Archive for the 'Police State' Category
Florida: Sheriff Told Her Deputy to Act Like a ‘White Supremacist Cop’
December 7th, 2019Via: Miami Herald: The head of the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office major crimes unit was relieved of her command this week following the release of an audio recording in which she is heard ordering one of her officers to pull over a black man who is a suspect in a Key West murder and act […]
Homeland Security Proposes Face Scans for All U.S. Citizens Entering or Exiting Country
December 2nd, 2019Via: Reuters: The Trump administration intends to propose a regulation next year that would require all travelers – including U.S. citizens – to be photographed when entering or leaving the United States, according to the administration’s regulatory agenda. The proposed regulation, slated to be issued in July by the Homeland Security Department, would be part […]
China: Police Interrogate Man After He Criticized Them on Social Media
December 2nd, 2019Via: Ezra Levant: China spies on social media conversations. Then they bring dissidents in for a real-life chat. I’d say we’re AT LEAST five years away from that over here, so no worries. pic.twitter.com/HjXzqsgr8S — Ezra Levant ? (@ezralevant) December 1, 2019
Massachusetts State Police Tested Out Boston Dynamics’ Robot Dog
November 26th, 2019Via: WBUR: Cops have long had dogs, and robots, to help them do their jobs. And now, they have a robot dog. Massachusetts State Police is the first law enforcement agency in the country to use Boston Dynamics’ dog-like robot, called Spot. While the use of robotic technology is not new for state police, the […]
Giving Government Vast Snooping Authority Is One Thing Democrats and Republicans Both Like
November 20th, 2019“Have fun with that.” haha Exactly. Via: Reason: Are you thoroughly invested in the impeachment drama? Do you thrill to the clash of good guys and villains in the ring of democracy, with the fate of the republic as the prize? Have fun with that. There’s a good case to be made that all this […]
How Chilean Protesters Took Down a Drone With Standard Laser Pointers
November 14th, 2019Via: Nextgov: Video of Chilean protesters using beams of green light to ground a police drone made the rounds on social media Wednesday. But those aren’t tractor beams or Green Lantern rings—the protesters appear to be using run-of-the-mill laser pointers to take down law enforcement-grade technology. How does that work? Chilean protesters took to the […]
China Doesn’t Want You To Know About This Place
November 14th, 2019Via: Laowhy86:
Federal Judge Rules Suspicionless Device Searches at the Border Are Illegal
November 13th, 2019Via: Engadget: Civil liberties advocates just scored an important victory in a bid to prevent arbitrary device searches at the US border. A federal court handling a 2017 lawsuit has ruled that US policies allowing device searches without valid suspicion or warrants violate Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable searches and seizures. Judge Denise Casper noted […]
The Fantasy of Opting Out
November 1st, 2019Via: The MIT Press Reader: Consider a day in the life of a fairly ordinary person in a large city in a stable, democratically governed country. She is not in prison or institutionalized, nor is she a dissident or an enemy of the state, yet she lives in a condition of permanent and total surveillance […]
Police Owe Nothing To Man Whose Home They Blew Up
October 31st, 2019Via: NPR: An armed shoplifting suspect in Colorado barricaded himself in a stranger’s suburban Denver home in June 2015. In an attempt to force the suspect out, law enforcement blew up walls with explosives, fired tear gas and drove a military-style armored vehicle through the property’s doors. After an hours-long siege, the home was left […]
