Beachgoers in San Diego signed a petition to support the “Obama Illiteracy Program,” in what has to be one of media analyst Mark Dice’s most hilarious and yet disturbing ‘man on the street’ videos to date.
Announcing that the initiative was part of the “Obama administration’s educational program,” Dice got numerous people to sign the petition w... (more)
Former CIA agent John Kiriakou said Monday that the Bush-era torture program "was approved by the president himself" and that the two years he spent behind bars for blowing the whistle on that program was worth it.
Kiriakou was sentenced to 30 months in prison in 2013 after pleading guilty to releasing the name of an officer implicated in a CIA torture program to the media and violating the Intel... (more)
CZECH REPUBLIC (INTELLIHUB) — While cops may be accustom to prodding people around like sheep, this cop learned his lesson from an angry cow who wasn’t going to take it.
In the video, a cop armed with a cattle prod tries to intimidate the beastly creature, but was shocked to find the cow didn’t want to be intimidated and wasn’t going to back dow... (more)
A Niles, Ohio police officer who allegedly threatened to kill a man in front of his girlfriend's kids is back on the job after receiving a minor 30 day suspension. Despite an internal investigation faulting the officer for use of force violations, unlawful search and seizure or detention, misuse of his own dash cam, and for ordering a fellow cop not to record, the Niles police evidently felt the officer's conduct did not merit him losing his job.
The Austin Police Department, a department with a history of using excessive force, shot bean bag rounds at 20-year-old Devon Smith after he surrendered to a SWAT team with his hands up Friday night.
Police claim Smith had a knife and posed a danger to officers. But the video tells a different story.
Glenn Greenwald is a lawyer who has lost all interest in making legal arguments. The reason for his indifference should terrify anyone who believes that the law, and not arbitrary decision-making by government officials, should govern a nation. Asked whether NSA mass surveillance is legal under any conceivable interpretation of United States law, Greenwald tol... (more)
Kansas police have found a new source of revenue for which to fill their coffers, they're aggressively ticketing people $125 for "illegally" warming up their cars.
From KSHB:
ROELAND PARK, Kan. - A split second decision you make in the morning might cost you a $125 ticket.
Philadelphia, PA — Two Philly cops have been charged with the assault of a man after surveillance footage revealed the officers lied about the incident.
The laundry list of charges that Officers Kevin Robinson and Sean McKnight are facing is lengthy:
Aggravated Assault, Simple Assault, Criminal Conspiracy, Recklessly Endangering Another Person, Tampering with Public Records or Information, False Reports to Law Enforcement Authorities, Obstructing Administration of L... (more)
Louisville, KY — Louis Mossey was driving down a county highway when the car in front of him unexpectedly swerved off the road and hit a tractor in a John Deer store parking lot. He had no idea what he was about to witness.
When Mossey gets out of the vehicle to check on the wellbeing of the occupants in the crashed car, he is immediately met with yelling and cursing from a belligerent man.
The man yelled at Mossey and then went back to yelling and cursing at the fe... (more)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. —A Louisville police officer is arrested after detectives say surveillance cameras caught him punching a teen at school and placing another in a choke
Police in a Bay Area town will soon be receiving an armored rescue vehicle amid opposition from protesters who fear cops will misuse the gear. On Monday night, the San Leandro City Council voted 6-1 in favor of purchasing a Bearcat Medevac, an armored vehicle designed for SWAT and Tactical EMS teams.
The city bought the vehicle with the help of... (more)
This man's show is worse than MSNBC in terms of Pravda-style straightforward government propaganda. Nice to see him go down in flames for a casual lie, one of thousands he tells regularly. - Chris
Florida police officers let themselves into a Groveland home last week, then ran into a young girl’s bedroom, pointing guns at her and yelling at her to drop to the floor.
Jean Guirand, the girl’s father, is seeking justice after the cops responded to a burglar alarm by entering a side door to the property, making their way upstairs and into the child’s room without identifying themselves.
The officers, guns drawn, then pushed the girl to the ground and forcefully h... (more)
Anti-war Iraq war veteran Adam Kokesh just released an new 'Man on the Street' video where he interviews a wide range of Americans to get their take on the movie American Sniper. What we learn is your average American has put no thought into determining their beliefs, but merely act as autonomous robots, choosing to believe what they were programmed to believ... (more)
After both Rand Paul and Chris Christie said that the government should not have the power to make childhood vaccines mandatory, Fox News hosts Megyn Kelly and Bill O’Reilly agreed that the state should be able to force parents into giving their kids shots, arguing “some things require big brother”.
