Bad Boys! Bad Boys! ABC News set up a sting operation in Raleigh, North Carolina to confront police officers who may be breaking the speed limit. Drivers in the area regularly lose their licenses for driving over 15 mph. They wanted to see if officers actually obey the laws they are tasked with enforcing. Follow…
ST. LOUIS, MO – A recent decision by a judge to throw out evidence in a drug case reveals that sometimes police really might be planting drugs on suspects. A police dashcam video shows Jeremy Eden being arrested and an object falling as Officer Ronald Vaughn searches Eden. He was later charged with possession of…
Justice is blind, for once Adam “Pacman” Jones of the Cincinnati Bengals will go free after he was found not guilty of assault after he punched a woman in a nightclub. He narrowly missed being sentenced with six months in prison if he had been convicted. Surveillance video revealed that the woman, Shannon Wesley, was…
Yo-ho-ho Buzzfeed teamed up with CNN for a short video that is a glimpse into the lives of the infamous Somali pirates. The pirates have become known for harassing and raiding ships that they catch sailing around the Horn of Africa. In 2012, there were 297 acts of piracy that occurred worldwide and Somali pirates…
Every Crisis Is An Opportunity For Plunder The Financial Times is reporting that a major U.S. bank has begun stuffing its automatic teller machines with extra cash. The source reports that the banks fear a possible bank run from panicked depositors due to the national brinkmanship being played out by the government’s debt ceiling. But…
When Senator John McCain (R-AZ) isn’t dining with the President, or opposing Senator Ted Cruz‘s (R-TX) push to stop Obamacare, he’s chastising his own party over the government shutdown. The failed 2008 presidential candidate has seen his approval ratings sink lower and lower ever since his unwise bid for the White House. In a speech on…
And the blind shall see… Ian Tibbetts had a partial restoration of his sight when he underwent a radical surgery that involved removing a tooth… and implanting it in his eye. Tibbetts had suffered an eye injury 16 years ago when a piece of scrap metal struck him in the right eye – ripping his cornea….
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Reps John Lewis (D-GA) and Charles Rangel (D-NY) were arrested at 4:15 p.m. today in front of the U.S. Capitol building during the Camino Americano Rally for Immigrant Dignity and Respect. The rally occurred today and featured speakers like Julian Bond, Lila Downs and Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA). Reps Lewis and Rangel were arrested…
“Good! Now fix a pothole.” The United States government is suspending funding to Egypt in the coming days. The U.S. spends $1.3 billion every year, which is mostly military spending and goes back to American contractors. The instability of the Egyptian government after their recent coup has forced American policymakers to finally recant sending foreign…
Drunken Authority We like to complain in the United States about our taser happy, itchy trigger-fingered police officers, but U.S. officers can’t hold a candle to the rampant corruption of the authorities in countries like Venezuela or Paraguay. At The Libertarian Republic we report on those who abuse their authority, and quite often those imbued with…