Archive for the 'Police State' Category
Ferguson: Cop Pointing a Rifle at Protesters Says He Will “Fucking Kill” Them, Tells Them to Go Fuck Themselves When Asked His Name
August 20th, 2014Via: YouTube:
Police Come Under Gunfire, Arrest 31 in Missouri Racial Unrest
August 19th, 2014Heavy gun fire??? Via: Reuters: Police said early on Tuesday they came under heavy gunfire and arrested 31 people during another night of racially charged protests in Ferguson, Missouri, sparked by the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a white policeman 10 days ago. Demonstrations, mostly peaceful but with spasms of violence by […]
Police in Ferguson Fire Tear Gas Amid Looting
August 16th, 2014Via: NBC: Armored vehicles rolled back onto the streets of Ferguson early Saturday, as riot police faced off with looters in the Missouri town gripped by protests since the fatal police shooting of an unarmed black teen. The violence broke the brief period of calm that had settled over Ferguson, Missouri, after outrage over the […]
Ferguson: Molotov Cocktails, Tear Gas, Rubber Bullets
August 14th, 2014This thing doesn’t seem to be going away. Via: Guardian: Heavily armed police in Missouri fired teargas and rubber bullets to force hundreds of protesters out of the centre of Ferguson on Wednesday, as the crackdown on demonstrations over the killing of an unarmed 18-year-old intensified on their fourth night. Dozens of officers, some carrying […]
Second Night of Rioting After Killing of Black Missouri Teen
August 12th, 2014Via: Reuters: Police fired tear gas after rioting broke out for a second night in Ferguson, Missouri, despite calls on Monday for calm from the mother of a black teenager who was shot to death by police at the weekend. Ferguson Police Chief Tom Jackson said officers were focused on dispersing the crowd, which was […]
Missouri: Unarmed Man Had His Hands in the Air When He Was Shot and Killed by Police
August 11th, 2014Via: KMOV: Tensions are high in Ferguson, Missouri and a large police presence is on hand after a teenager was shot to death by a police officer. The St. Louis County Police Department held a press conference Sunday morning where they stated Brown was shot “more than just a couple of times” by a 6-year […]
Gamma FinFisher Hacked: 40 GB of Internal Documents and Source Code of Government Malware Published
August 6th, 2014Via: Netzpolitik (Google Cache Version): A hacker claims to have hacked a network of the surveillance technology company Gamma International and has published 40 gigabytes of internal data. A Twitter account has published release notes, price lists – and source code. Malware researchers and human rights activists welcome the publication, Gamma itself refuses to comment. […]
Colorado Nurse Sues After Being a ‘Hostage’ in Police Drill
July 31st, 2014Via: Reuters: A Colorado woman is suing the nursing home where she worked and local police for allegedly not telling her that a gunman who held her hostage was a police officer conducting a safety drill, court documents show. Michelle Meeker claims in a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Denver that she was […]
Michigan Deptment of Agriculture Forces Farmer to Dump 248 Gallons of Organic Milk and Break 1200 Free Range Eggs
July 25th, 2014Via: The Organic Prepper: While Americans in the nearby city of Detroit face life in third world conditions, unable to even afford running water, the state of Michigan decided to direct its resources towards cracking down on a small food co-op in Standish for having the utter audacity to provide milk, butter, cream and eggs […]
‘Back Doors’ Running on Every iOS Device
July 21st, 2014Via: ZDnet: Forensic scientist and author Jonathan Zdziarski has posted the slides (PDF) from his talk at the Hackers On Planet Earth (HOPE/X) conference in New York called Identifying Backdoors, Attack Points, and Surveillance Mechanisms in iOS Devices. … According to one slide the iPhone is “reasonably secure” to a typical attacker and the iPhone […]
