Free Thought Project – by Justin Gardner

A couple of years ago, the Denver Police Department (DPD) was under fire for a spate of excessive force complaints. They wanted to change their image, so they began a massive public relations campaign, ramping up spending from $599 in 2011 to $136,783 in 2013.

The “media affairs unit” is made up of very well-paid employees who push their message in social media such as Facebook and Twitter. Last year the DPD spent $450,000 on six employees in the media team, which is far more than six cops on the beat would make.   Continue reading “Denver PD Caught Stealing People’s Assets, Using Them to Pay for Massive Propaganda Campaign”

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

Dunwoody, GA — Police in the US possess a unique ability to raise money for their departments. Whenever times are rough, cops can simply take to the streets, enforce arbitrary traffic violations, and, voila — revenue generated — job security reinvigorated.

While many departments will go out and attempt to catch cars driving faster than the posted speed limit to collect revenue, departments nationwide are figuring out a far easier way to trap citizens in their web of extortion — crosswalks.   Continue reading “Watch an Undercover Police Extortion Operation in Action”

Reuters

The top federal prosecutor in Manhattan said Tuesday that his office would not be bringing charges against a police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black teen in 2012 in a case that has drawn attention from civil rights advocates.

Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara’s statement marked the end of an investigation into the death of Ramarley Graham, 18, who was shot inside the bathroom of his Bronx apartment after being followed by police officers who said they thought he was carrying a gun.   Continue reading “Prosecutors close probe, no charges in police shooting of black N.Y. teen”

Reuters

Authorities searched on Tuesday for a suspect after five people were killed in Kansas and Missouri.

Authorities in Missouri searched for suspect Pablo Antonio Serrano-Vitorino, 40, near where his truck was found, officials said. He may be armed with an AK-47, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.   Continue reading “Authorities search for suspect in Kansas-Missouri mass killing”

Breitbart – by AWR Hawkins

The production of guns has more than doubled since President Barack Obama’s inauguration in 2009, amid his frequent demands for more gun-control and fewer guns.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) has released its annual Firearms Manufacturing and Export Report, which shows that nine million firearms were built and sold in 2014, that’s up from 4.3 million firearms in 2008.   Continue reading “ATF: Gun Production More Than Doubled Since Obama Took Office”

Breitbart

Michael Bloomberg announces in an op-ed in his own news outlet that he will not run for President of the United States.

From Bloomberg View:

Over the last several months, many Americans have urged me to run for president as an independent, and some who don’t like the current candidates have said it is my patriotic duty to do so. I appreciate their appeals, and I have given the question serious consideration. The deadline to answer it is now, because of ballot access requirements.   Continue reading “Michael Bloomberg Says He Won’t Run, Doesn’t Want to Hand Presidency to Trump”

Las Vegas Review Journal – by Jeff German

Cliven Bundy’s family is using social media to plan a rally outside the federal courthouse on Thursday before his arraignment on felony charges stemming from the April 2014 armed standoff with law enforcement near Bunkerville.

The defiant Nevada rancher, who is in federal custody, is to appear before U.S. Magistrate Judge Bill Hoffman at 2 p.m. Thursday.   Continue reading “Bundy supporters plan courthouse rally in Las Vegas this week”

RT

Adolf Hitler’s personal copy of Mein Kampf, found by US officers in his Munich flat in May 1945, will be auctioned off in Maryland along with other Nazi-era artifacts. The inflammatory diatribe was never banned in the US and can be bought in bookshops.

Alexander Historical Auctions in Maryland will open up bidding on the 1927 edition of Adolf Hitler’s Nazi manifesto for March 17 and 18.   Continue reading “Hitler’s personal copy of Mein Kampf to be auctioned in Maryland”

RT

Virginia senators have passed a bill allowing condemned inmates to be executed via the electric chair. The legislation comes amid a nationwide shortage of lethal-injection drugs, though Democratic Governor Terry McAuliffe has not said whether he will sign it.

The bill won approval in a tight 22-17 vote in the Virginia Senate on Monday. If Governor McAuliffe vetoes the legislation, lawmakers will have to somehow garner more support to override it and pass the bill into law. It is expected to be sent to the governor this week.   Continue reading “Virginia Senate approves use of electric chair for executions”

Mail.com

MILFORD, Conn. (AP) — A teenager accused of stabbing a classmate to death at their high school for rejecting his invitation to the junior prom pleaded no contest to murder Monday, and prosecutors said they will seek a 25-year prison sentence.

Christopher Plaskon, 18, accepted a plea bargain during a brief appearance in Milford Superior Court. Sentencing is set for June 6. Plaskon was charged with killing 16-year-old Maren Sanchez at Jonathan Law High School in Milford on April 25, 2014. His family and friends said he became upset that Sanchez turned down his prom invitation.   Continue reading “Teen pleads no contest to killing girl on day of junior prom”

Mail.com

PHOENIX (AP) — A jury verdict against two polygamous towns in Arizona and Utah for discriminating against nonbelievers now puts the future of the communities in the hands of a judge who will have to remedy the sweeping civil rights violations.

Federal authorities haven’t specified the changes they’ll seek in Colorado City, Arizona, and Hildale, Utah, but the judge has several options, including disbanding the towns’ shared police force, one of the targets in the Monday’s verdict.   Continue reading “Judge to decide future of polygamous towns in Arizona, Utah”

Baltimore Sun – by Luke Broadwater

A former Baltimore police officer acquitted of animal cruelty charges after he slit a dog’s throat will receive $45,000 in back pay from city government.

Jeffrey G. Bolger, 50, is to get payment for about 10 months of paychecks he missed while on unpaid leave from the Police Department. The Board of Estimates is expected to approve the deal Wednesday.   Continue reading “Former Baltimore officer who cut dog’s throat to get $45,000 in back pay”

Big Geek Daddy

Jimmy Kimmel sent a reporter out to ask people if they would like to offer Congratulations to North Korea for detonating their first Hydrogen Bomb.Dreams really can come true and you can achieve anything is the positive message here. I hope you are smart enough to figure out the downside of this situation. If you think this is bad wait till you see what these Texas Tech Students have to say about some common history questions.   Continue reading “North Korea Congrats”

Oregon Live – by Maxine Bernstein

A detention hearing in the 16-count Nevada indictment against independent broadcaster Pete Santilli has been rescheduled to Friday in federal court in Portland, where he’s in custody.

Federal Magistrate Judge Stacie F. Beckerman on Monday allowed for the delay after Santilli’s court-appointed lawyer, Thomas Coan, referenced a 59-page government detention memo that he and his client haven’t been able to fully review.   Continue reading “Feds describe Pete Santilli as a “shill” for Cliven Bundy in 2014 standoff in Nevada”

NPR

A large tree that had fallen onto the tracks caused a Bay Area commuter train to derail Monday night, in an incident that sent nine passengers to the hospital — four of them with serious injuries.

The train, Altamont Corridor Express (ACE) No. 10, was traveling from San Jose to Stockton Calif., when it went off the tracks Monday night. The derailment came after hours of sustained rains.   Continue reading “Commuter Train Derails, Plunges Into Creek East Of San Francisco”

MassPrivateI

DHS’s 2015 Data Mining report, reveals that TSA, CBP or all DHS employees are using their own judgment to determine who’s put on a government watchlist!

“While each program described below engages to some extent in data mining, no decisions about individuals are made based solely on data mining results. In all cases, DHS employees analyze the results of data mining, and then apply their own judgment and expertise to bear in making determinations about individuals initially identified through data mining activities.”
Continue reading “DHS employees use their own judgment to put Americans on Do-Not-Fly list”