Ky. Cop Robbed Man's Home Under Guise Of 'Executing Search Warrant'
posted 05/16/2013, 1:53 AM (InformationLiberation) [Category: Tyranny/Police State] A Kentucky police officer staked out a suspected Oxycodone seller's home, then allegedly robbed him for personal profit under the guise of executing a search warrant.
Via WSAZ:
ASHLAND, Ky. (WSAZ) -- A former Ashland Police officer has pleaded guilty to federal drug and gun charges.
32-year-old Melvin “JR” Schoch Jr. pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute Oxycodone and possessing a firearm in during the commission of a drug crime, during a hearing in U.S. District Court in Ashland. Two other counts from a January superseding indictment were dropped as part of the plea agreement.
Schoch was an Ashland Police Officer from January 2004 until he resigned in May 2011.
According to the plea agreement, in May or June of 2009, Schoch, co-defendant Ellis Pittman and another person identified as "PS,” were involved in surveillance of a residence in Boyd County where a person possessing quantities of Oxydocone pills and a large amount of money from sales of Oxycodone pills was believed to be.
Later, Schoch and the two other people returned to the residence and engaged in a home invasion to steal Oxycodone pills and/or drug money.
Schoch, who was on duty with the Ashland Police at time and armed with duty weapon, admitted to entering the residence under the guise of having a search warrant.
Prior to going into the residence, Schoch said he provided Pittman and “PS” with police tactical equipment. When the cops are not robbing you in their official capacity, they're robbing you in their unofficial capacity, in this case using all their official police state toys. ... (more) |
Florida Quietly Shortened Yellow Light Standards & Lengths, Resulting in More Red Light Camera Tickets for You
posted 05/14/2013, 9:17 PM (WTSP) [Category: Tyranny/Police State] TAMPA BAY, Florida -- A subtle, but significant tweak to Florida's rules regarding traffic signals has allowed local cities and counties to shorten yellow light intervals, resulting in millions of dollars in additional red light camera fines.
The 10 News Investigators discovered the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) quietly changed the state's policy on yellow intervals in 2011, reducing the minimum below federal recommendations. The rule change was followed by engineers... (more) Not only does it cost more tickets, it can cost people's lives due to the panic it creates. |
The Persecution of Rita Hutchens
posted 05/13/2013, 7:40 PM (William Norman Grigg) [Category: Tyranny/Police State]
[Pictured: Midnight Knock - Bonner County Sheriff's Deputies invade the home of Rita Hutchens.]
Sandpoint, Idaho resident Rita Hutchens is an opinionated 57-year-old quilt artist whose work has earned her international notoriety. Given that Hutchens is also an outspoken proponent of constitutionalist views, it’s possible that some people have taken issue with her political opinions.
Hutchens has never harmed or thre... (more) |
Minnesota Cops Mace & Taser High School Student
posted 05/11/2013, 5:03 AM (InformationLiberation) [Category: Tyranny/Police State]
In his quest to gain compliance from a high school student, a Minnesota cop felt it proper to mace a student in the face. As the cop moves in to attempt to take the wincing student down, the student shoves the cop to the ground, a second cop responds by shooting the student with a taser, seemingly shooting him in his face or upper torso. After pumping 50,000 volts of electricity into the student, the... (more) |
Bar fight involving biker cops baffles sheriff
posted 05/10/2013, 12:55 PM (Associated Press) [Category: Tyranny/Police State] PHOENIX (AP) — Whiskey Row in the Arizona mountain town of Prescott has seen its share of bar fights, biker gangs and rowdies.
But the bar fights aren't supposed to involve a biker gang made up of police officers carrying brass knuckles and knives. The fallout from such a brawl in December has led to the retirements of a police chief and two senior sheriff's officials and recommendations of felony charges against the former chief for his alleged role in trying to cover it up.... (more) |
Victim struck by OPD officer thinks officer hit him on purpose
posted 05/10/2013, 12:55 PM (WFTV) [Category: Tyranny/Police State] ORLANDO, Fla. — Channel 9 has learned a man who was struck by an Orlando police officer's cruiser spoke with Internal Affairs about the incident.
Tetris Nunn said he believes Officer Michael Fiortentino-Tyburski hit him on purpose, saying he made eye contact with the officer as the patrol car came around the corner.
Nunn said he expected Fiortentino-Tyburski to hit the brakes, but that didn't happen and Nunn was struck.
