Author: Joe from MassPrivateI

Miami Herald – by Lance Dixon

As protesters and family members continue to question the events leading to the February shooting death of a mentally ill man in Miami Gardens by police, some witnesses are offering a different narrative for what happened that night.

Miami Gardens police have consistently stated that 25-year-old Lavall Hall was shot after he attacked police with a broomstick after they were called to his mother’s home early on the morning of Feb. 15.   Continue reading “Neighbors: Man shot was not wielding broomstick”

Washington’s Blog

One of Our Closest Allies Massively Spies On Us

The NSA considers Israel one of America’s top spying threats.  Israeli spying on America is so rampant that U.S. officials have labeled it “alarming, even terrifying”.

Israeli companies hoover up all of the U.S. data through their equipment. And have been doing so for years and years.  And see this.   Continue reading “Israel Has Spied On American Citizens for Decades”

The Smoking Gun

APRIL 8–A Florida woman is facing a felony animal abuse charge for allegedly killing her boyfriend’s goldfish by pouring bleach into their tank, according to court records.

Angela Garcia, 32, was arrested Saturday after she allegedly trashed beau Norris Johnson’s Orlando-area residence following an argument.

Orange County Sheriff’s Office deputies were called to the home by the man’s son. He told investigators that his father had gone to work following the argument with Garcia, but had told her to vacate the residence.    Continue reading “Woman Charged With Goldfish Mass Murder”

Breitbart – by AWR Hawkins

California Attorney General and U.S. Senate candidate Kamala Harris (D) has decided to defend a century-old ban against handgun advertising that likely violates the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution–as a way of violating the Second.

On November 11, Breitbart News reported that a group of California gun store owners had filed suit against a state ban on handgun advertisements.   Continue reading “California AG Kamala Harris Wants Your Guns–and Your Free Speech Rights”

KMOV 4 News – by Dan Greenwald

BROOKLYN, Ill. (KMOV.com) – A Brooklyn, Ill. police officer is accused of using his family business to tow cars for the Metro East city in order to boost company and city revenue.

Brooklyn police officer Dean Anderson has been charged with public contractor misconduct and aggravated battery. Prosecutors allege police felt pressure to tow cars to generate money for the police department and tow company that was used by the city, Classic Auto Body, which is owned by Anderson’s brother, Michael Anderson.   Continue reading “Brooklyn police officer accused of towing cars to boost family business”

Counter Current News – by M. David and Jackson Marciana

A Utah family has just been put on notice by the city: remove their son’s cardboard fort “or else.”

The Trentelman family of four decided to go all out and build the world’s greatest fort in their yard. Their two toddlers – Max, 3 and Story, 2 – had been living it up… until the city told them they have to tear it all down.   Continue reading “City Forcing Family To Destroy ‘Completely Awesome’ Cardboard Fort”

CNN – by Blake Ellis and Melanie Hicken

California resident Gerilynn Aflleje was horrified when her 4-year-old Siberian Husky mix was killed by a local animal shelter over $180 in fees that she couldn’t afford.

Her dog, Chunk, had been dropped off at the Stockton shelter after getting lost in 2013, she later explained at a city council meeting. When Aflleje discovered her dog there less than a week later, she said the shelter demanded $180 within 24 hours for storing Chunk.   Continue reading “Dogs killed over unpaid fines”

Raw Story – by Philip Smith, Alternet

In Fresno, California, the Fresno deputy police chief was arrested last Thursday as part of a federal drug conspiracy investigation. Deputy Chief Keith Foster, 51, went down after a year-long undercover investigation by the FBI and BATF. Few details are known except for the charges: possession and distribution of heroin, oxycodone, and marijuana. He has been placed on administrative leave.

