Archive for the 'Police State' Category
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.
Arraignment and Federal Indictments for Bernard Kerik, Close Giuliani Associate and Botched Nominee to Head Department of Homeland Security
November 9th, 2007Tax evasion, corruption, mafia connected construction businesses: Fuggetaboutit. Windfall stock options payout on taser related swindling: $6 million. A filthy, sycophantic crook like this almost becoming the head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security: Priceless. Via: AP: Bernard Kerik, the police commissioner under former Mayor Rudy Giuliani who nearly became head of the Homeland […]
LAX Security Screeners Miss 75% of Hidden Bombs
October 19th, 2007HA! Keep that in mind as you place your belt and your shoes in the plastic bin. Via: USA Today: Security screeners at two of the nation’s busiest airports failed to find fake bombs hidden on undercover agents posing as passengers in more than 60% of tests last year, according to a classified report obtained […]
Micro UAV Surveillance at Antiwar Protests
October 10th, 2007Via: Washington Post: Vanessa Alarcon saw them while working at an antiwar rally in Lafayette Square last month. “I heard someone say, ‘Oh my god, look at those,’ ” the college senior from New York recalled. “I look up and I’m like, ‘What the hell is that?’ They looked kind of like dragonflies or little […]
U.S. Man Faces Potential 30-Year Prison Sentence for Stealing a Doughnut
October 9th, 2007Via: International Herald Tribune: A Missouri man could potentially face a 30-year prison sentence for stealing a doughnut from a store. Scott A. Masters, 41, of Park Hills, Missouri, has been charged with felony second-degree robbery in the theft of a 52-cent doughut from a Country Mart in Farmington, about 70 miles (113 kilometers) south […]
Woman Dies in Airport Police Custody
October 1st, 2007Via: NY Daily News: The daughter-in-law of one of New York’s top officials screamed, “I’m not a terrorist!” and fought with security officials in the Phoenix airport before being wrestled to the ground and handcuffed, witnesses told the Daily News yesterday. Carol Anne Gotbaum, 45, of the upper West Side, died less than an hour […]
“The Only Terrorist Most Americans Will Ever Encounter Is a Policeman with a Badge, Nightstick, Mace and Taser”
September 27th, 2007Via: Populist America: Bush’s “war on terror” quickly became Bush’s war on Iraqi civilians. So far over one million Iraqi civilians have lost their lives because of Bush’s invasion, and four million have been displaced. Iraq’s infrastructure is in ruins. Disease is rampart. Normal life has disappeared. Self-righteous Americans justify these monstrous crimes as necessary […]
