do when they are victimized by police. Here …

According to CBS DFW, Dallas Police have released dash cam video which shows an officer punching and pistol whipping a suspect during a traffic stop late last year. Officer Rene Villanueva has been fired and is also facing criminal charges of Official Oppression and Assault. It all stems from an …

RT.com March 24, 2014 As numerous law enforcement agencies across the United States begin enrolling large armored vehicles into the force, pockets of resistance are forming among some communities concerned with the trend. According to a report by the Wall Street Journal, the federal government has been granting armored vehicles …

There are far too many instances of overzealous police officers gunning down family pets. Just last week we covered the story of Cali, a family pet killed by a cop, who then bragged about it. Although it is quite unlikely that the dog in the video was actually retaliating, it …

Police frequently act as if they are above the law, parking in zones that the common man would be fined over or even face the loss of their vehicle. When children step up and say we aren’t going to stand idly by as you police officers blatantly violate the laws …

38 year old James Boyd had been camping in a spot that the state deemed “illegal.” Trigger happy officers were dispatched to the scene and Boyd was murdered by them. Boyd was being cordial and surrendering and he started walking down the mountain. At this point the aggressive and violent …