Archive for the 'Police State' Category
Secret Police Unit to Spy on British ‘Domestic Extremists’
February 9th, 2009This is a British Stasi force. Via: Mail on Sunday: A secret police intelligence unit has been set up to spy on Left-wing and Right-wing political groups. The Confidential Intelligence Unit (CIU) has the power to operate across the UK and will mount surveillance and run informers on ‘domestic extremists’. Its job is to build […]
Police Agencies in Texas Stealing Property from People Who Haven’t Even Been Charged with Criminal Activity
February 9th, 2009Via: Express News: A two-decade-old state law that grants authorities the power to seize property used in crimes is wielded by some agencies against people who never are charged with — much less convicted of — criminal activity. Law enforcement authorities in this East Texas town of 1,000 people seized property from at least 140 […]
Best Reason Yet for Driving a Bulky SUV: You Might Stand a Better Chance of Surviving if the Cops Open Fire on You for No Reason
February 8th, 2009Via: Californian: Police opened fire on an unarmed couple during a routine traffic stop late Tuesday night because one officer “thought he was shot,” a high-ranking Salinas Police Department official said Thursday. “He saw what he perceived as a threat and thought he was shot, and based on that both officers discharged their firearms,” said […]
Ron Paul Introduces Bill to End Interstate Raw Milk Ban
February 7th, 2009Via: Farm to Consumer Legal Defense Fund: On January 28 Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX) introduced HR 778, a bill “to authorize the interstate traffic of unpasteurized milk and milk products that are packaged for direct human consumption.” Under the bill, the federal government “may not take any action…that would prohibit, interfere with, regulate, or otherwise […]
New Orleans: Residents on Notice of Upcoming Police Training
February 5th, 2009Via: KATC: The New Orleans Police Department is warning residents not to panic if they see helicopters flying around the city after dark. The department will be hosting military training in and around the city between Jan. 27 and Feb. 8. The training includes the use of military helicopters flying after dark throughout the city. […]
BART Police Execute Unarmed Man in Public; Shot in Back
January 6th, 2009Via: Mercury News: A BART police officer struggling to handcuff a 22-year-old man, stood up over the facedown Hayward resident and fired a single shot into his back while a handful of officers watched, a video taken by a train passenger apparently shows. The attorney for the family of Oscar Grant III, fatally shot by […]
NFL Encourages Fans to Send Text Messages to Security Staff to Report Troublemakers
December 30th, 2008Via: USA Today: Count Washington Redskins season-ticket holder Rick Cable as a big supporter of the NFL’s new Fan Code of Conduct. During the Redskins’ 23-6 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers on Nov. 3 at FedEx Field just outside Washington, Cable says, an obnoxious Steelers fan kept waving a “Terrible Towel” in the 47-year-old Cable’s […]
Oregon Moving Ahead on Maniac Fascist, GPS Enabled Mileage Tax
December 29th, 2008Via: Democrat Herald: A year ago, the Oregon Department of Transportation announced it had demonstrated that a new way to pay for roads — via a mileage tax and satellite technology — could work. Now Gov. Ted Kulongoski says he’d like the legislature to take the next step. As part of a transportation-related bill he […]
U.S. Police Could Get ‘Pain Beam’ Weapons
December 26th, 2008Via: New Scientist: The research arm of the US Department of Justice is working on two portable non-lethal weapons that inflict pain from a distance using beams of laser light or microwaves, with the intention of putting them into the hands of police to subdue suspects. The two devices under development by the civilian National […]
Bailiffs Get Power to Use Force on Debtors
December 24th, 2008Via: Times Online: The government has been accused of trampling on individual liberties by proposing wide-ranging new powers for bailiffs to break into homes and to use “reasonable force” against householders who try to protect their valuables. Under the regulations, bailiffs for private firms would for the first time be given permission to restrain or […]
