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Should it be illegal – a crime in and of itself – to dislike cops?

The Fraternal Order of Police – the union for cops – thinks it ought to be. It is officially demanding that cops – already a protected (and entitled) class – be further set apart from ordinary folks by passing legislation that would enable prosecutors to pursue additional “hate crimes” charges against any not-cop who is accused of voicing anti-cop sentiments while, say, “resisting arrest” by attempting to ward off the wood shampoo being administered by a cop. Or in the course of committing any other crime involving one of the state’s enforcers of the laws where the crime-committer can be characterized as having committed the crime with dislike of cops in his heart.   Continue reading ““Hate Crime” Protection For Heroes?”

CBS Los Angeles

HOLLYWOOD (CBSLA.com) — The Department of Motor Vehicles is so overwhelmed with requests for new driver’s licenses and vehicle registrations that it can take up to three months to get an appointment or a half-day wait in the lobby.

A DMV spokesman told KCAL9 Political Reporter Dave Bryan there has been a crush of applications for new licenses for undocumented immigrants, a program that began earlier this month. The spokesman said the DMV is working to address the problems, but some people are having to take a day off of work to handle a 15-minute transaction.   Continue reading “Some Motorists Wait Months For DMV Appointments After Immigrants Law Goes Into Effect”

Breitbart – by AWR Hawkins

As Breitbart News previously reported, private gun sales skyrocketed during 2013 with 21,093,273 background checks. And now the FBI reports that during the first six months of 2014–the first six months that all these new guns were in the hands of Americans–“offenses” in the categories of violent crimes and property crimes decreased.

In other words, More guns correlated with less crime in the first half of 2014.   Continue reading “FBI Report: More Guns Correlated With Less Crime In First Half Of 2014”

Fox News

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. –  A police officer in northern Florida is being suspended without pay for one month for firing his stun gun in the back of a 61-year-old woman.

A video taken last fall showed Tallahassee Officer Terry Mahan firing his stun gun at Viola Young as she walked away from him. She fell face-first to the ground.

Tallahassee Police Chief Michael DeLeo announced Monday that police had concluded an internal investigation into the incident.   Continue reading “Police officer who fired stun gun at 61-year-old woman suspended without pay for 1 month”

Infowars

According to the Department of Homeland Security’s Twitter feed, the agency has relaunched its campaign to involve citizens in tracking down and reporting terrorists.   Continue reading “DHS Relaunches “See Something, Say Something” Spying Campaign”

Cleveland – by Cory Shaffer

CLEVELAND, Ohio – A Cleveland police officer punched a 53-year-old disabled veteran twice in the face and continued to beat him in front of his wife and daughter outside a Cleveland Indians game two days after the man’s birthday, according to a lawsuit.

Narlin Shadd sued officer Alvin White over a September 2005 traffic stop that ended with Shadd, a special education teacher and high school soccer coach, bleeding from the mouth and spending three days locked in a Cleveland jail cell.   Continue reading “Cleveland cop beats disabled vet in front of family because he was called a ‘jerk’”

First Coast News – by Jason Wheeler

GUSTINE, Texas — Here in Gustine, population 457, what happens at the schoolhouse affects nearly everyone. And something happened Monday that is causing a big controversy in this small town.

“I felt uncomfortable, and I didn’t want to do it,” said 11-year-old Eliza Medina. “I felt like they violated my privacy.”   Continue reading “Students forced to lower their pants for poop inspection”

Privacy SOS

In 2011, 1 in 25 Americans was arrested. In a few years, if the FBI has its way, the federal government will possess the DNA of all of those people and more. Under the radar of most lawmakers and journalists, the Bureau—with private industry and congress’ help—is pushing the most massive expansion of biometric state surveillance since the invention of the fingerprint.

