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(Techdirt) posted 05/01/2012 In the last couple years we've had a bunch of stories about people arrested for filming police. While it seems that more and more courts are recognizing that such filming is ... Suicidal Teen Gunned Down By Police Sniper (CBS Atlanta) posted 10/29/2012 ... spoke only with CBS Atlanta News' Wendy Saltzman after their son was gunned down by a police sniper in Cherokee County in May. Lisa and Nick Messina said their son w ... Fighting the War on Cameras: Jerome Vorus and the ACLU take D.C. to Court (YouTube) posted 07/26/2011 Can the police detain you for taking pictures of a routine traffic stop? Police in Washington D.C. say they can. In 2010, photographer and student Jerome Vorus was det ... Ain't That Amerika? (William Norman Grigg) posted 02/10/2014 ... April. The federal marshals sent to 'liberate' Elian Gonzalez from his Miami relatives in 2000 wore military helmets and goggles during the actual raid, but in ... Met chief's aide 'knew of shooting mistake' (London Independent) posted 03/17/2006 ... Charles de Menezes as a suspected suicide bomber was a mistake. The Metropolitan Police Commissioner has always maintained that he did not learn of the Brazilian ele ... 'I've Got Nothing to Lose' (Spiegel International) posted 03/21/2007 ... who even succeeded in tracking Lady down and talking to him. They've met outside Miami half a dozen times. But even though he would probably have much to reveal, the form ... Cops Aim Weapon At Local Official, Lock Media Out As Ferguson Protests Continue (Raw Story) posted 08/12/2014 Video filmed by a St. Louis alderman shows police aiming a weapon at him while responding to the latest round of demonstrations in Ferguson, Missouri. Alderman Antonio Fr ... Complaint filed over Adams Morgan dog shooting (Washington Examiner) posted 11/01/2010 The animal rescue group that owned the dog shot and killed by a police officer at the Adams Morgan Day festival in September has filed a report with the D.C. Office of Police ... Bill Would Criminalize Filming Police in Arizona (Police State Daily) posted 01/12/2016 An Arizona lawmaker has introduced a bill, that if passed, would criminalize filming the police in certain circumstances. Rationalizing that recording cops can put office ... Asset Forfeiture Evidence of the Growing U.S. Police State (Michael S. Rozeff) posted 05/29/2014 As evidence of the growing U.S. police state, here are statistics on drug war asset seizures (in dollars) made by U.S. attorneys: ... New case & new video: Man walking dogs alleges police used excessive force (KDVR Fox 31) posted 08/19/2010 ... dog owner. 32-year-old Mark Ashford says he was beaten black and blue by two Denver Police officers. 'They punched him and pinned him up against the fence and forced ... Georgia Cop Caught on Camera Demanding Bribe Resigns, but Still Not Arrested (PINAC) posted 09/21/2013 ... attorney has been reviewing the case since August 6, proving once again that police are above the law. Instead, Dekalb County Police Chief Cedric Alexander is v ... Call for openness in Menezes case (BBC) posted 01/30/2006 ... case. Gareth Peirce said the independent investigators had been 'kept at bay by the police for days'. It follows a claim in the News of the World that the inqui ... Decorated Huntington police officer sued over arrest (West Virginia Record) posted 04/09/2013 HUNTINGTON – A Huntington police officer who has been recognized for his number of yearly DUI arrests twice in the last three years has had one he made last year called ... Why Are Cops Acting Like Soldiers? (Independent Institute) posted 03/28/2013 ... essential for the health of the republic. In recent years, however, the line between the police and the military has become increasingly blurred, with police departments ... This Citizen Gives a Cop a Taste of What Police Harassment Feels Like (The Free Thought Project) posted 08/27/2014 ... smell marijuana in your car.” Cop watcher, Jake D, was out conducting police officer accountability Sunday night when he came upon an Arlington, TX police offi ... 'Terror' suspects in photos blunder (IC Wales) posted 08/31/2005 ... The men, two aged 20 and one aged 26, were arrested under the Terrorism Act by Gwent Police on Thursday but released without charge on Friday night. They had been detai ... Wisdom From an Ex-Marine (Laurence Vance) posted 07/20/2011 ... that require background checks for gun purchases, enacting laws that enable police to set up roadblocks (checkpoints) for whatever reason, and allowing police t ... Police Use Pepper Spray, Tear Gas, Rubber Bullets on NAFTA Protesters (Bretibart TV) posted 08/23/2007 Police in riot gear tangle with about 50 protesters outside where US President George W. Bush, Canadian Prime-Minister Stephen Harper and Mexican Pres ... |