Badge Abuse

“We are on a pattern of abuse in the city of Waukegan, and it has now led to our children.” says Kevin O’Connor attorney for the teenager whose nose was broken by police officers while be detained and interrogated for a crime he had nothing to do with. “He choked …

Knowing Your Rights Amendment IV – The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to …

Becky Behm was arrested for drunk driving and released the next day but her night spent in jail would prove to be horrific. Behn was beaten by 3 officers, punched in the face, swung head-first into a concrete wall, sprayed with pepper spray and left with no medical attention in a …

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 …