Archive for the 'Police State' Category
Absurd Attempt to Prevent People from Seeing BP Oil on Beaches in Florida
September 19th, 2010Man Arrested for Criticizing Calgary Police on Website
September 19th, 2010John Kelly’s site is: rottenapples.info. Via: Calgary Herald: Posting critical comments about Calgary officers on a personal website goes beyond free speech, the police chief says. John Kelly, 53, is accused of interfering with an active homicide investigation and was charged with four counts of libel and obstruction of justice after he allegedly posed as […]
FBI Forwards Letters to Political Prisoners to Local Law Enforcement Agencies
September 15th, 2010Via: IndyMedia: Recently we began receiving documents in response to a FOIA request we filed with the FBI about Eric McDavid. The documents have uncovered a few alarming pieces of information, but one in particular we felt it necessary to share with the public as soon as possible. For years people have been speculating that […]
North Carolina: Sheriffs Want Lists of Patients Using Painkillers
September 9th, 2010Via: News Observer: Sheriffs in North Carolina want access to state computer records identifying anyone with prescriptions for powerful painkillers and other controlled substances. The state sheriff’s association pushed the idea Tuesday, saying the move would help them make drug arrests and curb a growing problem of prescription drug abuse. But patient advocates say opening […]
Do the Evolution
August 31st, 2010Via: Pearl Jam – Do the Evolution / YouTube: Research Credit: MC
A U.S. Man May Face 16 Years in Prison for Posting a Video of His Arrest on YouTube
August 30th, 2010Via: Al Jazeera: When police arrested Anthony Graber for speeding on his motorbike, the 25-year-old probably did not see himself as an advocate for police accountability in the age of new media. But Graber, a sergeant with the Maryland Air National Guard, is now facing 16 years in prison, not for dangerous driving, but for […]
Full-Body Scan Technology Deployed In Street-Roving Vans
August 26th, 2010Via: Forbes: As the privacy controversy around full-body security scans begins to simmer, it’s worth noting that courthouses and airport security checkpoints aren’t the only places where backscatter x-ray vision is being deployed. The same technology, capable of seeing through clothes and walls, has also been rolling out on U.S. streets.
Pre Crime: Software Could Influence Sentencing Recommendations and Bail Amounts
August 24th, 2010Via: ABC News: New crime prediction software being rolled out in the nation’s capital should reduce not only the murder rate, but the rate of many other crimes as well. Developed by Richard Berk, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, the software is already used in Baltimore and Philadelphia to predict which individuals on […]
Raytheon’s Directed Energy Pain Weapon Mounted from Ceiling in California Prison
August 23rd, 2010Here’s another one for your bulging Land-O-The-Free file folder. Via: The Signal: The reporters standing in front of me in line shouted in agony and crumpled in pain as the laser cannon zapped them. With each agonizing shriek I heard, my time in front of the laser cannon grew closer until finally I stepped onto […]
Proposed Law Would Put Video Cameras In Cars
August 10th, 2010I’m sure the FBI wouldn’t access these cameras, like they access the microphones on the cell phones that people are carrying around. Oh no. Never. Via: CBS: Lawmakers are considering controversial new legislation this week that would allow vehicles to be equipped with dashboard cameras to record the moments leading up to accidents. The proposed […]
