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LAFAYETTE — Twenty-year-old Kiana Champagne Fletcher stood outside her home in the 1900 block of Elmwood Avenue late Monday barking at a police dog that was sniffing a car during a traffic stop, according to police reports.
Her barking drew the officers’ attention, which worked against her. Continue reading “Woman arrested after barking at police K9”
Ron Paul Institute – by Ron Paul
Hard as it is to believe, airline travel recently became even more unpleasant. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employees being required to work without pay for the duration of the government shutdown resulted in many TSA workers calling in sick. The outbreak of “shutdown flu” among TSA employees forced some large airports to restrict the number of places mandatory TSA screenings were performed, making going through screening even more time-consuming and providing one more reason to shut down the TSA. Continue reading “Shut Down the TSA!”
Civilized – by Joseph Misulonas
We often hear members of law enforcement state the dangers of marijuana to ridiculous levels. But the Attorney General of South Carolina has perhaps said the most ridiculous statement yet.
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson referred to marijuana as “the most dangerous drug” in America. Wilson’s comments were part of a press conference where several other politicians, law enforcement officials and doctors spoke out against a proposed bill that would legalize medical marijuana in South Carolina. Continue reading “South Carolina Attorney General Calls Marijuana the ‘Most Dangerous Drug’ in America”
Not content with Real Time Crime Centers (RTCC) forcing businesses to spy on customers in real-time. Homeland Security has now decided to use RTCC’s to spy on motorists in real-time.
Last month an article in the Baton Rogue Proud revealed that the Baton Rouge Police Department’s RTCC will be using red light cameras to spy on motorists. Continue reading “Real-Time Crime Centers to spy on motorists in real-time”
Washington’s Blog – by Charles Hugh Smith
It’s not exactly news that the Alternative Media is under assault: skeptical inquiry and dissenting narratives are smeared as “fake news,” and new suspiciously corporate entities (NewsGuard et al.) claim to be “protecting” consumers from “fake news” as cover for their real agenda, which is limiting public exposure to skeptical, dissenting independent analysis.
Social Media and Search corporations are also censoring non-corporate, non-state media, again under the purported guise of stripping out “fake news.” Continue reading “The Alt-Media Has Way More Fun than the Mainstream Media”
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A former Philadelphia police officer was ordered to serve 3 to 12 months in county jail for killing a man while drag racing with another officer two years ago.
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports Adam Soto fought back tears Friday while begging for forgiveness from the victim’s family during his sentencing. Continue reading “Ex-officer gets 3-12 months in jail for drag racing death”
A California cop gave a Marine veteran a concussion for nothing more than filming a traffic stop.
On January 22, Adrian Burrell was at his home in Vallejo, California, when he saw his cousin outside with his hands in the air. The cousin, Michael Walton, was standing next to his motorcycle with his back to a police officer. “He can’t hear you. He has his helmet on,” Burrell told the officer, according to the account he later gave to KGO. At that point, he says, the cop told him to go back in his house. Continue reading “Marine Vet Films Traffic Stop From His Porch; California Cop Gives Him a Concussion”
The right to occupy one’s own property free from intrusion is once again under attack in the United States. By now the stories are legion of police entering private property (many times in error) and outright killing non-threatening family pets.
However, the latest incident from Guilford, CT is particularly egregious as it involves the defense of private property after a crime had already been committed against it. Continue reading “Protest: Dog Sent To “Death Row” By Government After Biting Trespasser”
LONG BEACH (CBSLA) A former police clerk is accused of filming nearly 70 of his male colleagues using the restroom without their knowledge, authorities said.
And where did this brazen act allegedly take place? A second-floor bathroom inside the headquarters of the Long Beach Police Department. Continue reading “Police Clerk Accused Of Filming Nearly 70 Men Using Restroom — At Long Beach Police Station”
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WTVD) — A Fayetteville police officer was found dead just two days after a criminal complaint was filed against him regarding a crime against a child.
On Friday, the department said it received a complaint against the officer involving a young victim.
The Youth Services Unit and Internal Affairs Unit began an investigation and obtained arrest warrants later that day. Continue reading “Fayetteville officer found dead after investigation uncovers crimes against child”
U.S. Sen. Rand Paul was awarded more than $580,000 in damages and medical expenses on Wednesday in his lawsuit against the neighbor who tackled him and broke several of his ribs in a dispute over lawn maintenance.
