Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

Columbus, OH — A video submitted to the Free Thought Project over the weekend paints a disturbing image of police in Columbus, Ohio. In the video, a cop is seen ‘curb-stomping’ a man as he lays face down on the concrete in handcuffs.

According to the Columbus Police department, the man being assaulted in the video is Demarco Anderson. He was accused by police of having fired a weapon at a nearby house. However, nothing he could’ve done justifies what happened to him once he was placed in handcuffs.   Continue reading “Video of Cop Curb-Stomping Handcuffed Man Shows Why People are Scared of Police”

NBC News

WASHINGTON – South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham said Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s decision to launch warplanes from Shayrat Airfield just hours after it was bombed by U.S. cruise missiles was a “huge mistake.”

“Here’s what I think Assad’s telling Trump by flying from this base: ‘F you,'” Graham said on “Meet The Press.” “And I think he’s making a huge mistake. Because if you’re an adversary of the United States and you don’t worry about what Trump may do on any given day, then you’re crazy.”   Continue reading “Sen. Graham: Assad Saying ‘F You’ to Trump By Flying From Bombed Airfield”

Washington Post – by Avi Selk

A volley of U.S. cruise missiles had barely been launched into Syria before the Internet filled up with fact-free theories about the real reason for an international crisis.

A popular one on the right-most fringes: The U.S. government actually carried out the chemical weapons massacre in Syria last week — a “false flag” to trick President Trump into retaliating, thus entangling himself in a foreign war.   Continue reading “MSNBC host’s conspiracy theory: What if Putin planned the Syrian chemical attack to help Trump?”

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

Pierre, SD — In all the years the Free Thought Project has been reporting on police misconduct and government corruption, we’ve seen some vile, horrific, and nightmarish acts committed by those sworn to protect. However, a recent case getting exposed by the ACLU of South Dakota may be one of the most insanely cruel and horrifying acts committed by police in the name of the drug war — and they’re doing it to children too.   Continue reading “Hooded, Handcuffed, ‘Violated’: Cops Force Catheterize 3yo Boy, Man for Drug Urinalysis”

Daily Mail

Syrian warplanes took off from the same airbase hit by US missiles on Friday to carry out bombing raids on rebel-held areas, including the town targeted in a chemical attack.

The aircraft took off from inside the Shayrat base just hours after the US strike and struck targets in the eastern Homs countryside, according to a a monitoring group.

The Syrian airstrikes were carried out on Khan Sheikhoun – the same town Bashar al-Assad is accused of attacking with chemicals – and seven other towns.   Continue reading “Syrian warplanes take off from airbase targeted by US cruise missiles just hours later”