Category : Abuse of Authority
Four Policing Reforms We Need Right Now
People are angry, frustrated and tired. The injustices we’ve witnessed over the last several days are likely the culmination of years, even decades of abuses...
Terminally Ill Missouri Man Convicted of Marijuana Possession Dies Alone in Prison
Steven Sutherland was in the midst of a slow and painful death on the day authorities raided his rural Missouri home in 2015. Sutherland died...
Missouri Special Ed Panelist Wonders If Kids Can Consent To Sex
Age of consent is an awkward hill many Libertarians choose as their hill to die on. And most who choose that hill, do indeed die...
Seattle Cop Pending Termination After Video Urging Cops Not To Violate Rights
A police officer from the Port of Seattle has been placed on administrative leave and pending termination over a viral YouTube video. He was asked...
Shutdown Snitches: Over 7,000 Tips Against Businesses Made Public In WA State
Some people are learning a hard lesson about what is considered public information. Tipsters in St. Louis County, Missouri were recently shocked when reports they...
2020: The Year the Libertarian Party Achieves Major Party Status
As the Libertarian Party gathers for its presidential nominating convention in Austin at the end of May, or July, or maybe in another city at...
WA Barber Defies Order: “Grow a Set of Gonads”
It was a rainy and mildly gusty Saturday afternoon in the small town of Snohomish, WA. That didn’t deter people from lining up outside of...
Inequality in Scotland: A Proposal to Make Speech a Crime
by Jack Stocker
In a recent proposal to the Scottish Parliament, the Scottish National Party (SNP) has outlined new policies to enact “true equality” by regulating negative or...
North Carolina’s Gaston County Defies Governor’s Shutdown Order
Tracy Philbeck, the county commissioner of Gaston County, North Carolina, announced that he signed an order to reopen the county by 5 PM Wednesday in...
Texas Salon Defies Closure Order With Haircuts, Guns, and PPE
by Gary Doan
Recently, the Dallas County Commissioners voted to extend their “Safer At Home” order until May 15. Dallas, which is the most densely populated and second...