A jury in Bowling Green, Kentucky, deliberated less than two hours before delivering the award to the Republican lawmaker who had been attacked while doing yard work at his Kentucky home. Continue reading “Rand Paul Awarded More than $580K in Attack by Neighbor”
Day by day, year by year our justice system proves the Constitution has essentially become worthless.
Yesterday, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in California ruled that police do not need a reason to place a person on the Suspicious Person List.
The ruling explains how President George W. Bush created Fusion Centers whose primary mission was to identify “suspicious Americans.” Continue reading “Appeals Court: Police do not need a reason to place Americans on a Suspicious Person List”
The Charlotte Observer – by Josh Magness
For nearly six full weeks, 29-year-old Matt Crull said he sat inside a Florida jail for a crime he didn’t commit.
The charge was trafficking heroin, according to CBS12. It came with a steep potential punishment and bond, which frightened Crull, who said an officer mistook laundry detergent for heroin. Continue reading “Florida man spent 41 days in jail for heroin. But it was actually detergent, cops say”
MetroWest Daily News – by Norman Miller
Prosecutors trying to get convictions for people suspected of driving drunk have seen their jobs get much more difficult after a Massachusetts judge ruled this week that Breathalyzer tests cannot be used as evidence in court.
Judge Robert Brennan, who was hearing a consolidated test case that involved more than 400 Breathalyzer exams throughout the state, ruled the tests can’t be used until the Office of Alcohol Testing proves it results are accurate. Continue reading “Breathalyzer court ruling roils prosecutors, police”
PHOENIX — Maricopa County sheriff’s posses involved in law enforcement operations have been temporarily suspended as Sheriff Paul Penzone’s office inventories all weapons used by the agency.
Penzone says inventories are necessary because 50 firearms, including 29 fully automatic guns, are missing or stolen from the sheriff’s office.
Continue reading “Sheriff’s posses temporarily suspended in Maricopa County”
I hope you had a happy new year, “because I’m about to ruin the image and the style that you’re used to.”
Gone are the days when you sent your daughter to the store and worried that some creepy old man might upskirt her Because now retailers will do what no stalker could ever do, take Iris and facial images of your kids while they buy ice cream or soda. Continue reading “Walgreens, Nestle, Coors and more use iris-tracking cameras to spy on shoppers”
Newsguard, the beltway establishment-backed “news rating” browser plugin that assigns websites a green or red rating based on their “trustworthiness,” claims to care about integrity in news. But one of the project’s top investors operates a D.C.-based subsidiary that has been trying to manipulate American news media on behalf of Saudi Arabia and its brutal military intervention in Yemen.
Navigate to Newsguard’s website and you’ll be greeted with a slogan that proudly proclaims “restoring trust and accountability.” Continue reading “NewsGuard Linked to Saudi Arabia’s PR Machine”
The Guardian – by Jason Wilson
In Washington state, a freshly implemented ballot initiative and a raft of new bills may produce some of the tightest firearms regulations in the US. But standing in the way is a group of rural law enforcement officers who say point blank that they won’t enforce any of it.
The Klickitat county sheriff, Bob Songer, is one of them. He told the Guardian that the initiative passed last November “is unconstitutional on several grounds. I’ve taken the position that as an elected official, I am not going to enforce that law”. Continue reading “The sheriffs resisting Washington’s new gun laws: ‘I’m not going to enforce that’”
Collective Evolution – by Jeremy R. Hammond
As I have covered in previous articles for Children’s Health Defense, the fundamental assumptions underlying the recommendation of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that everyone aged six months and up should get an annual flu shot are unsupported by scientific evidence. Examining a case study from the New York Times, we’ve seen how the corporate media manufacture consent for public vaccine policy by grossly misinforming their audiences about the science—and how, in doing so, the media are just following the CDC’s example. We’ve seen how the CDC uses deceptive fear marketing to increase demand for influenza vaccines, and how the CDC’s claims that flu vaccination significantly reduces deaths among the elderly have been thoroughly discredited by the scientific community. Continue reading “Why You Can’t Trust the CDC on Vaccines”
(WJBK) – A Detroit Police Commander from the 6th precinct was arrested early Saturday morning for drunk driving and causing an accident.
Police say Cmdr. Johnny Thomas was driving under the influence when he smashed into a stopped car at Mack and St. Antoine around 12:30 a.m. Continue reading “Detroit Police Commander arrested for drunk driving on Detroit’s east side”