Archive for the 'Police State' Category
Louisiana: Two Sheriff’s Deputies Dead, Two Others Wounded In Shootouts; Five People in Custody
August 16th, 20127 Arrested in Probe of Louisiana Shootings that Left 2 Deputies Dead, 2 Wounded Via: AP / Washington Post: A man accused of making threatening comments about law officers in Nebraska was one of seven people arrested in connection with the shootings of four Louisiana sheriff’s deputies, including two who were killed, state police said […]
‘If you pull the power on a drive that is whole-disk encrypted you have lost any chance of recovering that data’
August 14th, 2012Keep in mind, we don’t know what happens when a drive is sent to NSA, as when laptops are stolen from people by the U.S. Government at airports. We only hear about encryption frustrating criminal investigations. I don’t know of a single case involving national security and full disk encryption. If you do, let me […]
NYPD and Microsoft Team Up to Peddle Retroactive Surveillance System
August 9th, 2012Via: Wall Street Journal: Microsoft helped the New York Police Department build a surveillance and intelligence sharing network to fight terrorism and help investigators solve crimes. Now the NYPD will get a hefty cut of the revenue as the partners prepare to jointly market the intelligence system to other police departments around the world. Microsoft […]
Olympics Spectator Arrested for Not Smiling
August 8th, 2012Via: Guardian: A man with Parkinson’s disease who was arrested during the Olympic men’s cycling road race while sitting beside the route has said he wants a “letter of exoneration” from Surrey police, claiming their treatment of him was disproportionate. Mark Worsfold, 54, a former soldier and martial arts instructor, was arrested on 28 July […]
Bailout Funds Recipient Goldman Sachs Invests in New York City Jails Program
August 5th, 2012Via: Reuters: Goldman Sachs will invest nearly $10 million in a New York City jails program, using an innovative financial instrument in which private investments fund public social services, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Thursday. Goldman will create one of the nation’s first “social service bonds” to help fund a New York City program that […]
And Now… Texas and U.S. Facing Growing Threat of Domestic IEDs; Suspend Posse Comitatus?
August 4th, 2012Via: Houston Chronicle: Improvised explosive devices have claimed the lives and limbs of thousands of American soldiers across Iraq and Afghanistan. And now officials say the devilish devices are posing a growing threat across Texas and the United States. The accused shooter in the Aurora, Colo., movie theater massacre, James Holmes, allegedly deployed IEDs in […]
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 […]
