In a squad car video, a St. Paul police officer Matthew Gorans is shown pepper-spraying Eric Hightower in the ear during his arrest. (Screen grab fromTwin Cities – by Mara H. Gottfried

Squad car video released by St. Paul police shows what happened in the back of a squad on Aug. 28, 2012, during the arrest of Eric Hightower. The audio starts at the 30-second mark. Officer Matthew Gorans is seen entering the back of the squad car at the 54-second mark. Gorans sprays Hightower with pepper spray at the 1 minute, 10 second mark. Soon after, the drive to the jail begins, with Hightower screaming during the drive. Hightower gets out of the squad at the jail at the eight-minute mark. This video contains strong language.   Continue reading “Eric Hightower: Cop discipline cut to 1-day suspension in YouTube case”

Information Liberation – by Chris

Five months after Fairfax County, Virginia police shot and killed 46-year-old father and husband John Geer in his home, the police’s investigation into the shooting has still yet to be completed, and his friends and family are outraged.

Now, Geer’s best friend Jeff Stewart who witnessed the shooting is speaking out, saying he saw police shoot his friend with his hands up.    Continue reading ““You Just Shot An Unarmed Man!”: Witness Says Police Shot His Friend With His Hands Up”

The Blaze – by Oliver Darcy

A video uploaded to the Internet last week shows a 15-month-old toddler playing in the rain for the first time.

The footage, initially posted last Wednesday, has been viewed over one-million times on Vimeo and is being met with rave reviews online.   Continue reading “Watching This Toddler Play in the Rain for the First Time Is Exactly What You Need Today”

Big-Brother-is-WatchingThe Daily Sheeple – by Lily Dane

New surveillance camera technology may be flying over your city soon. The new cameras are mounted on fixed-wing aircraft and can monitor an area the size of a small city for hours on end.

The Washington Post reported on this new generation of surveillance cameras:   Continue reading “Eyes in the Sky: New Surveillance Technology to Watch Over Us”

Coal sludge flows into the Dan River (WGHP)Raw Story –  by David Edwards

Five days after coal ash began leaking into the Dan River in North Carolina last weekend, Duke Energy still can’t say if the mess will ever be cleaned up.

On Sunday, a security guard at the Duke Energy plant in Eden discovered that the gray sludge was leaking out of a storage pond and into the river through a hole in a storm water drainage pipe beneath the pond. Since then, up to 82,000 tons have flowed into the river.   Continue reading “82,000 tons of coal sludge spilling for days into NC river threatens Virginia drinking water”

AlterNews

As the ever continuing effort to prevent further terrorist attacks ensue, a sneaky new program – by none-other than the government is coming into the light. It effectively makes the NSA phone tapping program pale in comparison as it not only listens to you, but watches you as well.

Created by an “independent” company, the new video surveillance system is called TrapWire and is already currently operating, “at every [high value target] in NYC, DC, Vegas, London, Ottawa and LA.” Just like out of the television show “Person of Interest,” the TrapWire unites every accessible camera – within the program – sending video feed to a centralized analysis center.   Continue reading “New Government Surveillance System Links All Cameras Together, Even Knows Who You Are”