Archive for the 'Police State' Category
Land of the Free: the Best Investigative Reporting on U.S. Prisons
July 1st, 2012Via: ProPublica: The U.S. has the highest reported incarceration rate in the world. We’ve rounded up some of the best investigative journalism on U.S. prisons and the problems that plague them. These stories cover juvenile justice, private prisons, immigration detention and other aspects of America’s vast incarceration system. Research Credit: noncompliant
SWAT Team Throws Flashbangs, Raids Wrong Home Due to Open WiFi Network
June 29th, 2012Via: Ars Technica: The long-standing, heavily documented militarization of even small-town American police forces was always going to create problems when it met anonymous Internet threats. And so it has, again—this time in Evansville, Indiana, where officers acted on some Topix postings threatening violence against local police. They then sent an entire SWAT unit to […]
Mexico City Airport Shooting Suspects Are Police
June 26th, 2012Via: MSNBC: Three policemen died in a shootout with two other officers suspected of drug trafficking at Mexico City’s airport on Monday, as panicked travelers scrambled for cover in the busy facility. The shootout occurred when three federal officers approached the two suspects in the airport’s Terminal 2, which handles international and domestic flights. Two […]
G4S Chief Predicts Mass Police Privatisation
June 21st, 2012Via: Guardian: Private companies will be running large parts of the UK’s police service within five years, according to the world’s biggest security firm. David Taylor-Smith, the head of G4S for the UK and Africa, said he expected police forces across the country to sign up to similar deals to those on the table in […]
Man on Life Support After Minneapolis Cop Punches Him for ‘Talking Loud’
June 18th, 2012Via: Raw Story: Sgt. David Clifford, a member of the Minneapolis SWAT team, turned himself in to authorities on Sunday after a father of four who he reportedly “sucker punched” for talking too loud spent Father’s Day in intensive care. Mike Archambault told KMSP-TV that his longtime friend, Brian Vander Lee, was at a restaurant […]
Britain: Government Wants Records of All Internet Activity Kept for One Year
June 14th, 2012Via: BBC: Details of internet use in the UK will have to be stored for a year to allow police and intelligence services to access it, under government plans. Records will include people’s activity on social network sites, webmail, internet phone calls and online gaming. Home Secretary Theresa May said the change was needed to […]
FBI Quietly Forms Secretive Net-Surveillance Unit
May 24th, 2012My guess is that this headline should read, “Sheepdipped NSA Sources and Methods Now Used for Domestic Law Enforcement.” Via: Cnet: CNET has learned that the FBI has formed a Domestic Communications Assistance Center, which is tasked with developing new electronic surveillance technologies, including intercepting Internet, wireless, and VoIP communications. Research Credit: almaverdad2
Arming Police Drones with Rubber Bullets and Tear Gas
May 23rd, 2012Via: CBS: With the use of domestic drones increasing, concern has not just come up over privacy issues, but also over the potential use of lethal force by the unmanned aircraft. Drones have been used overseas to target and kill high-level terror leaders and are also being used along the U.S.-Mexico border in the battle […]
Wisconsin Cops Tell Woman to Bring Cash to Bail Son Out of Jail, Then Steal Her Money
May 21st, 2012Via: Huffington Post: When the Brown County, Wis., Drug Task Force arrested her son Joel last February, Beverly Greer started piecing together his bail. She used part of her disability payment and her tax return. Joel Greer’s wife also chipped in, as did his brother and two sisters. On Feb. 29, a judge set Greer’s […]
Precrime Raid Uncovers Enemy Combatant Homebrewed Beer Plot
May 19th, 2012Via: CBS: Annusek was released Friday morning along with four others reportedly suspected of preparing molotov cocktails. At least one other detainee was released several hours later Friday. Kris Hermes, of the National Lawyers Guild said: “There is absolutely no evidence of molotov cocktails or any other criminal activity going on at this building.” A […]