Late last year, the FBI cut the ribbon on its one billion dollar biometrics database, called Next Generation Identification. Since NGI’s official launch, state and local law enforcement officials have been encouraged to submit face prints, fingerprints, retina scans, photos of tattoos and scars, and DNA collected from people nationwide to the FBI’s central database. Those state and local officials can also search against the FBI’s biometrics store, if they want to identify someone. With NGI in full operation, the scary future of Minority Report infamy takes a giant leap forward into the world of non-fiction.    Continue reading “The FBI’s plan to collect everyone’s DNA just got a huge boost from congress”

WTOP

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A federal judge has permanently shut down a cellphone spyware app called “StealthGenie” that exposed targets to having their calls and emails monitored without their knowledge.

Judge Leonie (LAY-uh-nee) Brinkema in Alexandria issued a permanent injunction shutting down StealthGenie on Tuesday. That follows a temporary injunction issued last year.   Continue reading “Judge permanently shuts down cellphone spyware app”

New York Daily News – by JOHN MARZULLI

The NYPD is investigating the alleged beating and illegal stop-and-search of a decorated Marine veteran in Queens by a pair of undercover cops, the Daily News has learned.

The disturbing incident occurred Jan. 15 as NYPD commanders were putting heat on cops to boost arrest activity in the wake of a massive work slowdown, just a stone’s throw from the new Police Academy where Commissioner Bill Bratton delivered a tough-sounding speech last year vowing to kick bad apples off the force.   Continue reading “NYPD probes two undercover officer for allegedly assaulting former Marine sergeant”

NJ.com – by Jonathan Lin

UPDATE: New details released by feds

BAYONNE – The FBI arrested a Bayonne police officer at his home this morning in connection to an alleged case of police brutality against a resident, a city official confirmed this afternoon.

The FBI arrested Domenico Lillo, one of the defendants in a federal lawsuit filed last November by Brandon Walsh, 26, and Walsh’s family, the city official said.   Continue reading “Bayonne police officer arrested by feds in connection to alleged police brutality incident, city official says”

One News Now – by Michael F. Haverluck

Forget sitting in the corner or getting sent to the principal’s office. Not in Virginia, at least, where a four-year-old preschooler at an elementary school was handcuffed, shackled, and taken by a sheriff in a squad car to the police station. There he was forced to talk to jail inmates to “scare” him straight. And just for safe measure, the school threw in a suspension.

The crime? The preschooler defiantly tossed a few items on the floor in class.   Continue reading “Cops used ‘extreme forms of restraint’ on 4-year-old”

The fact that our Supreme Court would even consider this is a prelude to an official POLICE STATE!

The Newspaper

Some Supreme Court justices question whether Fourth Amendment intrusions during traffic stops have gone too far.

Should police have the power to order a driver out of his car while a search is conducted with a drug dog — even when there is no reason to believe the motorist has done anything wrong? That was the question posed to the US Supreme Court during oral arguments on Wednesday in the case of Dennys Rodriguez.   Continue reading “US Supreme Court Considers Random Use Of Drug Dogs During Traffic Stops”

WUSA 9 – by Brad Heath

Radar devices that allow police officers to effectively see into suspects’ homes raise “privacy concerns of the highest order,” top lawmakers on the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee said Thursday.

At least 50 U.S. law enforcement agencies have secretly equipped their officers with that technology, with little notice to the public or the courts. The devices work like very fine motion detectors, capable of determining whether someone is inside a building by detecting movement as slight as human breathing.   Continue reading “Senators question Holder on police use of motion detectors”

Closer – by Kayleigh Dray

The former police officer, who allegedly planned to kidnap, kill, and eat women, was recently released from jail

We’ve heard about being hungry for love, but this takes things to a whole new level.

Gilberto Valle – aka the man who became known as ‘Cannibal Cop’ over his strange woman-eating fantasies – popped up on Match.com recently.   Continue reading “Match.com deletes cannibal police officer’s dating profile: ‘He listed cooking as a hobby’”

Keye TV – by Lydia Pantazes

Austin, TX – People living in a homeless camp near the area where a body was found are being forced to move.

The body of 27-year old Tasha Morrison was found on the 8800 block of I-35 on Monday.

Kelly Dubose, who lives in a nearby camp, found Morrison’s body about 20-yards off the road.  Now, Dubose and about a dozen other people are being forced to leave the camp.   Continue reading “People living in homeless camps could face fines of up to $500”