Archive for the 'Police State' Category
Recording the Police
December 23rd, 2010Via: Bruce Schneier: I think we need a law that explicitly makes it legal for people to record government officials when they are interacting with them in their official capacity. And this is doubly true for police officers and other law enforcement officials. Related: Man Faces 75 Years in Prison for Recording the Police Research […]
U.S. Government Storing Information on Americans in Vast Surveillance Database
December 20th, 2010Via: Washington Post: Nine years after the terrorist attacks of 2001, the United States is assembling a vast domestic intelligence apparatus to collect information about Americans, using the FBI, local police, state homeland security offices and military criminal investigators. The system, by far the largest and most technologically sophisticated in the nation’s history, collects, stores […]
Nashville: Sheriff Rolls Out Mobile Booking Unit
December 17th, 2010Via: WSNV: The Davidson County Sheriff’s Office has a new mobile booking unit. It’s a bus bought and outfitted with a $300,000 grant from the state to help police officers get back on the street more quickly after an arrest. … But there’s a missing step that’s causing some concern: the officer never appears before […]
Washington, DC Subway Police to Begin Random Bag Checks
December 17th, 2010Via: Reuters: Officers will start random bag inspections on the sprawling Washington subway system, the Washington Metro Transit Police said on Thursday, a week after a man was arrested for making bomb threats to the rail system. Metrorail police officers plan to randomly select bags before passengers enter subway stations and they will swab them […]
Britain: Police May Ban Protests in Central London
December 15th, 2010Via: Telegraph: Police may ban anti-Government marches through central London to prevent further disorder and strain on officer numbers. The Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Sir Paul Stephenson, said that outlawing the demonstations was an option for the authorities but conceded it could anger protestors further.
Racial Factions in Prisons Unite for Large Protest Against Inhumane Conditions; Actions Coordinated via Contraband Mobile Phones
December 14th, 2010Via: Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Corrections officials said the prisons on lockdown are Hays State Prison in Trion, Macon State Prison in Oglethorpe, Telfair State Prison in Helena and Smith State Prison in Glennville. However, advocates said inmates, at times, have shut down all activity at Augusta, Baldwin, Calhoun, Hancock, Hays, Macon, Rogers, Smith, Telfair, Valdosta and […]
CPS Investigated Father Because He Feeds His Children Organic Food, Drinks Non-Fluoridated Water and Has a Bug Out Bag?
December 13th, 2010I have no reason to doubt that this happened, but there’s no way for me to confirm it, either. The U.S. is an open air nut house. What passes for normal over there is unthinkable to me now and I’ve only been out of there for five years. So, buyer beware, your mileage may vary, […]
No Escape from Sauron’s Ever-Watching Eye
December 11th, 2010Via: Technofascism Blog: When a man can’t put a simple roof over his head, trap and hunt game, grow food, defecate in a hole and raise and educate children without fending off an endless onslaught of permits, fees, licenses and hordes of heavily armed orcs, he is already living in Mordor and there truly is […]
Government Steals $190,040 from Brothers
December 9th, 2010Via: Chicago Tribune: The government is attempting to keep a little more than $190,000 it seized from two brothers after one of them was pulled over in a traffic stop that didn’t even result in a traffic ticket. Jesus Martinez, 27, had $190,040 in his possession when his pickup truck was stopped by an Aurora […]
North Carolina: Police Will Take Fingerprints from People in the Field
December 8th, 2010Here’s a glimpse at the future of the U.S.: Army Reveals Afghan Biometric ID Plan; Millions Scanned, Carded. And here’s what the opening phase looks like. Via: McClatchy: Next month, 13 law enforcement agencies in the region will begin using a new handheld device that lets an officer scan a person’s fingerprints and seek a […]
