Mimesis Law

September 16, 2016 (Fault Lines) — Officers often say that we don’t respect their heat of the moment decisions enough. Just last week in Cross, Nick Selby pointed out that, according to officer reports, roughly nine out of ten shootings are justifiable responses to a show of force. Should we be more conciliatory? Weirton Police Chief Rob Alexander doesn’t think so. He just fired an officer for not killing someone.   Continue reading “How a cop gets fired in West Virginia”

Anti-Media – by Alice Salles

Earlier this month, YouTube, the behemoth video-sharing website was accused of censoring users.

Claiming some of their videos had been barred from making money through the company’s ad services, YouTube hosts like Philip DeFranco spoke out against the policy, claiming over “a dozen of his videos had been flagged as inappropriate for advertising, including one dinged for ‘graphic content or excessive strong language.’“   Continue reading “YouTube Has Quietly Begun “Censoring” Journalists Who Criticize Government”

Wired

DIGITAL DEVICES AND software programs are complicated. Behind the pointing and clicking on screen are thousands of processes and routines that make everything work. So when malicious software—malware—invades a system, even seemingly small changes to the system can have unpredictable impacts.

That’s why it’s so concerning that the Justice Department is planning a vast expansion of government hacking. Under a new set of rules, the FBI would have the authority to secretly use malware to hack into thousands or hundreds of thousands of computers that belong to innocent third parties and even crime victims. The unintended consequences could be staggering.   Continue reading “The Feds Will Soon Be Able to Legally Hack Almost Anyone”

MuckRock – by Daniel Welch

Through the Department of Defense’s 1033 program, police departments are eligible to receive secondhand supplies once used by the U.S. military. Among the participating agencies are those hired by public educational institutions – state colleges, universities, and K-12 school districts.

In fact, 141 individual schools or school systems are listed by the Defense Logistics Agency’s July 2016 Inventory as having former military property in their possession. Some of these items are pretty standard, some are frightening to think about, and some are pretty difficult to make sense of. Below are a few of the latter.   Continue reading “The strangest military gear on campus police’s back to school shopping list”

PIX 11

STATEN ISLAND — The NYPD officer who put Eric Garner in a chokehold while arresting him in 2014, leading to Garner’s death at age 43, earned about $120,000 with overtime last year, records show.

Daniel Pantaleo was stripped of his badge and gun and placed on desk duty after putting Garner in a chokehold, ignoring Garner’s repeated pleas that he could not breathe. The incident, which was caught on camera, sparked outrage nationwide and spurred days of protests in the five boroughs and beyond.   Continue reading “Officer who put Eric Garner in fatal chokehold made $120,000 with overtime last year”

ArsTechnica – by Cyrus Farivar

The Chicago man who served as a go-between for a local transportation official and a major red light camera company, Redflex, was sentenced Monday to six months in federal prison.

In 2014, Martin O’Malley was the first to plead guilty in the trio of criminal cases involving Redflex. (This Martin O’Malley should not be confused with the former governor of Maryland and Democratic presidential candidate.)
Continue reading “Chicago bagman who helped DOJ in red light camera case gets 6 months”

Pro Publica – by Lauren Kirchner

The five teenage boys were sitting in a parked car in a gated community in Melbourne, Florida, when a police officer pulled up behind them.

Officer Justin Valutsky closed one of the rear doors, which had been ajar, and told them to stay in the car. He peered into the drivers’ side window of the white Hyundai SUV and asked what the teens were doing there. It was a Saturday night in March 2015 and they told Valutsky they were visiting a friend for a sleepover.   Continue reading “DNA Dragnet: In Some Cities, Police Go From Stop-and-Frisk to Stop-and-Spit”

Fox 4 Now

The prescriptions you have in your medicine cabinet might not be as private as you believe they are. Thirty-one states grant law enforcement warrantless access to databases containing drug histories, and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is pushing hard to search records even in states that have privacy safeguards.

The disclosures to police agencies often take place without notifying the person targeted in a search and without offering a chance to object. That means no court ever approves the release of records that can reveal treatment for private medical conditions such as cancer, psychiatric disorders, HIV or gender reassignment.    Continue reading “Investigation: Your prescriptions aren’t private”

Hackread – by Carolina

There are two recent incidents that have alarmed the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 users after a fire was involved with both. The cause is reportedly, a faulty battery of Note 7.

