Archive for the 'Police State' Category
No Charges, No Trial, No Conviction: Cops Steal a Couple’s Life Savings Over a Small Amount of Marijuana
December 22nd, 2007Via: LimaOhio.com: Two robbers who broke into Luther Ricks Sr.’s house this summer may have not gotten his life savings he had in a safe, but after the FBI confiscated it he may not get it back. Ricks has tried to get an attorney to fight for the $402,767 but he has no money. Lima […]
FBI Prepares Vast Biometrics Database
December 22nd, 2007I have a running hypotheses that the plan is to physically track each individual’s position on the ground, at all times. In AT&T Invents Programming Language for Mass Surveillance, I speculated that the mobile phone data might be the way that it is being done. Well, there’s no need to speculate about what They want […]
Chicago Police Ask You to Report People Using Maps or Taking Notes in Public
December 20th, 2007Via: BoingBoing: The London police force clearly has the graphic-design edge , but the Chicago Police Department matches if not outshines the British bobbies for the ardor and toxic nuttiness with which it propagates anti-terrorist paranoia. Click on the image to read which categories of people are considered suspects now. You might want to duct-tape […]
Minneapolis Man Shoots Cops After SWAT Team Kicks Down Wrong Door
December 18th, 2007The only remarkable aspect of this particular story is that the person defending his family from the pigs survived the ordeal. Via: USA Today: A Minneapolis police SWAT team kicked in the wrong door yesterday during an early morning raid, prompting the man of the house to grab his gun and open fire on the […]
UK: McDonald’s Security Contractor Uses License Plate Recognition to Fine Slow Eaters
December 12th, 2007Don’t worry. You might be able to pay your fast food parking fine with the carbon credits that you’ll receive from your voluntary sterilization to stop global warming. No? Via: Guardian: The question of just how long it should take to eat fast food is being answered by the burger giant McDonald’s, which is making […]
NYPD Intelligence Division Officer: “We Are in the Business of Scaring People”
December 7th, 2007Seeing these fascist pigs standing around reminds me of the film, Michael Collins; where the IRA started walking up to British agents and shooting them where they slept and stood. (See: The Cairo Gang Assassinations.) Obviously, I’m not suggesting that you should shoot these fascist pigs, because that would be a waste of your time […]
U.S. Department of Defense Acquiring System to Scan Irises of Many People in a Crowd at Once
December 6th, 2007Wave your stupid sign and smile for the birdy. Congratulations, you’re now f*cked for life. Enjoy your protest, though. Via: USA Today: A growing number of sheriff’s departments are using iris scans to identify sex offenders, runaways, abducted children and wandering Alzheimer’s patients. More than 2,100 departments in 27 states are taking digital pictures of […]
High-Tech Drones Joining Miami Police Force
November 29th, 2007Via: Local10: The Miami-Dade police department will begin experimenting with high-tech drones as law enforcement tools beginning next year. Although the military has been using unmanned aircraft systems for years, this will be the first time they are used in law enforcement. … “The capability of the unit is phenomenal,” said Miami-Dade Detective Juan Villalba. […]
Facing Jail and Fines, Parents Summoned to Court to Have Children Vaccinated
November 22nd, 2007The part I like is that the parents of 900 students ignored this absurd fascist decree. Via: Baltimore Sun: Scores of grumbling parents facing a threat of jail lined up at a courthouse today to either prove that their school-age kids already had their required vaccinations or see that the youngsters submitted to the needle. […]
‘Fortress Britain’
November 21st, 2007Via: Telegraph: Train passengers face routine airline-style bag checks and body searches as part of a new counter-terror crackdown announced by Gordon Brown. He conjured up visions of ”Fortress Britain” as he unveiled a succession of security measures at airports, railway stations, sports venues and other public places.