... (more) |
Police Arrest and Delete Footage From Hacker, Hacker Gets It Back
posted 05/07/2013, 4:30 PM (YouTube) [Category: Tyranny/Police State]
WeAreChange recently got a chance to meet up with Alex from Federal Jack and Hack Miami, to get the full story of his arrest and destruction of evidence by the Miami Police Department. Alex was arrested for merely filming the police in Miami, the police later illegally deleted the footage from Alex's camera and charged him with resisting arrest. The Miami Police officer who made the arrest, Richard Ana... (more) |
Police K-9 dead after left in car overnight in Miss.
posted 05/07/2013, 4:28 PM (KSL.com) [Category: Tyranny/Police State] PERRY COUNTY, Mississsippi — A Mississippi police officer is under fire from the community after accidentally leaving his K-9 officer in a police cruiser overnight. Some have called for his job while others have called for charges to be filed.
Roughly three weeks ago, the 3-year old Belgian malinois named Napo was left in the vehicle overnight and died of an unknown cause, though the local sheriff said it could have been a heart attack or heat exhaustion while speaking to a local ... (more) Will he be charged with murdering a police officer as a common slave would be? |
Idaho Seizes Medical Marijuana Activists' Kids
posted 05/06/2013, 7:16 PM (StoptheDrugWar.org) [Category: Tyranny/Police State] Idaho is officially not a marijuana-friendly state. Although it is bordered on most sides by medical marijuana states (Washington, Oregon, Nevada, and Montana), it so far refuses to accept the medicinal use of the herb. And even though one of those states (Washington) has legalized marijuana and two others (Nevada and Oregon) have decriminalized it, Idaho remains firmly grounded in 20th Century attitudes toward the plant. The state legislature this year took the time to approve a non-binding res... (more) |
Craigslist Proved My Innocence Against A Felony Charge
posted 05/05/2013, 3:01 PM (YouTube) [Category: Tyranny/Police State]
In 2011, Westpoint Graduate and Iraq Veteran Antonio Buehler was arrested for taking pictures of two cops abusing a woman they had pulled over in Austin, TX. He was accused of spitting in one of the cop's face and charged with a felony. Luckily for him, there was someone filming the whole incident from across the street and showed that it was actually the cops who were the aggressors. Since that incide... (more) |
High School Student Faces 20 Years For Obama Facebook Threat
posted 05/03/2013, 11:35 AM (Infowars) [Category: Tyranny/Police State]
High school teen Cameron D'Ambrosio was arrested on terror charges and faces up to 20 years in prison for a Facebook post in which he made threats against the White House and mentioned the Boston bombings.
"He posted a threat in the form of rap where he mentioned the White House, the Boston Marathon bombing, and said 'everybody you will see what I am going to do, kill people," Methuen Police Chief Joe Solomon told the Valley Patriot.
In addition to the threats m... (more) |
Unannounced Live Shooter Drill at Ore. School Terrifies Teachers
posted 05/03/2013, 11:35 AM (Infowars) [Category: Tyranny/Police State] Teachers at Oregon’s Pine Eagle Charter School were shocked when two masked men burst into the faculty meeting room last Friday and opened fire.
Luckily students were at home while only school staff attended the in-service day. The shooters turned out to be school employees shooting blank rounds to test the reaction from the 15 teachers present. The drill, which was planned ahead of time, was kept secret from all teachers on the receiving end.... (more) |
Unarmed, Caged In and Shot 137 Times
posted 05/01/2013, 12:15 AM (Courthouse News Service) [Category: Tyranny/Police State] (CN) - Police will face a jury trial for firing 137 bullets at the unarmed suspect in a car theft whom they cornered in a parking lot, a federal judge ruled.
In January 2010, Orange County sheriff deputies devised a plan to capture Torey Breedlove, a car theft suspect, in the parking lot of a Florida apartment complex. The officers had spotted a stolen truck parked next to a car that belonged to Breedlove, who had been a suspect in a 2009 auto theft investigation, and wai... (more) |
Man Loses $160,000 In New 'Policing For Profit' Case
posted 04/29/2013, 11:20 PM (NewsChannel5.com) [Category: Tyranny/Police State]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - NewsChannel 5 has uncovered a brand new "policing for profit" case -- a case that resulted in a New York man losing a $160,000 on a Tennessee interstate.
Even more startling, critics said, the case exposes a major loophole around a new law that's supposed to crack down on such abuses.
Police video, obtained by NewsChannel 5 Investigates, shows how an Indian-American businessman from New York lost the cash during a December 2011 traffic stop along ... (more) |
Act of Terror: Arrested for Filming Police Officers
posted 04/29/2013, 11:19 PM (The Guardian) [Category: Tyranny/Police State]
When police carried out a routine stop-and-search of her boyfriend on the London Underground, Gemma Atkinson filmed the incident. She was detained, handcuffed and threatened with arrest. She launched a legal battle, which ended with the police settling the case in 2010. With the money from the settlement she funded the production of this animated film, which she says shows how her story and highlights ... (more) | Next Page
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