Author: Joe from MassPrivateI

Huffington Post – by Laura Bassett

In response to the arrests of three law enforcement officials in Oklahoma for sexually assaulting women while on the job, an Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper told women they can avoid getting raped by a cop if they simply follow traffic laws.

Raw Story first pointed out on Tuesday that Capt. George Brown, a state trooper, shared a few tips for women in an interview with local NBC News affiliate KJRH. Brown told the KJRH anchor that women can keep their car doors locked and speak through a cracked window if a trooper approaches them. If the trooper asks a woman to get out of the car, Brown said, she can ask “in a polite way” why he wants her to do that.   Continue reading “Cop’s Tip For Not Getting Raped By A Cop: ‘Don’t Get Pulled Over’”

Raw Story – by Travis Gettys

Family members plan to sue the police officer who shot an unarmed 24-year-old California man last week outside a liquor store.

Richard “Pedie” Perez was shot to death Sept. 14 by Richmond police Officer Wallace Jensen after he refused to show his identification.   Continue reading “Witnesses: Officer stepped back, gunned down California man outside liquor store”

Free Thought Project – by Cassandra Rules

On Friday, May 9, 2014, just after 5:30am in Killeen, Texas, Marvin Louis Guy was the target of a no knock raid.

The officers were looking for drugs, yet none were found in the home.  There was some questionable paraphernalia, but nothing indicative of drug dealing- or anything damning enough for a reasonable person to feel the need to take an officers life.   Continue reading “Man Shoots at Intruders, Turns Out it was a No-Knock Raid. Now He Faces the Death Penalty”

KHOU 11 News – by Jeremy Rogalski

More than 6,000 speeding tickets will be dismissed “in the interest of justice,” according to City of Houston prosecutors. Those tickets were written by four officers allegedly involved in a ticket-rigging scheme to collect more overtime.

“In the interest of justice and fairness, it’s the right thing to do,” said Houston Police Chief Charles McClelland.   Continue reading “More than 6K speeding violations to be dismissed amid ticket-rigging scandal”

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Continue reading “States being forced to accept DHS’s ‘Real ID’ national drivers license program”

News OK – by Jennifer Palmer

The Anti-Media – by Cassius Methyl

Several documents were released recently by the Peaceful Streets Project detailing how the Austin Police Department, The Austin Police Association, and several figures of authority conspired against The Peaceful Streets project, Cop Block, Oath Keepers, and several other peaceful organizations in an attempt to slander American activists as a whole. Police tried to draw conclusions backed with zero evidence in an attempt to gain the power to incarcerate activists who have broken no laws. Continue reading “Police Claim Cop Block, Peaceful Streets Project and Activists of America are an Imminent Threat”

Huffington Post – by Rebecca Klein

Pinellas County School District in Pinellas County, Florida, is one of over 20 districts around the country with a police force or public safety department in possession of former military supplies, thanks to the Department of Defense’s Excess Property Program, or 1033 program. Since 1997, the initiative has provided excess military equipment to state agencies like local and public university police forces, but it has come under renewed scrutiny in the weeks following the Ferguson demonstrations.   Continue reading “These Are The School Districts Around The Country With Military Supplies”

Fox 17 West Michigan – by Jessica McMaster

RICHLAND, Mich. — A mother from Kalamazoo is losing her home after she missed a property tax payment.

It has been a rough couple of years for Deborah Calley, who has overcome physical and mental obstacles following a devastating car accident.

The crash happened in 2008, and it left Calley with several injuries to her arms, wrists, and neck. She said also she had four big bruises on her brain.   Continue reading “Kalamazoo mother loses home over one missed property tax payment”

Yahoo News – by Steve Gorman

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Two hand-me-down miniature helicopter drones given away for free by Seattle after a political uproar there are now under lock and key in Los Angeles, where a police commission vows to keep the aircraft grounded until it approves rules for their limited use.

The LAPD says the newly acquired Draganflyer X6 pilotless choppers, equipped to carry video cameras and night-vision lenses, are intended for SWAT-team use against armed suspects who may be barricaded alone or with hostages.    Continue reading “B.S. Warning: Los Angeles police try to reassure public on newly acquired drones”

Tech Dirt – by Tim Cushing

The Justice Department will be investigating the Ferguson PD in the wake of an unarmed citizen’s shooting by Officer Darren Wilson. Already, news has surfaced that the police force has a history of discriminatory actions and a problem with deploying excessive force. But should we even trust the DOJ to do this? If the DOJ is going to police the nation’s police, then it should be holding its own agencies and employees to the highest standards. But it doesn’t. It doesn’t even come close.

Documents obtained by McClatchy News Service [pdf link] reveal incident after incident of misconduct uncovered by the Office of the Inspector General. They range from the merely questionable to the wholly unacceptable, but one thread holds them all together: a nearly complete lack of accountability.   Continue reading “DOJ Investigates Law Enforcement Agencies All Over The Nation But Can’t Be Bothered To Police Itself”

Think Progress – by Kiley Kroh

A recent move by Wisconsin utility We Energies to not only raise electricity rates on all consumers but also to add an additional charge on those who produce their own energy and sell it back to the grid has sparked outrage within the state and beyond. The plan would raise the “fixed charge” on all customers’ electric bills from $9 to $16 a month, as well as reduce net metering — a policy that enables customers with solar panels or other forms of distributed generation to sell their excess electricity back to the grid — and add a new charge on these electricity-generating customers.   Continue reading “Push To Impose Extra Fees On Solar Customers Draws Outrage In Wisconsin”

The Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

When her mother and father came outside after hearing her cries for help she was desperately holding a tree with one arm while plainclothes officers were beating her in the head, neck and throat.

Dymond Milburn, now 20-years-old, was an honor student attending advanced classes at Austin Middle School, when her life would be forever scarred by Galveston police.

On the night of August 22, 2006 at 7:45 PM, Emily Milburn was preparing her children for school the next day, when a breaker broke, cutting off electricity to the family’s home. Emily asked her daughter, Dymond, to go outside and hit the switch, located downstairs and outside the house.   Continue reading “Cops Beat & Kidnap 12-yo Girl in Front of her Home, Claiming She was a Prostitute”