John Stossel: New Tactics of the Police State

by Austin Petersen

Are you willing to accept a world where everything you do is permanent public record?

Did you know that the government can turn your cell phone on remotely and use it to listen to your conversations? John Stossel invited Julian Sanchez from the Cato Institute to discuss the capabilities of the police to conduct remote surveillance of the American people. Police don’t need a warrant to read your license plate or track your location necessarily. Just like they don’t need one to search you at the airport or to watch you from a camera.

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Sanchez discusses how the police used surveillance to monitor Martin Luther King Jr. and how they can suppress dissent and silence free speech. He talks about how dissidents that are seen as a threat can be reined -n with new technologies such as drones.

Austin Petersen is a homegrown Missourian with a lifelong passion for liberty. He grew up on a horse farm in Peculiar, Missouri and went on to attend Missouri State University, graduating with a degree in the Fine Arts. After developing a career in media in both New York City and Washington, D.C., he returned to Kansas City, MO, the city he now calls home. In 2016, Petersen appeared on the national stage as a candidate for president of the United States. He took second place in the crowded Libertarian primary behind Governor Gary Johnson and ahead of cyber security maverick John McAfee. During his campaign, Petersen earned many high-profile conservative endorsements, including Mary Matalin, Erick Erickson and Leon Wolf of RedState.com. Petersen also brings decades of professional experience in a wide variety of fields, from content production and media to business and political activism. He is the owner and chief executive of Stonegait LLC, a consulting firm specializing in photo and video services. He was also the director of production at FreedomWorks and an associate producer for Judge Andrew Napolitano’s show “Freedom Watch” on the Fox Business Network. Additionally, Petersen has a national following as a commentator and professional pundit. He is the founder of The Libertarian Republic, a powerful online news source for the public that receives an average of 1 million unique visits monthly and whose podcast, The Freedom Report, receives an average of one million monthly downloads. He is also a frequent contributor on television, appearing on Fox News, Fox Business, CNN, MSNBC and on dozens of local radio shows.