By Greg Campbell The tiny 12-square-block town of Mountain View, Colo., is relying so heavily on the revenue generated from nit-picky traffic tickets that an independent consultant recommended disbanding the police force over questions about its ethics. Mountain View wrote more tickets for drivers with an “obstructed view” from windshield cracks and air fresheners hanging…
WICHITA COUNTY, TX– Another casualty in the senseless drug war has been reported in Texas. Nicole Guerrero was arrested on a drug possession charge back in 2012, and alleges in a federal lawsuit that she was forced to give birth in solitary confinement while her cries for help were repeatedly ignored. Guerrero was about 8½…
KEY WEST, FL–Charles Eimers, 61, retired to Florida last year to gain some peace and relaxation after 20 years as an autoworker. But shortly after moving from Michigan, Eimers died following a run in with police, and his family is adamant that there is a coverup. “He was murdered by those officers,” his son Treavor…
BRONX, NY–Javier Payne, 14, was with a friend last week when they asked a 49-year-old man for cigarettes. The two grew irritated when they were denied with one punching the man in the head, while the other hit him with a backpack. They ran off, but the older man flagged down a patrol car and…
Kudos to the good people at FreeThoughProject for finding this hilarious story from the UK which shows a man wearing a pig mask and police costume being arrested for impersonating a police officer. Steven Peers was arrested in Manchester when trying to bring attention to police corruption. His costume was intended to be a joke,…
“As with a fireworks show, you want to save your best for last,” says Glenn Greenwald. The journalist who first published documents leaked by Edward Snowden, says that his best is a list of American citizens surveilled by the NSA. Greenwald says that he will soon publish the list on the website The Intercept. “One…
“It was 67 weeks ago this weekend that Emily died. In that 67 weeks I have learned so much that makes me sick to stomach,” Alicia Stillman says of her daughter Emily. In 2013, Emily – a 19-year-old college sophomore – called her mother to complain of a headache. Less than 36 hours later, Emily…
BRIGHTON, CO–Colin Andersen, 19, was kicking back with friends in a parking lot near a playground when his group was approached by the police. Andersen’s friend was given a ticket for skateboarding, and the group was asked to leave the area. Andersen became agitated at that point. “[T]hey were asking all of us to leave…
A Pennsylvania man is in trouble for flying his American flag upside down and spray painting it. Joshua Brubaker was charged with desecration and insults to Old Glory. Allegheny Township police Assistant Chief L.J. Berg said, “I was offended by it when I first saw it. I had an individual stop here at the station,…
By Michael Bastasch White House press secretary Jay Carney told reporters Tuesday that President Obama will create the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument in south central New Mexico — an area encompassing nearly 500,000 acres. Republicans are condemning this as the biggest “land grab” of his time in office. “The President’s decision to section off…