From the Trenches World Report
Enforce our Bill of Rights
ARVADA, Colo. — Keep your eyes peeled for hidden treasure the next time you’re in Arvada.
There are dozens of hand-painted rocks hiding all over the city waiting to be found. Continue reading “‘Cop Rocks’ hidden all over Arvada to prevent crime”
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China said it will begin applying its so-called social credit system to flights and trains and stop people who have committed misdeeds from taking such transport for up to a year.
People who would be put on the restricted lists included those found to have committed acts like spreading false information about terrorism and causing trouble on flights, as well as those who used expired tickets or smoked on trains, according to two statements issued on the National Development and Reform Commission’s website on Friday. Continue reading “China to bar people with bad ‘social credit’ from planes, trains”
Waking Times – by Phillip Schneider
In 2010, it was found that roughly 100,000 Americans die each year from prescription drugs alone. When it comes to opioids, the number of deaths is in the tens of thousands while a quarter of patients who were given a short-term prescription transitioned to long-term use.
Now, according to a recent Harvard University analysis, doctors who prescribe these pain-killers are being paid huge sums of money from their manufacturers. Continue reading “Harvard Investigation Shows Doctors are Paid Huge Sums to Prescribe Addictive Opiods”
PRITCHARD, Ala. – A 70-year-old Alabama woman was handcuffed and hauled off to jail for allegedly failing to mow her lawn.
The woman said police showed up at her door and arrested her. The city claims an arrest warrant was issued because she failed to respond to a citation for overgrown grass and brush, but the woman said she did respond providing documentation proving she no longer owned the property in question. Continue reading “Mix up lands senior citizen behind bars for not mowing lawn”
Since at least 2016, hotel and motel staff have been spying on guests and notifying law enforcement of anyone that dresses inappropriately for their age or has lower quality clothing.
Hotel and motel staff are also told to be on the lookout for suspicious people that ask for extra towels, or have excessive alcohol in their rooms and much more. Continue reading “Hotel and motel staff spy on how much you drink and how you dress”
GRAFTON — A man went on a rampage and trashed the inside of the Grafton Police Department. The strange outburst lasted only a few minutes, and it was all caught on camera.
Just before 1 p.m. Sunday, March 11, the man walked into the Grafton Police Department, not looking for help, but to cause trouble. Continue reading “Man goes on rampage, destroys Grafton Police Department lobby”
AlterNet – by William Boardman
SECRET SERVICE PROTECTION AT POLLING PLACES.
This section shall not prevent any officer or agent of the United States Secret Service from providing armed protective services authorized under section 3056 or pursuant to a Presidential memorandum at any place where a general or special election is held. [emphasis added]– H.R. 2825, section 4012
The single sentence above, which amends current federal law, would give the president unprecedented authority to send armed Secret Service agents to anyUS polling place for any reason. The law allows the president to send armed Secret Service agents to every US polling place if he has enough agents. Continue reading “There’s a New Law That Could Allow the President to Send Armed Secret Service to Polling Places”
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is desperately trying to rehabilitate its controversial roadside drug testing program. On Monday, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a report outlining the reforms that NHTSA has proposed to address motorist concerns with the National Roadside Survey.
The last survey in 2014 relied upon police roadblocks that forced motorists to stop against their will so that they could be encouraged to “voluntarily” take a drug test. Passive alcohol sensors were also used to search vehicles for traces of alcohol without the motorist’s consent. The heavy-handed tactics triggered a lawsuit and the ire of congressional lawmakers who banned the use of federal funding for any future surveys. Continue reading “Feds Try To Restore Confidence In Drugged Driver Survey”
The Defense Department’s 1033 program has allowed law enforcement to muddy the water on the distinction between police force and military force. Given the right reasoning (most commonly cited: Wars on Terror/Drugs), police departments are allowed to pick up surplus military gear, often for free (utilizing DHS grants) and start pretending they’re an occupying force, rather than public servants.
