Archive for the 'Police State' Category
Anaheim’s Paramilitary Police
August 2nd, 2012Most of the corporate media coverage of the situation in Anaheim shows pretty normal looking riot police, but individuals have posted many images of personnel (I assume Anaheim PD) in military dress. Photo by Killuminatii: And what branch of the military is this guy from? More: NYT Photos Don’t Do Justice to Police Presence at […]
Magic Kingdom: Anaheim Riot Police Block Protesters from Disneyland
July 31st, 2012Via: Los Angeles Times: Nine people were arrested Sunday during protests over recent fatal officer-involved shootings in Anaheim. The protest took a dramatic turn when the crowd began marching en masse on Harbor Boulevard, saying they were headed to Disneyland. But police in riot gear corralled them, and many returned to police headquarters. The demonstration […]
CopBlock Founder Faces Three Felony Counts of Wiretapping
July 31st, 2012People are tracked, traced, groped, x-rayed, etc. but recording the filth results in this. Via: CopBlock Press Release: According to court documents, Adam “Ademo” Mueller, journalist and co-host of nationally syndicated radio talk show Free Talk Live, has been indicted on three counts of felony wiretapping. The charges are a result of a vlog Mueller […]
CIA Says No Problem with Its NYPD Partnership
July 27th, 2012Via: AP: The CIA said Friday its internal watchdog found nothing wrong with the spy agency’s close partnership with the New York Police Department. The agency’s inspector general concluded that no laws were broken and there was “no evidence that any part of the agency’s support to the NYPD constituted ‘domestic spying’,” CIA spokesman Preston […]
Skype Makes Chats and User Data More Available to Police
July 26th, 2012Via: Washington Post: Skype, the online phone service long favored by political dissidents, criminals and others eager to communicate beyond the reach of governments, has expanded its cooperation with law enforcement authorities to make online chats and other user information available to police, said industry and government officials familiar with the changes. Surveillance of the […]
Marine Corps Creates Law-Enforcement Battalions
July 23rd, 2012If you think that this is exclusively for deployment abroad, I’ve got a bridge to sell ya. Via: AP: The Marine Corps has created its first law-enforcement battalions — consolidated units of military police officers trained to investigate a variety of crimes. Combat in Iraq and Afghanistan has underscored the relevance of such a force, […]
Cops Seize Cell Phone, Impersonate Owner
July 21st, 2012Via: Ars Technica: Court says sending texts using a seized iPhone doesn’t violate privacy rights. In November 2009, police officers in the state of Washington seized an iPhone belonging to suspected drug dealer Daniel Lee. While the phone was in police custody, a man named Shawn Hinton sent a text message to the device, reading, […]
Georgia: Columbia County Code Enforcement Officer Enters Woman’s Bedroom Because Her Lawn Needed Mowing
July 11th, 2012Via: AJC: What would you do if you found a burly county agent in your bedroom, demanding that you cut your grass? Erica Masters of Martinez in Columbia County, near Augusta, captured such an encounter recently on her home surveillance camera when code compliance officer Jimmy Vowell entered her bedroom to demand she come out […]
NYPD Brands Couple as Professional Agitators for Posting Videos of Outrageous ‘Stop and Frisks’
July 9th, 2012Via: New York Post: A pair of Occupy Wall Street lovebirds has been branded “professional agitators” by the NYPD, who have plastered their mugs on flyers the couple says look like wanted posters. Christina Gonzalez, 25, and Matthew Swaye, 34, of Harlem say they’ve been singled out for simply posting dozens of videos on YouTube […]
ACLU-NJ Launches Smartphone App That Lets Users Secretly Record Police Stops
July 4th, 2012Via: CBS: New Jersey’s branch of the American Civil Liberties Union has taken its mission of policing the police to smartphones. The ACLU has released an app called “Police Tape” that lets users secretly record police stops. The ACLU’s Alexander Shalom said the app is easy to use. “There’s really only three buttons that the […]
