Free Thought Project – by Jay Syrmopoulos

Fort Worth, TX – A 79-year-old veteran suffering from dementia was evicted from his long-time family home on Friday, and his belongings scattered across the front yard, after failing to pay a $6,000 property tax bill.

“All this is furniture from my living room,” Billie McGruder, who lived in the house for decades, told a crew from CBS DFW. “It’s out there for everybody to see.”   Continue reading “79-Year-Old Vet with Dementia Evicted by Gov’t from Home He OWNED Over Unpaid Property Taxes”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Congresswoman Maxine Waters – who earlier this week urged her supporters to accost members of the Trump administration at restaurants and other public venues – has been forced to cancel a pair of public events after receiving a “very serious death threat.” The Congresswoman told CNN on Thursday that she’s seen an increase in threats since she made the controversial comments.

Waters canceled appearances in Alabama and Texas this week after receiving “threatening messages” and “hostile mail” at her office, including “one very serious death threat” from an individual from Texas.   Continue reading “Maxine Waters Cancels Events Following “Very Serious” Death Threats”

Business Insider – by John Haltiwanger

The Army has a new non-lethal weapon to help soldiers in Afghanistan “irritate and deter” potential adversaries with pepper-filled balls, Army Times reports.

The non-lethal launcher, known as the Variable Kinetic System (VKS), is made by PepperBall Technologies. It fires projectiles much like paintballs containing a hot pepper solution. Continue reading “The Army’s newest non-lethal weapon basically lets soldiers shoot enemies in the face with hot sauce”

Washington Post

Captain Heath Helton of the Little Rock Police Department is questioned by civil rights attorney Mike Laux, off camera, about officers failing to activate their body cameras during use of force incidents. At the time of *this* deposition on Sept. 19, 2016, Helton was head of the department’s training division. Continue reading “Watch this police captain answer questions about his force’s chronic failure to use body cameras”

MassPrivateI

Not content with police body cams, Axon formerly known as Taser wants to equip police departments with Chinese made surveillance drones.

Three weeks ago, Chinese drone manufacturer DJI reported that they are partnering with Axon.   Continue reading “How long before Chinese made Axon police drones begin killing Americans for a profit?”

CBS Miami

MIAMI (CBSMiami) – A rough arrest caught on camera almost could have proven very costly for several Miami-Dade Police officers.

Those officers will face no criminal charges and no disciplinary action by their department even though the charges against the person they roughed up were dropped.  Continue reading “Miami-Dade Officers Won’t Be Charged In Rough Arrest Captured On Body Cam”

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

Ashland City, TN — Two police officers who strapped an 18-year-old in a restraint chair and tortured him with a taser were arrested and charged with multiple crimes this week. The horrifying video was so damning that the normal process of sweeping it under the rug was not an option.

Former Corporal Mark Bryant was charged with two counts of Excessive Force Under the Color of Law, and two counts of Destruction, Alteration or Falsification of Records in Federal Investigations. Sergeant Gary Ola was charged with two counts of making false statements to federal investigators for lying to them in August of 2017 and again in May of 2018.   Continue reading “Cops Arrested After Horrifying Video Showed Them Torture Teen in a Restraint Chair with a Taser”

The Goldwater

There’s disturbing news to report surrounding the Los Angeles County, California Department of Children’s and Family Services, where Hollywood resident and adoption manager Carlos Castillo was busted as part of a child pornography circuit sting.

54-year-old Carlos Castillo is a 30-year veteran of the Department of Children’s and Family Services in Los Angeles County.   Continue reading “Liberal Hollywood Children’s Services Adoption Manager Busted in Child Pornography Circuit”

CBC

Ontario’s police watchdog is investigating after a 32-year-old Barrie man died following a violent arrest last week, part of which was filmed by at least one witness.

A video uploaded online shows the man being repeatedly Tasered, physically subdued and arrested by officers.

According to a news release from the Special Investigations Unit, the incident occurred at about 2:30 p.m. on June 22.   Continue reading “Barrie police arrest of man who died ‘a short time later’ caught on video”