Archive for the 'Police State' Category
The Military-Style Surveillance Technology Being Tested in American Cities
August 4th, 2019Via: The Atlantic: In the eyes of the law, there’s no difference between a photo taken by a smartphone through an airplane window and one taken by an ultrapowerful camera in a helicopter hovering over your backyard. … Capitalizing on this gap, as some might call it, in standing privacy law, wide-area-camera manufacturers and users […]
Russian Police Detain Over 800 in Opposition Crackdown in Moscow
August 3rd, 2019Also, Hong Kong simmering: Hong Kong police said on Sunday they arrested more than 20 people after violent clashes with anti-government protesters overnight, as the Chinese-controlled territory braced for more protests and a general strike aimed to bring the city to a halt. On Saturday police fired multiple tear gas rounds in confrontations with black-clad […]
“FBI Document Warns Conspiracy Theories Are a New Domestic Terrorism Threat”
August 2nd, 2019Via: Yahoo News: The FBI for the first time has identified fringe conspiracy theories as a domestic terrorist threat, according to a previously unpublicized document obtained by Yahoo News. (Read the document below.) The FBI intelligence bulletin from the bureau’s Phoenix field office, dated May 30, 2019, describes “conspiracy theory-driven domestic extremists,” as a growing […]
New York Area Fire Commissioners Call for New 9/11 Investigation, “Overwhelming Evidence” that “Pre-planted Explosives . . . Caused the Destruction of the Three World Trade Center Buildings”
August 1st, 2019Via: Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth: They started off by saying the Pledge of Allegiance. Ten minutes later, they were reading the text of a resolution claiming the existence of “overwhelming evidence” that “pre-planted explosives . . . caused the destruction of the three World Trade Center buildings.” And so it was, on July […]
1,400 Arrested at Moscow Election Protest
July 28th, 2019Via: AFP: Russian police arrested nearly 1,400 people as they gathered in Moscow at the weekend to demand free and fair elections, a monitor said Sunday, the biggest such crackdown in years. About 3,500 people took part in the unauthorised protest on Saturday according to official figures, after authorities blocked prominent opposition candidates from taking […]
Florida Lawmaker Told to Back Off Call for Probe of Jeffrey Epstein’s Work Release
July 25th, 2019Via: Miami Herald: Florida Sen. Lauren Book has reached out to Capitol police after receiving an anonymous warning connected to her demand for a state inquiry into Palm Beach Sheriff Ric Bradshaw’s handling of accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein’s lenient work release program, the Miami Herald has learned. Book, a vocal advocate for child sexual […]
Chicago: Police Build Profiles on People Who Speak at Public Board Meetings
July 24th, 2019Via: Chicago Tribune: Chicago police have for years compiled profiles on every citizen who spoke at public meetings of the city’s police disciplinary panel, a process that included running criminal background checks and internet searches on activists, a police union official and even relatives of an innocent woman killed in a high-profile police shooting, the […]
Intelligence Authorization Bill Criminalizes Whistleblowers and Reporters
July 24th, 2019Via: Ron Paul:
Will USA Ban Bitcoin?
July 18th, 2019Via: In It for the Money:
This Cop Is Getting $2,500 a Month Because Killing an Unarmed Man in a Hotel Hallway Gave Him PTSD
July 15th, 2019Via: Reason: An Arizona cop acquitted of murder in 2017 for killing a man crawling on his knees, begging for his life, in a hotel hallway, was temporarily rehired by the city he worked for so that he could claim a disability pension and file for a medical retirement that will pay him more than […]
