Archive for the 'Police State' Category
Phoenix Police Raid Home of Blogger Critical of Department
April 3rd, 2009Via: Carlos Miller: In what should send a frightening chill down the spine of every blogger, writer, journalist and First Amendment advocate in the United States, Phoenix police raided the home of a blogger who has been highly critical of the department. Jeff Pataky, who runs Bad Phoenix Cops, said the officers confiscated three computers, […]
TSA Detains, Harasses Man for Carrying $4700 in Cash, Ron Paul Bumper Stickers
April 3rd, 2009Three Oakland Police Officers Killed, One Critically Wounded After Traffic Stop
March 22nd, 2009Via: San Jose Mercury News: In the most horrific day in Oakland Police Department history, a parolee shot to death three police sergeants within two hours of one another Saturday afternoon. When officers tracked down the suspect, a fourth officer was shot and was in critical condition Saturday night. The three veteran officers killed were […]
Secret State Police Report: Ron Paul, Bob Barr, Chuck Baldwin, Libertarians are Terrorists
March 13th, 2009Via: Prison Planet: Alex Jones has received a secret report distributed by the Missouri Information Analysis Center (MIAC) entitled “The Modern Militia Movement” and dated February 20, 2009. A footer on the document indicates it is “unclassified” but “law enforcement sensitive,” in other words not for public consumption. A copy of the report was sent […]
UK: Police Building Photo and Video Database of Protesters, Journalists
March 8th, 2009Via: Guardian: Police are targeting thousands of political campaigners in surveillance operations and storing their details on a database for at least seven years, an investigation by the Guardian can reveal. Photographs, names and video footage of people attending protests are routinely obtained by surveillance units and stored on an “intelligence system”. The Metropolitan police, […]
A Canadian Traveler Who Asked U.S. Border Officer to Say “Please” Gets Peppersprayed
March 4th, 2009Welcome to The Land of the Free. Via: National Post: A Canadian who demanded courtesy from a U.S. border security guard says he was pepper sprayed and held in custody for three hours for asking the disrespectful officer to “say please” when ordering him to turn his car off during a search. “I refused to […]
Man Charged with Sending Terrorist Material by Email
February 25th, 2009Terrorist documents. Via: Daily Mail: A man has been charged with sending terrorist material by email. Mohammed Gul, 20, is accused of two counts of transmitting a terrorist publication in January this year. He is also charged with owning a document containing information likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act […]
Remote-Controlled Planes Could Spy on British Homes
February 24th, 2009Via: Telegraph: Police could soon use unmanned spyplanes like those used to track enemy troops in Iraq and Afghanistan for surveillance operations on British homes. The Home Office has suggested that the remote-controlled drones could be used to help police gather evidence and track criminals without putting officers at risk. The miniature aircraft could be […]
Take Your Pick at the Airport: Full Body Scan or Patdown
February 18th, 2009Via: USA Today: For the first time, some airline passengers will skip metal detectors and instead be screened by body scanning machines that look through clothing for hidden weapons, the Transportation Security Administration said Tuesday. An experimental program that begins today at Tulsa International Airport will test whether the $170,000 body scanners could replace $10,000 […]
California May Be Forced to Release Up to a Third of All Prisoners
February 10th, 2009How will the private prison companies manage? Via: Reuters: Federal judges on Monday tentatively ordered California to release tens of thousands of inmates, up to a third of all prisoners, in the next three years to stop dangerous overcrowding. As many as 57,000 could be let go if the current population were cut by the […]
