Navy submariner Matthew Hindes thought he’d already won a bitter custody battle with his ex-wife. The couple’s 6-year-old daughter, Kaylee, was removed from the home of her mother Angela by child protective services in 2010 – and Matthew was awarded permanent custody. Now, Angela is fighting to get Kaylee back. Unfortunately for Hindes, he’s currently…
EL PASO, TX–After five months of pressure from the press, the city of El Paso finally released footage of how Daniel Rodrigo Saenz died. After watching the content, it’s obvious why the El Paso Times faced such a struggle to acquire the tape. The local newspaper made an open-records request last February after a grand…
Minnesota honors student and athlete Reid Sagehorn is taking his school district and hometown police chief to court after they worked to expel him and charge him with a felony. The district and chief were reacting to a two-word tweet authored by the promising student: “Actually, yes.” In January, Sagehorn was asked by an anonymous…
PETERSBURG, VA– When 19-year-old Devin Thomas saw his neighbors being arrested outside of his apartment complex, he decided to record it on his cell phone. Police approached him, ordering Thomas to go inside. Another Petersburg officer asks Thomas how old he is. Upon hearing that he’s nineteen, Thomas was charged by the officer and the…
A Pittsburgh police officer has been put on desk duty after a video surfaced showing him grabbing a woman by the head and punching her in the side at the city’s LGBT pride parade and celebration. The officer, Souroth Chatterji , claims he was trying to break up a fight when he grabbed the woman…
ALBUQUERQUE, NM–The family of Christopher Torres has received some long-awaited vindication in the 2011 death of their son. Torres, who suffered from schizophrenia, was shot and killed by police in his own backyard. According to an eye-witness, the officers were wearing civilian clothes and were beating Torres while threatening to shoot him. The neighbor thought…
Behaving almost like a libertarian caricature of a government agency, New Jersey’s Department of Children and Families is ironically working to destroy a family for arcane reasons that it refuses to explain. In April, The Libertarian Republic reported on the case of Ethan Chaplin – a 7th grader who was suspended from school, required to…
WFLA News Channel 8 TAMPA, FL– Matthew Heller was attending a hip hop concert last February when his truck was broken into and his equipment was destroyed. The perpetrators weren’t thieves in the traditional sense. The police had ransacked Heller’s car without a search warrant, but left behind a note explaining their actions. “Sir, your…
MEMPHIS, TN – A Memphis police officer stands accused of trying to rob a Make-A-Wish family at the Memphis International airport. According to the police report, a St. Jude employee brought a bag including a $1,500 prepaid credit card for the Make-A-Wish family on a vacation. Off duty cop Ronald Harris allegedly followed the…
By Jonah Bennett The El Paso City Council is slated to hold a public hearing Tuesday to decide whether to treat e-cigarettes like tobacco products under the local smoking ban. If the Smoke Free Ordinance were modified to include e-cigarettes, the Texas city would join approximately 172 state and local governments that have taken precautionary measures, citing health concerns…