In St. Petersburg, Florida, a user of the Galaxy Note 7 left the smartphone charging in his Jeep and the next thing he noticed was that his vehicle was consumed by fire. He was busy unloading furniture and could not pay attention to what was happening while the phone was charging. He believes that during the charging process, the phone somehow caught fire and burned the whole vehicle afterwards.   Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note 7 on Burning Spree; Burns House and Jeep”

Boward Palm Beach New Times – by Antonia Noori Farzan

Two deputies from the Broward Sheriff’s Office shot and killed a man in Pompano Beach at around 10 o’ clock  Friday night.

Deputies were responding to a call about a domestic disturbance. When they arrived, they were directed to the back yard, where the man (whose name has not yet been released) was holding a knife. Both deputies opened fire. Pompano Beach Fire Rescue later confirmed the man was dead on the scene.    Continue reading “BSO Deputies Fatally Shoot Pompano Beach Man Who Was Eating Chicken Wings”

All Gov – by Chris Stewart, New York Times

DAYTON, Ohio — The amount of money federal and state governments have spent on homeland security measures to prevent another 9/11 is staggering.

More than $1 trillion has been spent on domestic counterterrorism efforts since al-Qaida hijackers turned passenger planes into guided missiles 15 years ago. Trillions more have gone toward other intelligence and military spending to wage the War on Terror overseas.   Continue reading “Fearful Americans Helped Fuel Trillion Dollars Spent on Domestic Counterterrorism since 9/11”

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

Gainsville, FL — Bob Tuskin, former radio host for Free Thought Project Radio and co-founder of the Free Your Mind conference, was conducting street interviews with folks outside of the Florida Gators game this weekend, when he was swarmed by cops and arrested — without reason.

Outside of the stadium, multiple other political and religious groups were demonstrating peacefully. However, only Tuskin was targeted. There were Trump supporters, religious speakers, and various other groups who the police completely ignored.   Continue reading “Journalist Swarmed by Cops, Arrested for Asking People About Tower 7 on 9/11”

Anti-Media – by Carey Wedler

Former congressman Ron Paul is outspoken. When he retired from Congress, he called lawmakers psychopathic authoritarians to their faces. He’s also called Donald Trump an authoritarian and asserted Hillary Clinton could have run as a Republican. And just last week, Paul took aim at the foundational structure of American ‘democracy.’   Continue reading “Ron Paul: Vote All You Want, the Secret Government Won’t Change”

Reuters

North Dakota’s governor activated 100 National Guard troops on Thursday ahead of an expected ruling by a federal judge on a Native American tribe’s request to halt construction of a crude oil pipeline that has drawn fierce opposition and protests.

The $3.7 billion, 1,100-mile (1,770 km) Dakota Access pipeline would carry oil from just north of land owned by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe to Illinois, where it would hook up to an existing pipeline and route crude directly to refineries in the U.S. Gulf Coast.   Continue reading “North Dakota governor calls in National Guard ahead of pipeline ruling”

Natural News – by JD Heyes

As experts and Americans familiar with smart meters know, they represent a huge privacy violation. They are also inherently unsafe, yet you won’t hear much about that in the mainstream media.

Smart meters began to spread to homes and businesses some years ago, with power companies claiming that they were much more efficient, despite the fact that they monitor electric usage and send it via wireless transmission multiple times an hour to power companies. More on that in a moment.   Continue reading “Smart meters causing fires across America; facts swept under the rug by dishonest media”

Daily Mail

Driving holidays are one of the most popular types of vacation in the United States, with numerous Hollywood films centred around the fabled American road trip. 

But anyone planning a journey across the country’s road network might want to brush up on their legal knowledge first.

The US has a baffling number of laws that are related to different states.    Continue reading “The most bizarre US driving laws revealed”

Orlando Sentinel

Nine Florida Mall shoppers were injured in a frantic flee from the building after an alarm and popping sounds caused panic at the fear of an active shooter, officials said Thursday.

About 3:20 p.m., mall patrons began reporting on social media that an alleged shooting had occurred in the food court after hearing sharp popping sounds and a fire alarm. The unsettling sounds sent fearful patrons running from the mall.
Continue reading “Nine people injured after Florida Mall shooting scare”

MassPrivateI

Police State America has devised a new way to track dissidents or person’s of interest, they’re calling it Pay-By-Plate. Raytheon’s Pay-By-Plate system will allow police to “Hotlist” motorists across the country.

According to the Boston Globe, officials are working with the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security to draft a list of all situations that warrant “Hotlist” use.    Continue reading “Police use ‘Pay-By-Plate’ to “Hotlist” motorists across the country”