Archive for the 'Police State' Category
New UAV for Police Can Taze People from Above
August 22nd, 2011Via: Singularity Hub: The ShadowHawk is the seven-foot, 50-lb copter that is the toy-sized dealer of destruction from Texas-based Vanguard Defense Industries. The copter is the result of three years of development. If being tased from above sounds frightening to you, I suggest you cease all criminal activities now (simply staying indoors is an option). […]
U.S. Air Force Leads Raid on Las Vegas Gun Shop
August 21st, 2011[???] Update: Property Stolen from Nellis Air Force Base Via: KMVT: Officers raided the Citadel Gun & Safe Friday. Local media outlets report investigators were searching for property stolen from Nellis Air Force Base. Police are tight-lipped about what led to the investigation. —End Update— Via: 8newsnow: The U.S. Air Force led a rare raid […]
Idaho Is a Constitution Free Zone: U.S. Government Uses Criminal Defendant’s Communications With Defense Team to Prosecute Him
August 19th, 2011You may find it hard to have any sympathy for a guy like Edgar J. Steele, but if you think that what the government has done to him is ok, you’re worse than the Nazis that Steele has defended and promoted. One of my core struggles on here is against the fascist eugenics that Steele […]
Long Beach Police Department Claims Authority to Detain People for Taking Pictures “With No Apparent Aesthetic Value”
August 17th, 2011The U.S. horror show is plumbing new depths of fascism now. This one will definitely cause you to skip a beat. Even I had to pause and re-read this one in disbelief. Via: Long Beach Post: Police Chief Jim McDonnell has confirmed that detaining photographers for taking pictures “with no apparent esthetic value” is within […]
Britain: Police Could Get New Curfew Powers
August 16th, 2011Via: Guardian: New powers allowing police to clear the streets and create “no-go” areas for the public are being considered, the home secretary, Theresa May, has said. May said it was time to consider whether the police needed a power “to impose a general curfew in a particular area” in the aftermath of last week’s […]
As Economy Tanks, “New Normal” Police State Takes Shape
August 15th, 2011Via: Dissident Voice: Forget your rights. As corporate overlords position themselves to seize what little remains of a tattered social net (adieu Medicare and Medicaid! Social Security? Au revoir!), the Obama administration is moving at break-neck speed to expand police state programs first stood-up by the Bush government. After all, with world share prices gyrating […]
Pre-Crime: BART Admits Halting Cell Service to Stop Protesters
August 13th, 2011Via: San Francisco Chronicle: BART officials acknowledged this afternoon that they shut down cell phone and wireless data service in its downtown San Francisco stations to disrupt a planned protest. Their announcement sparked denunciations from civil libertarians and the apparent threat of a cyber-attack on the BART website. A statement posted on the transit agency’s […]
Britain: Photography in Public Places
August 9th, 2011HA, it’s attack of the reflective vest zombie army. Via: YouTube: Research Credit: JH
More Violence in British Capital After Riots
August 8th, 2011Via: Reuters: Groups of youths attacked shops and damaged a police car in north London on Sunday as police sent in reinforcements to prevent more rioting on the scale that laid waste to another area of the British capital 24 hours earlier. Scattered incidents broke out on Sunday evening in Enfield, a few miles north […]
U.S. Wants to Build Cybersecurity Protection Plan for Cars
August 4th, 2011Better make sure your car’s firewall and antivirus definitions are up to date. *grin* Via: Network World: As cars and other forms of transportation increasingly rely on online systems for everything from safety to onboard entertainment, the cybersecurity threat from those who would exploit such electronic control packages has also increased. That’s why the US […]