In Chattanooga, Tennessee, a Catoosa County sheriff’s deputy was arrested last Thursday after an acquaintance called police to say he had stolen prescription drugs from him. Deputy Joshua Wilson is charged with possession of hydrocodone and tramadol, unauthorized distribution of a controlled substance, and violating the oath of an officer. He had the drugs in his vehicle when he was pulled over in a traffic stop.   Continue reading “These 13 outrageous acts by drug war cops all happened within the last week”

Tech Dirt – by Mike Masnick

As you may have heard, yesterday the FBI “uncovered” yet another of its own terrorist plots, the latest in a very long line of “terrorist plots” the FBI has “uncovered” — in which the details always show that it was an undercover FBI “informant” (often doing this to get off leniently for some other issue), who more or less goads hapless, naive people, into a “plot” that had no real chance of ever happening. This appears to be the same sort of thing.

Still, politicians never leave an opportunity like this unexploited, and so in jumps Senator Dianne Feinstein, arguing that the only proper way to deal with this is to, of course… censor the internet:   Continue reading “FBI Uncovers Another Of Its Own Plots, Senator Feinstein Responds By Saying We Should Censor The Internet”

The Newspaper

Nevada courts are out of cash because police are not writing enough speeding tickets. State Supreme Court Chief Justice James W. Hardesty sounded the warning before the state Joint Subcommittee on General Government on March 11, telling lawmakers that the coffers are running dry at an alarming rate.

“We thought the decline would be about three or so percent,” Justice Hardesty explained. “We budgeted for a five percent decline in the budget that the governor recommended. We now believe based on the numbers we’re seeing that the decline will actually be ten percent. This is a serious problem, not only for the Supreme Court’s budget, but also for those budgets in the state general fund that are supported by administrative assessments.”   Continue reading “Nevada Needs More Traffic Tickets To Pay Judicial Salaries”

The Newspaper

Georgia’s implied consent law may not be around much longer. On Friday, a unanimous state Supreme Court laid the groundwork for a future ruling that could effectively nullify the statute that imposes automatic punishment on motorists who refuse to provide a blood sample or breath test upon demand. The implied consent law helps police investigate drunk driving (DUI) cases by allowing what are considered searches under the Fourth Amendment to take place without a search warrant.    Continue reading “Georgia Supreme Court Questions Implied Consent Law”

The Des Moines Register – by Grant Rodgers

Does protecting America’s lucrative genetically modified seed corn industry warrant the use of national security laws intended to fight terrorists and government spies?

The FBI says yes, and it has invoked the broader powers afforded by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA, to surreptitiously gather evidence against two Chinese siblings accused of plotting to steal patented seed from Iowa cornfields, according to court records.   Continue reading “FBI: Plot to steal seed corn a national security threat”

WSVN 7 News

FORT PIERCE, Fla. (WSVN) — A Florida student and her parents say she received an unfair punishment for doing the right thing.

Eleven-year-old Brianna Cooper, a fifth-grader at Fort Pierce Elementary School, said her teacher had been mean to students in the past and she wanted to prove it. Inside her classroom, Brianna recorded the instructor saying to a classmate, “Don’t let the size fool you. I will drop you.”   Continue reading “Fort Pierce 5th-grader suspended after recording teacher’s taunting remarks”

Breitbart – by AWR Hawkins

On March 28, MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry suggested the push away from gun control and toward expanded gun rights–which means more armed, law-abiding citizens–actually puts police lives in danger.

Harris-Perry read a summary from a recent Department of Justice report on police activity in Chicago and New York City. She then specifically focused on Philadelphia police, whom the report claims “averaged about one shooting a week from 2007 to 2013.” She said that during this time period “the percentage of unarmed suspects shot by the police increased from 6 percent to 20 percent.”   Continue reading “MSNBC: Police Lives In Danger Because Of Armed Law-Abiding Citizens”

RT

The recently leaked chapter from the US-led Trans-Pacific Partnership Free Trade Agreement (TPP) allows firms to sue the countries they are operating in via private courts, steering clear of national jurisdictions, WikiLeaks reported.

The chapter, which was completed on January 20, was verified by the Public Citizen organization that was present during secret negotiations in March, teleSUR reported.   Continue reading “Leaked TPP investment chapter: Corporations can sue states in private courts”