Archive for the 'Police State' Category
Police Fire Water Cannon at Dakota Pipeline Protesters in Freezing Weather
November 21st, 2016Via: Reuters: Police fired tear gas and water at hundreds of protesters in the freezing North Dakota weather late Sunday and early Monday, in the latest violent clash over a pipeline project running through the state. An estimated 400 protesters mounted the Backwater Bridge just north of Cannon Ball, North Dakota, and attempted to force […]
Police Drones Zapping Suspects with Stun Guns: ‘The Public Is Going to Initially be Alarmed by This’
October 21st, 2016Via: Wall Street Journal: In a conference room away from the busy San Diego Convention Center floor where law-enforcement officials from around the world perused the latest police technology, a Taser employee showed some police leaders a drone, and discussed how different things could be attached to it, including a camera, a light and a […]
UK Security Agencies Unlawfully Collected Data for 17 Years, Court Rules
October 18th, 2016Via: Guardian: British security agencies have secretly and unlawfully collected massive volumes of confidential personal data, including financial information, on citizens for more than a decade, senior judges have ruled. The investigatory powers tribunal, which is the only court that hears complaints against MI5, MI6 and GCHQ, said the security services operated an illegal regime […]
Feds Walk Into A Building, Demand Everyone’s Fingerprints To Open Phones
October 18th, 2016Via: Forbes: In what’s believed to be an unprecedented attempt to bypass the security of Apple iPhones, or any smartphone that uses fingerprints to unlock, California’s top cops asked to enter a residence and force anyone inside to use their biometric information to open their mobile devices. FORBES found a court filing, dated May 9 2016, in which the Department of Justice sought […]
Half of American Adults Already In Facial Recognition Network
October 18th, 2016Via: Vocativ: Half of all American adults are already in some sort of facial recognition network accessible to law enforcement, according to a comprehensive new study. Conducted over a year and relying in part on Freedom of Information and public record requests to 106 law enforcement agencies, the study, conducted by Georgetown Law’s Center on […]
London Police Charge Man with Terrorism Over Use of Encryption
October 11th, 2016Via: ZDnet: A man has appeared in court in London on six counts of terrorism — one of which was related to researching and using encryption. Samata Ullah, 33, appeared in court last week charged under the Terrorism Act 2006. The Metropolitan Police said in a press release that Ullah was charged with one count […]
National Guard, State Police Descend on 81-Year-Old’s Property to Seize Single Pot Plant
October 6th, 2016Via: Daily Hampshire Gazette: All that remains of the solitary marijuana plant an 81-year-old grandmother had been growing behind her South Amherst home is a stump and a ragged hole in the ground. Margaret Holcomb said she was growing the plant as medicine, a way to ease arthritis and glaucoma and help her sleep at […]
Homeland Security Tracks License Plates At Gun Shows
October 5th, 2016Via: ZeroHedge: Newly discovered emails from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), reveal efforts of the federal government to track American citizens who visit gun shows across the country. The discovery came via a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request from the Wall Street Journal that revealed internal emails from an Immigration and Customs Enforcement […]
Don’t Talk to Cops
October 2nd, 2016Book: You Have the Right to Remain Innocent by James Duane
Real Headline: “Get Ready for Freeways That Ban Human Drivers”
September 22nd, 2016Sure, they lead with the safety argument, but what you’re going to wind up with is something like this: Didn’t pay taxes? “Driving disabled. Would you like to pay overdue taxes, penalties, fees and interest now?” Didn’t pay parking fine? “Driving disabled. Would you like to pay your fine now?” Children not vaccinated? “Limited destinations. […]
