Archive for the 'Police State' Category
The U.S. War on Terror Has Cost $5 Trillion and Increased Terrorism by 6,500%
September 16th, 2016Via: Antimedia: According to a report released by Dr. Neta Crawford, professor of political science at Brown University, spending by the United States Departments of Defense, State, Homeland Security, and Veteran Affairs since 9/11 is now close to $5 trillion USD. Before we have the chance to ask how a country that has racked up […]
Justice Department to Phase Out Use of Private Prisons
August 18th, 2016Didn’t see that coming… Via: The Globe and Mail: The U.S. Justice Department plans to phase out its use of privately-operated prisons, which it called less safe and less effective than government-run facilities, according to a memo released publicly by the department on Thursday. In a move that hammered corrections company share prices, the Justice […]
Debtors’ Prisons: Life Inside America’s For-Profit Justice System
August 17th, 2016Part 1 Part 2
DEA Regularly Mines Americans’ Travel Records to Seize Millions in Cash
August 11th, 2016“Basically, you’ve got to feed the monster.” Via: USA Today: Federal drug agents regularly mine Americans’ travel information to profile people who might be ferrying money for narcotics traffickers — though they almost never use what they learn to make arrests or build criminal cases. Instead, that targeting has helped the Drug Enforcement Administration seize […]
BBC to Spy on Internet Users Watching BBC Without Paying TV Licence Fee
August 5th, 2016Via: Mirror: The BBC is to spy on internet users in their homes – and sniff out those watching iPlayer without paying the TV Licence fee. The Beeb is set to employ Wi-Fi detection vans to prosecute people illegally watching its programmes online. From September the broadcaster will use information from private Wi-Fi networks in […]
British Woman Questioned After Being Seen Reading Book About Syria on Plane
August 4th, 2016Via: Guardian: Free-speech groups have condemned the detention of a British Muslim woman after a cabin-crew member reported her for “suspicious behaviour” while reading a book about Syrian culture on a flight to Turkey. Faizah Shaheen, a psychotherapist in Leeds, was detained by police at Doncaster airport on 25 July, on her return from her […]
Shooting Cops Across America: Guidance from Above
July 18th, 2016Via: Jon Rappoport’s Blog: The protests and the violence started as a response to what has been happening in inner cities: the police killing innocent people. That was the heavily promoted media and political narrative. And cops-killing-innocent-black-people was framed as the biggest problem of inner cities. Preposterous. Cops shooting innocent people in inner cities does […]
CNN Cuts Off Reporter When She Mentions Hillary’s Role in Mass Incarceration
July 14th, 2016Via: CNN:
Disabled Teen Sues TSA, Memphis Airport After Bloody Scuffle
July 11th, 2016Via: CBS: A disabled St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital patient was injured, and then arrested, by security workers at a Memphis International Airport checkpoint, a lawsuit alleges. CBS affiliate WREG-TV reports that 19-year-old Hannah Cohen was flying home to Chattanooga on June 30, 2015, after receiving treatment at Memphis-based St. Jude. Attorneys say Hannah Cohen […]
Tens of Thousands of People Every Year Sent to Jail Based on Results from Ridiculously Flawed Roadside Drug Test
July 8th, 2016“Why are police departments and prosecutors still using them?” The article doesn’t go anywhere near the reason, which is that large Wall Street banks profit from the private gulag system in America: The prison industry as a whole took in over $5 billion in revenue in 2011. According to journalist Matt Taibbi, Wall Street banks […]
