From the Trenches World Report
Enforce our Bill of Rights
SEATTLE – With security on the minds of many people following ongoing gun violence across the country, a local startup says it has a solution with a unique bulletproof vest.
Continued debate on how to best protect people has sparked ideas ranging from arming teachers, to hiring more armed guards to creating tougher gun laws. Continue reading “Local startup creates portable chair that converts into bulletproof vest”
WTNH 8 News – by Noelle Gardner
WOODBRIDGE, Conn. (WTNH) – A high school student was suspended and arrested after posting an image of a toy gun on social media.
Zach Cassidento, a high school senior at Amity High Regional School was suspended and arrested as a juvenile after he posted a picture of a toy gun, or what’s called an “airsoft gun,” on Snapchat. Continue reading “High school senior suspended and arrested after posting picture of airsoft gun on social media”
Our march towards a total police is almost complete. Six days ago Major League Baseball (MLB) announced their partnership with CLEAR.
CLEAR is the same company that brought TSA Precheck to vehicles. CLEAR’s vehicle Precheck scans both drivers and passenger biometrics so they can get quick access to sports stadiums and airports. Continue reading “MLB teams use TSA Precheck to spy on fans”
Courthouse News – by Adam Klasfeld
MANHATTAN (CN) – At an hour-long hearing Tuesday morning, the Second Circuit sent a loud and clear warning that New York City could face liabilities for police using sound weapons against protesters.
Whether the officer who turned on the devices will have to pay is less clear. Continue reading “NYPD Defends Sound Cannons in Appeal of Protest Case”
(Meredith) – A 13-year-old boy who drew a stick figure holding a gun and another holding two knives was suspended from his North Carolina middle school.
The boy’s father, James Herring, said he can’t believe his son received a two-day suspension earlier this month for what he calls a harmless picture. Continue reading “Boy suspended for drawing stick figure holding gun, knives”
MANSFIELD, Ohio – A Mansfield woman was arrested Saturday afternoon after making lewd comments to an Easter Bunny at a carousel park in Mansfield.
Police report that they were called out to Richland Carrousel Park after receiving a complaint that Ladonna Hughett, 54, appeared to be intoxicated while having her picture taken with the Easter Bunny. She allegedly made lewd comments to the Bunny and then began riding the carousel. Continue reading “Mansfield woman arrested for making lewd comments to Easter Bunny”
Cities across America are installing FREE smart parking meters equipped with license plate license plate readers (LPR).
A company called Municipal Parking Service (MPS) has been installing free camera equipped parking meters in Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Florida and Canada. Continue reading “FREE spying smart parking meters are “virtual police officers””
Consortium News – by Nicolas J.S. Davies
How many people have been killed in America’s post-9/11 wars? I have been researching and writing about that question since soon after the U.S. launched these wars, which it has tried to justify as a response to terrorist crimes that killed 2,996 people in the U.S. on September 11th 2001. Continue reading “How Many Millions of People Have Been Killed in America’s Post-9/11 Wars? – Part One: Iraq”
Courthouse News – by Nicholas Iovino
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) – The city of Oakland will pay $35,000 to settle a lawsuit claiming police tried to cover up an attempted home invasion and assault by two drunk off-duty officers.
Olga and Nemesio Cortez sued the city and five police officers in October 2016. The couple said police tried to make them change their story to protect two inebriated officers, including one who allegedly assaulted them in front of their children. Continue reading “Oakland Settles Police Cover-Up Claims for $35,000”
Strategic Culture – by Eric Zuesse
Unlike corporations that sell to consumers, Lockheed Martin and the other top contractors to the US Government are highly if not totally dependent upon sales to governments, for their profits, especially sales to their own government, which they control — they control their home market, which is the US Government, and they use it to sell to its allied governments, all of which foreign governments constitute the export markets for their products and services. These corporations control the US Government, and they control NATO. And, here is how they do it, which is essential to understand, in order to be able to make reliable sense of America’s foreign policies, such as which nations are ‘allies’ of the US Government (such as Saudi Arabia and Israel), and which nations are its ‘enemies’ (such as Libya and Syria) — and are thus presumably suitable for America to invade, or else to overthrow by means of a coup. First, the nation’s head-of-state becomes demonized; then, the invasion or coup happens. And, that’s it. And here’s how. Continue reading “How the Military Controls America”
Video obtained by the Houston Chronicle captures the killing of an apparently unarmed man who was shot by a Harris County Sheriff’s Office deputy in the Greater Greenspoint area Thursday.
The Houston Police Department confirmed Friday that Danny Ray Thomas, 34, died after the deputy — who has not been named — fired one shot at him around 1 p.m. in the 17600 block of Imperial Valley Road. Continue reading “Unarmed man with pants down fatally shot by Harris County deputy”
In a move apparently designed to appease President Trump’s recent promise to execute narcotics traffickers, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions this week released a memo urging federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty for “dealing in extremely large quantities of drugs.”
Smarting from Sessions’ opposition to state-legal marijuana in places like California, Colorado and Washington state, the new guidelines sent chills through some in the cannabis community. Continue reading “Legal pot business owners ponder the possibility of death row after Trump administration policy shift”
A company called Dataworks Plus has developed a portable facial and fingerprint biometric scanner for law enforcement.
The ‘Evolution’ is a portable facial and fingerprint smartphone that police can use to identify everyone. Continue reading “Police facial recognition smartphones will be used to create secret watchlists”
TAMPA (FOX 13) – Rebecca Shaw is not a criminal, but for months, she was treated like one. The mother of four — who didn’t break the law or do anything wrong — sat in jail for five long, agonizing months.
“It felt like my whole life was over. It was terrible,” Rebecca exclaimed. “My kids were devastated. I was away for five months. I cried constantly.” Continue reading “Another field drug test mistake sends woman to jail — for months”
It seems like not a day goes by, where law enforcement isn’t inventing new ways to spy on Americans.
According to a recent article in the Daily Progress, the University of Virginia Police Department is using a company called Social Sentinel (SS) to spy on college students and faculty Tweets etc. Continue reading “University Police use the “Library of Harm” to flag students words”
The Journal – by Larry Robinson
OGDENSBURG — A city woman who was recently ticketed for allowing her 12-year-old son to play pick-up sports in the street outside their home thinks the municipality should rethink the ordinance and the way it’s enforced.
However, at a recent meeting of Ogdensburg City Council, officials expressed support for the law, which police say is needed to ensure public safety and to prevent unruliness. Continue reading “Woman ticketed for letting son play in the street”
So here’s a novel way to tackle the pernicious problem of school bullying.
State Rep. Frank Burns, a Democrat from outside Johnstown, Pa., says he wants to reduce incidents of school bullying.
He also wants to hold the grown-ups responsible for not reining in their little Bugs Meanies. And to make sure that happens, he’d slap the parents of habitual bulliers with stiff fines – up to $750 for repeat offenders – and make them perform community service. Continue reading “Legislator Wants to Fine Parents of Bullies $750, Make Them Take Classes”