This came to a head following protests in Ferguson, Missouri, where viewers around the world were treated to the sight of local law enforcement rolling up on residents in mine-resistant vehicles while clad in gear that made officers look far more like soldiers than cops. This prompted a rollback of the 1033 program by Obama, limiting the sort of gear police departments could obtain to more innocuous surplus, like computers and furniture. Continue reading “Police Department With Eight Full-Time Officers Acquired 31 Military Vehicles Thru DoD’s Surplus Program”
In September, Etowah County Sheriff Todd Entrekin and his wife Karen purchased an orange four-bedroom house with an in-ground pool and canal access in an upscale section of Orange Beach for $740,000.
To finance the purchase, Entrekin got a $592,000 mortgage from Peoples Bank of Alabama, according to public real estate records. The home is one of several properties with a total assessed value of more than $1.7 million that the couple own together or separately in Etowah and Baldwin counties. Continue reading “Etowah sheriff pockets $750k in jail food funds, buys $740k beach house”
The company that wants everyone to use biometric drivers licenses is installing TSA Precheck biometric scanners in sports stadiums across the country.
‘Airport security is coming to the sports stadium through a program initiated by Idemia’.
On March 1, 2018, IDEMIA announced that they are partnering with the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets and the NHL’s New York Islanders.
Continue reading “NFL, NBA and the NHL use TSA Precheck to spy on fans”
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government censored, withheld or said it couldn’t find records sought by citizens, journalists and others more often last year than at any point in the past decade, according to an Associated Press analysis of new data.
The calculations cover eight months under President Donald Trump, the first hints about how his administration complies with the Freedom of Information Act. Continue reading “US sets new record for censoring, withholding gov’t files”
MIT Technology Review – by Erin Winick
Jaime Silverstein works on a farm every day. Inside a cargo shipping container. In Boston. She is a part of a growing movement of urban farmers intent on using efficient, high-tech hydroponic setups to shorten the distance between city dwellers and their food. Continue reading “How to grow four tons of food a year in a metal box without sunlight”
Western Journal – by Randy DeSoto
Six months after adopting concealed carry of firearms on campus, the University of Kansas found that the crime rate dropped and there have been zero weapons violations.
The Lawrence Journal-World reported that “crime decreased 13 percent, with 671 criminal offenses reported to KU police in 2017 compared to 770 incidents in 2016, according to a news release from the KU Office of Public Safety.” Continue reading “University OKs Guns on Campus… 6 Months Later the Results Are Breathtaking”
Activist Post – by Derrick Broze
Visitors to New York’s Penn Station will now be subjected to random searches via body scanners courtesy of the Transportation Security Administration and Amtrak Police.
Train and bus riders in New York City and Los Angeles have recently been subjected to random virtual searches from new body scanner technology being rolled out by the U.S. Transportation Security Administration. The body scanners use “passive millimeter wave” technology that detects heat coming of an individual body and supposedly can help detect when an individual has something strapped to their body. The technology currently in use is part of a system called Stand Off Explosive Detection Technology developed by QinetiQ, and Digital Barriers from Thruvis. Continue reading “TSA Expands Body Scanner Searches to NYC, L.A. Train Stations”
For six plus years, the LaSalle County State’s Attorney Brian Towne, formed an illegal police task force called the State’s Attorney Felony Enforcement, or SAFE, unit.(Click here to see Brian Towne’s State Attorney video.)
Calling an illegal group of law enforcement officers SAFE, is the most disturbing disregard for our civil rights I have ever seen.
During those years, SAFE officers illegally stopped and arrested 77 motorists and stole more than $1.7 million from them. Continue reading “Court: Public should know when police create illegal task forces”
Responding to a judge’s order, the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office has released a secret list of current and former police officers whom prosecutors have sought to keep off the witness stand after a review determined they had a history of lying, racial bias, or brutality. Continue reading “Under court order, District Attorney Krasner releases list of tainted police”
Mises Institute – by Ryan McMaken
One of the most surprising developments in the wake of February’s Florida school shooting is the willingness by many generally police-friendly commentators to denounce the lack of action by local police against the shooter.
From National Review, to The Federalist, to Donald Trump, many of the law enforcement officers involved in the shooting are being accused of outright “cowardice.”
Continue reading “Police: We’re the Experts — Don’t You Dare Criticize Us”