Archive for the 'Police State' Category
UK: Garbage Rules Enforced with Surveillance Cameras
June 16th, 2007Via: Telegraph: Householders in a seaside town have been told to put their bins out at the front of their homes and not in an alleyway to the rear. They must also leave their rubbish out between set times to ensure it does not attract pests or miss the dust cart. To enforce the new […]
Thousand Dollar Fine for Driving Vegetable Oil Car
June 13th, 2007Wow! The snarling, fascist stage of collapse is turning out to be more absurd than even I anticipated. Unhook the vampire state’s fangs from your neck, even a little, and you’re going to get a ticket or a gun shoved in your face. Gentle hint to greasers: Cops are the only people who notice your […]
Man Faces Seven Years in Prison for Videotaping Traffic Stop
June 12th, 2007Do as we say, not as we do. Via: Pennlive: Brian D. Kelly, 18, of Carlisle likely isn’t the only the person around central Pennsylvania who was unaware that recording a police officer during the commission of a traffic stop constitutes a felony criminal act. Kelly, who says one of his hobbies is making movies, […]
Mad Pig Disease: Woman Faced Jail Time for “Staring” at a Police Dog
June 6th, 2007Via: Times Argus: A woman facing jail time for “staring” at a police dog had charges against her dropped Monday after an Orange County prosecutor viewed videotape of the alleged crime. Jayna Hutchinson, now of Lebanon, N.H., was scheduled for a jury trial this week on a misdemeanor charge of cruelty to animals. A Vermont […]
Big Brother, Big Business
June 3rd, 2007Here’s a two hour CNBC piece about privacy, surveillance and the emerging biometric lockdown. Even though the situation presented here is grim, we know that it’s much worse. If, however, you or someone you know is looking for a general, easy to understand presentation on these issues, and have about two hours to spare, this […]
Taking Liberties
June 2nd, 2007Via: noliberties: The shocking truth about the erosion of our fundamental civil liberties by Tony Blair’s government will be exposed this summer in TAKING LIBERTIES, released in UK cinemas by Revolver Entertainment June 8th 2007. Right to Protest, Right to Freedom of Speech. Right to Privacy. Right not to be detained without charge, Innocent Until […]
People May Be Arbitrarily Stopped and Searched by Police in All of London
June 1st, 2007Via: BBC: Under Section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000, police officers may randomly stop someone without reasonable suspicion, providing the area has been designated a likely target for an attack. The power is currently in force across the whole of London.
Man Threatened with Arrest for Taking Photo of His Freedom Fries
May 25th, 2007Via: ctnow.com: Take a picture of the french fries on the Bridgeport ferry, and you might as well just admit that you’re a charter member of Al Qaeda. This was going to be a happy story about how two of my nephews love the french fries on the Bridgeport-Port Jefferson Ferry. “Ferry fries,†they call […]
UK: Private “Super Wardens” Wear Headmounted Cameras, Issue Tickets for Antisocial Behavior
May 24th, 2007Via: Manchester Evening News: PRIVATELY-employed ‘super wardens’ are to go on patrol in Greater Manchester wearing head-mounted video cameras. The 20 parking attendants, who work for NCP Services, will be the first in the country to be issued with the equipment. Their main role is to issue parking tickets but under legislation brought in last […]
German Police Use Stasi Scent Profiling on G8 Protesters
May 24th, 2007Via: Guardian: Stasi scent-tracking methods are being used to keep a check on selected protesters planning to demonstrate at next month’s G8 summit. Scent traces collected directly from everything from people’s palm sweat to their vests and cigarette lighters have been made available to investigators so that sniffer dogs can detect potentially violent protesters, federal […]
