Archive for the 'Police State' Category
Supreme Court Rejects Plea to Ban Taping of Police in Illinois
November 28th, 2012Via: Chicago Tribune: The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal of a controversial Illinois law prohibiting people from recording police officers on the job. By passing on the issue, the justices left in place a federal appeals court ruling that found that the state’s anti-eavesdropping law violates free-speech rights when used […]
Phoenix-Area Residents Squawking About Backyard Chicken Coops
November 28th, 2012I can understand not wanting roosters in packed neighborhoods. (I live in a very rural area, and I’ve had about enough of Corneleus, our Barred Rock rooster.) Hens, though, are a different matter. People with backyards should be allowed to keep a few hens for eggs and gardening purposes. Reading about the struggles that people […]
LAPD Prepares for Fat Zombie Rampage at Wal-Mart
November 22nd, 2012Update: Fat Zombie Rampage Stories Coming In Many people are sending in stories about bowling ball shaped zombies running amok. Feel free to post these in comments. As much as I’d like to watch the videos of these antics, I’ve run out of bandwidth for the month. The cycle turns over in about 12 hours. […]
Permit Required for Homeless in Nevada City
November 17th, 2012Via: CBS: A police chief says he’s found a one-of-a-kind way to manage a growing problem in his city, and it’s putting the homeless on the hot seat. A new law would give Nevada City the power to hand out permits to a small group of homeless, which would give them permission to sleep in […]
Man Tasered by Police for Trying to Prevent His House from Burning Down
November 15th, 2012Via: WSTP: Daniel Jensen wasn’t running from the law, he was trying to protect his home from burning up. Yet, Pinellas Park Police tasered him in the process. Jensen and his attorney say it’s an excessive use of force. Jensen was still shaken and visibly emotional as he retold what happened last Thursday evening. He […]
Salt Lake City: Police to Wear Video Cameras
November 15th, 2012Can they turn the cameras off as they’re about to beat the shit out of someone or kill them for no reason? Via: KSL: Mounted on the side of a pair of sunglasses is what Salt Lake City Police Chief Chris Burbank says is the future of police work. The body cameras work like dash […]
Britain: Man Faces Questioning for Posting Burning Poppy Photo
November 13th, 2012Via: Sky: A man has been questioned by police after an image of a burning poppy was posted on Facebook on Remembrance Sunday. Kent Police said the 19-year-old, from Canterbury, was detained on Sunday night on suspicion of making malicious telecommunications. The force said in a statement: “A man (was) interviewed by police this morning […]
Court OKs Warrantless Use of Hidden Surveillance Cameras
November 1st, 2012Via: Cnet: Police are allowed in some circumstances to install hidden surveillance cameras on private property without obtaining a search warrant, a federal judge said yesterday. CNET has learned that U.S. District Judge William Griesbach ruled that it was reasonable for Drug Enforcement Administration agents to enter rural property without permission — and without a […]
Green Party Presidential Candidate Jill Stein Arrested Again
November 1st, 2012This piece below says that this was Stein’s first arrest, but she was also (apparently) arrested while trying to take part in a one of the presidential debates. You know, land of the free, where legitimate presidential candidates aren’t allowed to participate in presidential debates. Via: Washington Post: Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein was […]
Cop Tasered 10-Year-Old Child on a Playground Because the Boy Refused to Clean His Patrol Car
October 31st, 2012Via: Courthouse News Service: A New Mexico policeman Tasered a 10-year-old child on a playground because the boy refused to clean his patrol car, the boy claims in court. Guardian ad litem Rachel Higgins sued the New Mexico Department of Public Safety and Motor Transportation Police Officer Chris Webb on behalf of the child, in […]
