Archive for the 'Police State' Category
California: U.S. Marines to Staff Vehicle Checkpoint Along with Law Enforcement Agencies
December 18th, 2008Via: DUI Blog: The Morongo office of the California Highway Patrol (CHP) in conjunction with the San Bernardino Sheriff’s Department and the USMC military police will conduct a joint sobriety/driver license checkpoint on Friday, December 12, 2008, somewhere in the unincorporated/incorporated area of San Bernardino County. Research Credit: DT
British Government Must Delete the Genetic Profiles of Innocent People from DNA Database
December 6th, 2008Via: Guardian: The fingerprints and DNA samples of more than 857,000 innocent citizens who have been arrested or charged but never convicted of a criminal offence now face deletion from the national DNA database after a landmark ruling by the European court of human rights in Strasbourg. In one of their most strongly worded judgments […]
SWAT Team Conducts Food Raid in Rural Ohio
December 6th, 2008Via: Crossroad: On Monday, December 1, a SWAT team with semi-automatic rifles entered the private home of the Stowers family in LaGrange, Ohio, herded the family onto the couches in the living room, and kept guns trained on parents, children, infants and toddlers, from approximately 11 AM to 8 PM. The team was aggressive and […]
An Open Letter to President-Elect Barack Obama
November 28th, 2008Via: WAPF: AN OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT-ELECT BARACK OBAMA From Sally Fallon Morell, President, the Weston A. Price Foundation November 16, 2008 Dear Mr. Obama, Congratulations on your recent victory in the American presidential elections. As the president-elect, you have many issues to consider as you prepare to take office. One issue I would urge […]
UK: People who fail to tell the authorities of a change of address or amend other key personal details within three months will face fines of up to £1,000 per offense
November 25th, 2008Madness. Or comedy gold? The crazed fascist nature of this is over the top, but the sections that pertain to transgendered and homeless people are priceless. Via: Guardian: People who fail to tell the authorities of a change of address or amend other key personal details within three months will face civil penalty fines of […]
Criminal U.S. Air Marshals
November 16th, 2008Via: USA Today: Shawn Nguyen bragged that he could sneak anything past airport security using his top-secret clearance as a federal air marshal. And for months, he smuggled cocaine and drug money onto flights across the country, boasting to an FBI informant that he was “the man with the golden badge.” Michael McGowan used his […]
Transit Cops to Randomly Search Passengers’ Bags in D.C. Region
October 28th, 2008Via: USA Today: Washington’s public-transportation authority plans to search passengers’ bags before they enter buses or subways in the capital region. The new program, which involves random searches, begins in time for the election and inauguration. “Inspections could take place at any Metrorail station or Metrobus stop,” Metro Transit Police Chief Michael Taborn says in […]
UK: Defendants Can’t Deny Police an Encryption Key Because of Fears the Data it Unlocks Will Incriminate Them
October 16th, 2008Via: Linux World: Defendants can’t deny police an encryption key because of fears the data it unlocks will incriminate them, a British appeals court has ruled. The case marked an interesting challenge to the UK’s Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA), which in part compels someone served under the act to divulge an encryption key […]
One in Three Recent Atlanta Police Academy Graduates Have Criminal Records
October 14th, 2008Career advancement. Via: Atlanta Journal Constitution: Keovongsa Siharath was arrested in Henry County on charges he punched his stepfather. Jeffrey Churchill was charged with assault in an altercation with a woman in a mall parking lot. Calvin Thomas was taken into custody in DeKalb County on a concealed weapons charge. All three are now officers […]
Florida: Elderly Man Jailed, Can’t Afford to Maintain His Lawn
October 12th, 2008UPDATE: Man Jailed for Brown Lawn Gets Help from Neighbors Via: St. Petersburg Times: On Friday morning, Joseph Prudente put on a pair of shorts and his “Grandpa Gone Wild” T-shirt. He took off his wedding band and put his heart medication in a plastic Wal-Mart bag. Then his daughter drove him to jail. Grandpa […]
