Washington Post

The Justice Department has announced that it is resuming a controversial practice that allows local police departments to funnel a large portion of assets seized from citizens into their own coffers under federal law.

The “Equitable Sharing Program” gives police the option of prosecuting asset forfeiture cases under federal instead of state law. The Justice Department had suspended payments under this program in December, due to budget cuts included in last year’s spending bill.   Continue reading “The feds have resumed a controversial program that lets cops take stuff and keep it”

Free Though Project – by Matt Agorist

Caldwell County, TX — In January of last year, Larry Faulkenberry’s 16-year-old son decided that he would play a trick on his dad for grounding him. So, he called the Caldwell County Sheriff’s Department, and claimed his dad was drunk and waving a gun.

Deputies, responding to the call, arrived to find Faulkenberry entirely compliant, not drunk, and unarmed. He does not even own a gun.   Continue reading “Video Exposes Cops as Lying Thugs Who Beat an Innocent Man and Claimed He Attacked Them”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

It would be difficult to find a program that better exemplifies the word “failure” than the Pentagon’s “train and equip” effort in Syria.

Last May, US Central Command issued a hilariously absurd press release outlining what was quite obviously going to be a disastrous effort to arm rebel fighters. “The US military and partner forces have begun training the initial class of appropriately vetted Syrian opposition recruits this week to support the effort to degrade and ultimately defeat ISIL in Syria,” the PR read.   Continue reading “Full Metal Retard Part Deux: CIA-Backed Rebels Now At War With Pentagon-Armed Fighters In Syria’s Aleppo”

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Intellihub – by Shepard Ambellas

PORTLAND, Ore. (INTELLIHUB) — Last Saturday protestors gathered in front of City Hall to show support for those jailed over the occupation of the Malheur Wildlife Refuge which ended with the death of rancher LaVoy Finicum and the subsequent arrest of the primary occupiers.

One of the protestors, a man who was wearing a hat reading “Oath Keepers,” took to the microphone with documents in hand, motioned to a nearby American Flag, and said, “[…] this is what LaVoy sacrificed his life for — this is what the Hammonds represent — this is what the Bundy’s represent — this is what we all represent — we the people.”
Continue reading “Oath Keeper: ‘Our government has committed treason in Oregon and I have the documents to prove it’”

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

Kenosha, WI — Officer Pablo Torres was “justified” in killing Kenosha, Wisconsin resident Aaron Siler a year ago because the officer “reasonably believed” that the victim, who was “armed” with a five-gallon plastic bucket, posed a potentially lethal threat, according to Kenosha County DA Robert Zapf.

Zapf’s ruling focused on Torres’s subjective perception of a threat, maintaining that “the standard is what an ordinary, prudent, and reasonably intelligent officer would have believed in Officer Torres’s position, having the knowledge and training that Officer Torres possessed, and acting under the circumstances that existed at the time of the shooting.”   Continue reading “Cops Have Expert Show How Deadly a Bucket Can Be To Justify Killing Man With Bucket – It Worked”

RT

A massive fire has ripped through at least two residential buildings in the Swan area of the Persian Gulf city of Ajman in the United Arab Emirates. According to local media, citing emergency services, the fire has been brought “under control.”

Social media users posted images and footage of the fire late Monday showing bright yellow flames engulfing a building with chunks of burning debris falling to the ground.   Continue reading “Huge fire engulfs 2 towers of residential skyscraper in UAE”