Archive for the 'Police State' Category
New Mexico: County Will Pay $15.5 Million To Man Who Spent 22 Months In Solitary Confinement
March 9th, 2013Via: NPR: When he was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol and other charges in 2005, Stephen Slevin had no way of knowing that an opinion about his mental state would put him on a path to spend more than 22 months of solitary confinement in a New Mexico county jail, despite never […]
NZ: Disgruntled Snitch Sues Police
February 25th, 2013Via: Stuff: A former police spy has lifted the lid on his decade of deception under the codename Muldoon. The details of Rob Gilchrist’s double life infiltrating protest groups and leading trade unions are contained in a draft claim for more than $500,000 from police for lost income, for humiliation, distress, and loss of reputation. […]
PBS NOVA Rise of the Drones
February 24th, 2013Via: PBS: Related: Drone ‘Nightmare Scenario’ Now Has A Name: ARGUS
Florida Atlantic University Naming Stadium for Prison Company
February 22nd, 2013Via: The Chronicle of Higher Education: Some students and immigrant-rights activists are angry about Florida Atlantic University’s announcement on Tuesday that it would rename its football stadium for a prison company in recognition of a $6-million gift from its charitable foundation. The gift came from the GEO Group, a company that owns or operates a […]
The Drones Come Home
February 20th, 2013Via: National Geographic: What Jay Stanley of the ACLU calls his “nightmare scenario” begins with drones supporting “mostly unobjectionable” police raids and chases. Soon, however, networks of linked drones and computers “gain the ability to automatically track multiple vehicles and bodies as they move around a city,” much as the cell phone network hands calls […]
Cops Nab 5-Year-Old for Wearing Wrong Color Shoes to School
February 8th, 2013Via: Take Part: In Mississippi, if kindergarteners violate the dress code or act out in class, they may end up in the back of a police car. A story about one five-year-old particularly stands out. The little boy was required to wear black shoes to school. Because he didn’t have black shoes, his mom used […]
Christopher Dorner
February 7th, 2013Dorner Apparently Barricaded Himself in Cabin, Cops Burned It Down Via: YouTube: — Seven Police Officers Opened Fire on Mother, Daughter Via: Los Angeles Times: In their pursuit of a fugitive ex-cop, at least seven officers opened fire on what turned out to be a mother and daughter delivering newspapers on a quiet residential street, […]
Germany: ‘Game’ to Destroy CCTV Cameras
February 6th, 2013Hide your face but then upload video of your crimes to a website? *chortle* I’d be astonished if this wasn’t a counterintelligence operation. As I was reading the piece, I was wondering if there were any upcoming protests in Berlin, because this activity would be a good way to come up with a list of […]
Miami Police Officer Luis Hernandez Held Without Bond on Armed Sexual Battery, Kidnapping Charges
February 6th, 2013Via: NBC: The Miami Police officer arrested for allegedly kidnapping and sexually battering a woman while on duty is being held without bond, a Miami-Dade judge said Thursday. Luis Hernandez, 27, made his initial court appearance on charges of armed sexual battery by a law enforcement officer and armed kidnapping. Internal affairs detectives arrested Hernandez […]
Florida Cops Too Busy Drinking Coffee and Screwing Around to Respond to Emergency Calls
February 6th, 2013That sergeant looks like it’s on the Jabba the Hutt diet. Via: NBC: A group of Miami-Dade police officers was disciplined following a 2010 internal affairs investigation, police documents showed. Five police officers and one sergeant with the Kendall squad were allegedly caught on camera ignoring emergency dispatch calls. The video, obtained by NBC 6 […]
