Archive for the 'Police State' Category
FBI Has Started Using Surveillance Drones Inside U.S.
June 19th, 2013Via: Huffington Post: FBI Director Robert Mueller revealed Wednesday that the bureau uses drones to conduct surveillance on U.S. soil. Asked by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) if the FBI was following in the footsteps of the Drug Enforcement Agency and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms in pursuing the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, […]
Philadelphia Closes 23 Schools, New $400 Million Prison Being Built
June 15th, 2013Via: Opposing Views: Philadelphia officials are closing almost two dozen schools and decimating the budgets of the remaining schools under a so-called “doomsday” education plan. However, amid all these cuts for education, the state of Pennsylvania is building a new $400 million prison for Philadelphia.
Sesame Street Designs Online Kit for Kids Who Have Parents in Prison
June 14th, 2013Via: KSLA: With the highest incarceration rate in the world, nearly 2 million children in the U.S. have a parent behind bars. In response, Sesame Street has designed an online kit to help children deal with the emotional problems of having incarcerated parents. The kit is targeted towards children between 3 and 8 years of […]
Off-Duty Cops Collect DNA Samples at Alabama Roadblocks
June 11th, 2013You’ll love this one. Via: Daily Caller: Off-duty cops in two counties in Alabama spent the weekend collecting saliva and blood samples from drivers at roadblocks. According to Lt. Freddie Turrentine with the St. Clair County Sheriff’s Department, drivers were asked to voluntarily offer samples of their saliva and blood for a study being conducted […]
“We’re Looking Out For You”
June 11th, 2013Via: CBS: The shorthanded Antioch Police Department is enlisting the help of local garbage collectors and letter carriers tospot crime on city streets. Employees of the local trash collector, Republic Services Inc., as well as U.S. Postal Service employees have been given tips on how to act as effective witnesses to crimes. The program, dubbed […]
Britain: Armed Checkpoints on Local Roads Around Bilderberg, Residents Must Show Passports to Enter Their Own Driveways
June 6th, 2013Via: Telegraph: No such encounters will take place in Watford this week, as the Bilderberg, the annual conference for 140 of the world’s most powerful, meet for four days at The Grove, a £300-a-night golf hotel close to the M25. The entire hotel has been booked out, and a high fence erected around the exclusion […]
SUPREME COURT: POLICE MAY TAKE DNA FROM EVERYONE THEY ARREST
June 3rd, 2013Via: CBS: A sharply divided Supreme Court on Monday said police can routinely take DNA from people they arrest, equating a DNA cheek swab to other common jailhouse procedures like fingerprinting. “Taking and analyzing a cheek swab of the arrestee DNA is, like fingerprinting and photographing, a legitimate police booking procedure that is reasonable under […]
Justice Department Secret Document Details Unconstitutional Surveillance of American Citizens
May 31st, 2013Via: IB Times: The Justice Department may soon be forced to reveal a classified document that details unconstitutional surveillance of American citizens. The Justice Department has fought to keep the document secret for about a year, but a recent court order demands that they respond to a formal request filed by the Electronic Frontier Foundation […]
Florida: Police State Urban Week
May 22nd, 2013Via: CBS: Cameras, both mobile and stationary, have been installed throughout the city. Ready to be deployed throughout the city of Miami Beach are a total of 62 light towers, twelve visual messaging boards and three watch towers. Roughly 400 officers per shift from multiple agencies will pack the streets of Miami Beach. In addition […]
China Now Spends $125 Billion Per Year On Riot Gear And ‘Stability Maintenance’
May 20th, 2013Via: AFP: Mannequins in riot gear, armoured cars and drones line a police equipment and “anti-terrorism technology” trade fair in Beijing as vendors seek to profit from China’s huge internal security budget. The country is estimated to have more than 180,000 protests each year and the ruling Communist Party spends vast sums on ensuring order […]
