Hundreds have gathered in St. Louis for the annual Peace Festival, which this year took on a special theme following the slaying of 18-year-old Michael Brown by the police. The boy’s father used the opportunity to ask for peace at his funeral on Monday. RT.com The aftermath of the black …
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Woman and 4 Small Children Pulled Over and Held at Gunpoint, Whoops Wrong Car
Kametra Barbour and four children under the age of 10, were pulled over at gunpoint by cops unable to distinguish red from brown. On Friday August 8, 2014, police received a 9-1-1 call alerting them that someone was waiving a gun from the window of a “beige- or tan-colored Toyota …
Read More »New Low? Ferguson Cops Raid Church
Police raid church that acted as medical station for protesters, make 47 new arrests overnight Nadia Prupis, staff writer | CommonDreams.org Protests in Ferguson, Missouri continued throughout Tuesday night, marking the 11th continuous day of demonstrations for justice for Michael Brown, the unarmed black teenager who was shot to death by …
Read More »Retired Air Traffic Controller Assaulted and Arrested For Opening Door During Traffic Stop
“Why are you giving me these rights?”, Heimbuck immediately answers: “Because you are in the back of a police car in handcuffs.” Last December in Oregon, 54 year old retired air traffic controller and whistleblower Jeff Lewis was pulled over by Clackamas County police for no reason, assaulted and then taken …
Read More »Ferguson: Dozens Arrested, Reporters Detained, Constitutional Rights Restricted
Confrontation resumed on Monday night in Ferguson, Missouri, as police used tear gas to disperse protesters. Live ammo was shot in the altercation, with two people injured. Thirty-one people, including a journalist were arrested. RT.com Protests over the killing of teenager Michael Brown on August 9 by a police officer …
Read More »Michael Brown’s Autopsy Report Corroborates Eye Witness Testimony
An independent autopsy of police brutality victim Mike Brown seemed to confirm eyewitness testimony that he was executed while attempting to surrender to officer Darren Wilson. The family hired Dr. Michael M. Baden, a well respected forensic pathologist, to do a second examination of their son, because they did not …
Read More »Making Murder “Reasonable”: How the Ferguson PD Will Whitewash the Killing of Michael E. Brown
Any use of deadly force is “reasonable” if the subjective perceptions of the officer lead him to believe he is threatened, and courts have traditionally been disinclined to “second-guess” those actions. By William Norman Grigg Pro Libertate Blog Edward Garner was unarmed when he was shot in the back of the head …
Read More »Russell Brand slams Bill O’Reilly over Ferguson protests (VIDEO)
British comedian Russell Brand took to his online series The Trews to criticize Bill O’Reilly of Fox News for insisting that protesters angry over the death of unarmed teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson are not letting justice take its course. RT.com On the latest episode of The Trews, Brand performed …
Read More »Breaking: PHOTOS RELEASED of Suspect Michael Brown ROBBING STORE Before Shooting
Surveillance camera footage from a nearby convenience store allegedly shows Michael Brown, the unarmed teen that was shot and killed by Officer Darren Wilson, in Ferguson, Missouri, robbing that store. It appears that Brown was unarmed during the robbery but still allegedly assaulted the clerk on the way out of …
Read More »20 Year Old Executed by Police, Allegedly for Wearing Headphones, Unable to Hear Orders
Dillon Taylor, 20 years old, was executed by the Salt Lake City Police around 7pm, Monday night for failing to comply with officers orders. The young man was reportedly wearing headphones and likely couldn’t hear the officers. Officer-involved shooting at 2102 S. State, approx. 7:12PM, male subject deceased. South Salt …
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