Archive for the 'Police State' Category
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Unarmed When Barrage of Bullets Hit Boat
April 25th, 2013Via: Washington Post: Although police feared he was heavily armed, the suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing had no firearms when he came under a barrage of police gunfire that struck the boat where he was hiding, according to multiple federal law enforcement officials. Authorities said they were desperate to capture Dzhokhar Tsarnaev so he […]
‘After Boston, Lawmakers See Case for Use of Drones to Kill Americans’
April 24th, 2013Via: U.S. News and World Report: In the aftermath of the Boston bombing standoff that ended last Friday, lawmakers have changed their tune on whether a drone should ever be used to target an American citizen on U.S. soil. The use of drones to kill American citizens is not “inherently illegal,” as long as that […]
Bloomberg Says Interpretation of Constitution Will ‘Have to Change’ After Boston Bombing
April 23rd, 2013Yeah, the President should have the power to order the assassination of any American without any due process. Oh… Via: Politicker: In the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Monday the country’s interpretation of the Constitution will “have to change” to allow for greater security to stave off future attacks. “The […]
Boston: Video Clips of Martial Law
April 22nd, 2013All of this was over one suspect on the loose. What if the body count had been dozens or hundreds with multiple suspects at large? Or, what if the suspect hadn’t been taken into custody as quickly? Anyway, this was just an appetizer. History is full of examples of what the main course will be […]
Judges Threaten California Governor Jerry Brown with Contempt of Court Over Prison Overcrowding
April 13th, 2013Via: Los Angeles Times: A panel of federal judges Thursday threatened to hold Gov. Jerry Brown and other state officials in contempt of court if they do not quickly produce a plan to remove thousands of convicts from California’s packed prisons. In a blistering 71-page ruling, the jurists rejected Brown’s bid to end restrictions they […]
ATF Sting Operation Used Brain-Damaged Man, Then Charged Him
April 9th, 2013Via: Journal Sentinel: ATF agents running an undercover storefront in Milwaukee used a brain-damaged man with a low IQ to set up gun and drug deals, paying him in cigarettes, merchandise and money, according to federal documents obtained by the Journal Sentinel. For more than six months, federal agents relied on Chauncey Wright to promote […]
Recovery: Debtors’ Prisons Thrive
April 5th, 2013Via: CBS: Thousands of Americans are sent to jail not for committing a crime, but because they can’t afford to pay for traffic tickets, medical bills and court fees. If that sounds like a debtors’ prison, a legal relic which was abolished in this country in the 1830s, that’s because it is. And courts and […]
Gladio, NATO’s Dagger at the Heart of Europe: The Pentagon-Nazi-Mafia Terror Axis by Richard Cottrell
April 1st, 2013Disclosure: The publisher sent me a copy of this book for review. This is a very richly detailed and terrifying account of Operation Gladio. There are many more tentacles than I had previously known about. While the imbroglios set in motion after World War II may seem like ancient history to the uninitiated, Gladio actually […]
Texas District Attorney, Wife Found Dead
March 31st, 2013Via: Dallas Morning News: Kaufman County’s district attorney and his wife were found slain Saturday, raising fears that their deaths may be part of a plot that included the death of one of the county’s assistant district attorneys in January. Kaufman Police Chief Chris Aulbaugh and other officials confirmed that Mike McLelland and his wife, […]
Mexican Vigilantes Seize Town, Arrest Police
March 28th, 2013Via: AP: Hundreds of armed vigilantes have taken control of a town on a major highway in the Pacific coast state of Guerrero, arresting local police officers and searching homes after a vigilante leader was killed. Several opened fire on a car of Mexican tourists headed to the beach for Easter week. Members of the […]
