They’re doing it for their safety! A Los Angeles school district has hired a firm to scour student’s social media accounts to look for possible threats of violence, bullying, drug use, suicidal statements or truant behavior. Glendale is paying $40,500 for a private firm to monitor and report on 14,000 students’ posts on social media. In…
Officer Doug Martin was fired after tasing a senior citizen with Alzheimers in his nursing home. Police were called after a nurse reported a patient had hit his roommate, a nurse and an assistant. Officers entered the ward to find James Howard sitting in his chair totally naked except for socks. The man refused the…
No Justice? No peace. Officer Eric Faust received an eight-day suspension after his police Chief Jim Pugel discovered he used excessive force and escalated a confrontation on Oct. 6, 2012. The Seattle Police Department is responding to issues raised by the Department of Justice in 2011 that there has been a pattern of constitutional violations regarding the use of force. On…
“Always be wary of a cop who has a nickel-plated revolver. It means they spent $500 on their own gun, and they’re eager to use it.” Reposted with permission from Truthout.org It was night. I was winding down, watching “Star Trek” in the living room when Irene yelled in panic from the back of our…
Big Government desperate for cash… CBS News in Pittsburgh is reporting that citizens are being ticketed for parking in their own driveways. Officers are selectively enforcing the law, finding homeowners who don’t comply with the “30 foot” rule and writing them fines of up to $2,400. CBS Reports: “We’re no longer allowed to use our…
“They are not public servants. They are thugs.” SAN DIEGO – Christian Thompson was arrested on his birthday by police officers who confronted him over his therapy dog. The police claimed that the dog was growling at passers-by at a train station. Thompson says his dogs movement was not aggressive and surveillance video from the train…
TRUTH IS TREASON IN THE EMPIRE OF LIES… Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer revealed the extent of harassment that the NSA has engaged in to bully tech companies into revealing American citizen’s private information. Mayer is pushing for the right to publish how many requests they get for personal information from the spy agency. For now,…
Oi vey! The Jerusalem Post is reporting on a story from the Guardian that reveal a top secret document provided by whistleblower Edward Snowden shows that the NSA shares “raw intelligence data” with Israel. That means that it does not remove private information about US citizens before handing it over. From the JP: The document…
Guilty until proven innocent! Via the Institute for Justice: Under the legal doctrine of civil forfeiture, police can seize property tangentially linked to a crime, even if the property owner herself is innocent. As Isaiah Thompson reports in the Philadelphia City Paper, this is precisely what happened to Sandra Leino and her family: “Long before…
Red, White, Black & Blue! Harris County, Texas – Deputy Jimmy Drummond is in big trouble after he was caught on tape brutalizing an entire family during a routine traffic stop. Harris County investigators revealed a videotape of officer Drummond brutally beating a son, father and mother on camera. The officer will be charged with…