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Police in Miami say they had no choice but to forcefully restrain a 14-year-old boy who was playing on the beach with his friends because he was giving them “dehumanizing stares.” The police clearly instigated, escalated, and overreacted to the situation.

Via Alternet.org LITTLE ROCK (CN) – A city cop in Arkansas chased a woman through her workplace, shooting a Taser at her, because she refused to show him her breasts, the woman claims in court. Ashlea Bennett sued the City of Haskell, Ark. and its police Officer Brandon Carter, in …

A swat team and police tank were deployed to a residence in Fairfax Co. Virginia which lead to an unarmed man being gunned down in his home. The reason for this brutal show of force by the state was that they received a 911 call from a woman stating that, …

Police brutality seems like it is becoming an epidemic. Here at the Free Thought Project, we try and expose as much of it as we can. Scavenging through local news stories we have no problem finding a plethora of these atrocities. So what is the solution? Well short of eliminating …

According to the Daily Mail, a police officer killed while responding to a domestic disturbance in a small eastern Pennsylvania borough had pointed a stun gun at two dogs before being shot, court records reveal. Freemansburg police officer Robert Lasso had pointed at the attacking dogs when the homeowner pulled …

Do you suffer from Empirus Americanitus? The symptoms consist of a puffed out chest, lowered IQ, desire for violence, and a tendency to engage in and maintain illogical processes of thought. If you have three or more of these symptoms you should seek out a library straightaway. Immediately cease all …

From KPIX: SANTA ROSA (CBS SF) — Hundreds of people are expected to march through downtown Santa Rosa Tuesday afternoon to protest the fatal shooting of a 13-year-old Andy Lopez by Sonoma County sheriff’s Deputy Erick Gelhaus last week. Santa Rosa police are advising motorists to expect traffic congestion on Mendocino Avenue …

Gilberto Powell, 22, was says that he was being followed by officers in a police cruiser when he was stopped near Southwest 111th Place and Southwest 138th Street around 9:30 p.m. According to the police report, officers noticed a “bulge” in Powell’s waist and when they tried to pat him down, …

BRAZIL, IN — Children were subjected to a “simulated raid” of a party so they could witness police searching citizens with dogs and look for reasons to arrest them in a “drug awareness” event.  The idea went from bad to worse when one of the children was attacked by the …

RT.com   A partnership between police departments and social media sites discussed at a convention in Philadelphia this week could allow law enforcement to keep anything deemed criminal off the Internet—and even stop people from organizing protests. A high-ranking official from the Chicago Police Department told attendees at a law …