During a visit to a vaccine laboratory, New J... (more)
Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) showed his impassioned side Monday afternoon during a heated interview with CNBC anchor Kelly Evans on forced vaccinations, a bipartisan corporate tax holiday bill, and accusations of “conflict of interest.”
Three students at a school in Baltimore were intially charged with assault and suspended after a school police officer attacked them with a baton and pepper spray, seemingly for no reason.
One of the girls, a thirteen year old, was left needing 10 stitches in her head after the cop smashed her in the face with the baton, while the other girls we... (more)
Appearing in a documentary about how the FBI entraps and provocateurs terror suspects, former FBI assistant director Thomas Fuentes admits that the federal agency needs to “keep fear alive” in order to justify budget increases.
The documentary, entitled The Newburgh Sting, tells the story of how the feds convinced four poverty-stricken New York... (more)
Michael Hayden, the former CIA and NSA director, has revealed what most people already suspected -- to him, the Constitution is a document that he can rewrite based on his personal beliefs at any particular time, as noted by Conor Friedersdorf at the Atlantic. Specifically, he admits that after September 11th, 2001, he was able to totally rein... (more)
Portland, OR — An Oregon lawmaker made a thought-provoking request during a town hall meeting over the weekend.
Democratic Representative Lew Frederick appeared at a Portland town hall meeting Saturday and announced that he would like to see police officers undergo mental evaluations “once a year” citing one reason; Ferguson.
The meeting took place to announce a series of new laws inspired by the tragic incident in Ferguson, Mo in which 18-year-old Michael Brown was... (more)
Beachgoers in San Diego expressed support for extending Obamacare to cover pets, signing a petition that would make people who earn over $80,000 dollars a year pay for the cost of other people’s veterinarian bills.
The stunt was the latest effort from Mark Dice and again underscores how many Americans will blithely go along with virtually anyth... (more)
Matthew Cherry was twenty-one years old when he found himself in a police interrogation room. At the time, he had the psychological maturity of a bright 12-year-old boy. Thus it isn’t surprising that Matthew was much too trusting when Beaumont Police Detective Mark Hogge assured the young man that they just needed to clear things up about a reported off-color remark Matthew made to a member of his church youth group af... (more)
Pete Carroll is a conspiracy theorist, at least that is how the conspiracy theory goes. And it is one that has gained the Seattle Seahawks coach an unlikely following from the “9/11 Truth” movement in the lead-up to his attempt to win back-to-back Super Bowls.
Two years ago, Carroll met with former Army chief of staff and four-star general Peter Chiarelli and, according to Deadspin citing “sources,” brought up many popular conspiracy theories concerned with the attacks of Sept... (more)
Roswell, NM– The Roswell District Attorney's Office has decided they will not prosecute two Santa Fe officers who shot a man in the face in August 2013, as he attempted to flee- despite a grand jury ruling the shooting unjustified.
District Attorney Janetta Hicks, who was appointed as a special prosecutor after Santa Fe District Attorney Angela Pacheco handed off the case citing a “conflict of interest,” announced her decision in a letter to New Mexico State Police on Thursday. I... (more)
Seattle police officer Cynthia Whitlatch was cruising down the street in her patrol car when she came across an elderly man standing on the corner using a golf club as a cane, prompting her to stop her car and order him to place the club down, claiming it could be a weapon. ... (more)
Seattle, Wash. – The city of Seattle is being sued by Jesse Hagopian after he was pepper sprayed by police while leaving a peaceful Martin Luther King Jr. Day rally and march on Jan. 19.
The suit claims that police lacked cause to douse him with pepper spray shortly after giving a speech at the rally discussing how "black lives matter," and seek... (more)
Longview, Texas – Police have released the lobby surveillance video of the altercation between police, a 17-year-old girl, and her subsequent shooting death at the hands of officers.
As we previously reported, Kristiana Coignar... (more)
Looks like another straightforward execution. - Chris
Detriot, MI– Prosecutor Kym Worthy announced on Wednesday that her office will be moving to dismiss the case against Officer Joseph Weekley on Friday morning.
Weekley was originally charged with felony involuntary manslaughter and careless discharge of a firearm causing death, a misdemeanor, after 7-year-old Aiyana Stanley-Jones was shot in the head and killed on May 16, 2010, during a botched police raid at her home.
The officer has already been on trial twice for ... (more)
