Featured photo - Irate NSA Staffer Doesn’t Like Being Filmed in Public, for Some ReasonThe Intercept – by John Cook

The NSA sent someone bearing the nametag “Neal Z.” to the University of New Mexico’s Engineering and Science Career Fair today, in the hopes of recruiting young computer geniuses to help manage the yottabytes of datait is collecting about you. But instead of eager young applicants, Mr. Z. encountered University of New Mexico alumnus Andy Beale and student Sean Potter, who took the rare opportunity of being in the room with a genuine NSA agent to ask him about his employer’s illegal collection of metadata on all Americans. Mr. Z. did not like that one bit.
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Brooklyn Daily Eagle

A New York City police officer has been suspended after a video surfaced of a street fair altercation in Sunset Park, according to an Associated Press report.

NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton said that the officer in question has been stripped of his gun and badge pending an investigation in a case of alleged excessive police force in Sunset Park on Sunday,  according to The AP.

“Bratton said the fair was supposed to end at 6 p.m. but it was still going a half hour later,” The AP reported. “Officers tried to clear the street for traffic.” When the vendors resisted leaving right away, the police seemingly got handsy.   Continue reading “NYPD investigates alleged police brutality in Sunset Park”

NYPD copter, drone have near-miss over BrooklynNew York Post – by Larry Celona

An NYPD helicopter 800 feet in the air had a near-miss with a drone as the cops searched for a missing teenage boy in Brooklyn early Wednesday, law enforcement sources told The Post.

Just before 1 a.m., the chopper was hovering over 1240 Greene Ave. in Bushwick when it was forced to suddenly change course because of the drone, sources said.

The 83rd Precinct was notified, and Isaac Rosa, 34, was arrested for illegally operating the remote-controlled DJI Phantom 2 Quadcopter, equipped with a GoPro camera, sources said.   Continue reading “NYPD copter, drone have near-miss over Brooklyn”

Socks photoKIRO 7 News

The city of Burien is raising a stink over people who smell bad.

Last month, the city passed a new “trespassing ordinance” that bans a variety of behaviors, including hostile language, not enough clothes covering the body and bodily hygiene or scent in public places including parks, the King County Library, even Burien City Hall.   Continue reading “New ordinance allows police to ban smelly people from city buildings”

Information Clearinghouse Video By London Real

Ray McGovern, of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity, said that modern people can now become informed through what he termed “The Fifth Estate.”

“Luckily, there is a Fifth Estate,” he said. “The Fifth Estate exists in the ether. It’s not susceptible of government, of corporations, or advertisers or military control. It’s free. That is very dangerous to people who like to make secrets and to make secret operational things. It’s a huge threat. And the Empire – the Goliath here – is being threatened by a slingshot in the form of a computer and a stone through these emissions thrown into the ether to our own computers.”   Continue reading “The Fourth Estate Is Dead – We No Longer Have A Free Media: Ray McGovern”

brutality videoCBS Baltimore – by Rochelle Ritchie

BALTIMORE (WJZ)—Disgusting and unacceptable. That’s what Baltimore City’s top cop is calling the violent actions of one of his police officers after video is made public of a brutal beat down.

Rochelle Ritchie has more on what police are saying and why the officer involved is just now being suspended months after a review by the states attorney’s office.

Baltimore City Police Commissioner Anthony Batts says someone in middle management dropped the ball in handling this incident, and now he says he wants body cameras on all officers.   Continue reading “Baltimore Police Investigating $35M Brutality Lawsuit After Video Surfaces”