The real cause of unarmed citizens being shot by law enforcement might be both frightening and yet straightforward– local police officers are now actually trained to be paranoid. That’s right, trained to be paranoid. That means in some sense trained ...
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Citizen-Journalist Arrested For Facebook Post About Police
A Texas woman might face time in jail after being slapped with two felonies because she posted something she heard from an acquaintance on her Facebook page. “In my opinion, this is the government’s attempt to silence my client,” Priscilla ...
Read More »80-Year-Old Man Greets Child In Grocery, Gets Visit From Police
Simply talking to a strange child in public can lead to a police visit in Australia. An 80-year-old man was stopped by a plainclothes police officer and then visited at his home by two detectives — simply because he chatted ...
Read More »Business Owner Was Never Convicted. But Police Kept 130 Of His Computers Anyway
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Frank Ranelli is still waiting for the return of thousands of dollars’ worth of computers police took from his business in 2010, even though charges were dismissed years ago. “Here I was, a man, owned this business, ...
Read More »Trump Reverses Obama, Allowing Police To Acquire Military Armored Vehicles & Rocket Launchers
WASHINGTON — The federal government will again give local law enforcement surplus military weapons — including bayonets and rocket launchers — under a plan unveiled by President Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Trump on Monday lifted Obama-era restrictions on ...
Read More »Wrong-House Raid Leaves Innocent Man Dead; He May Have Thought Police Were Burglars
Ismael Lopez likely did not know that the person who killed him in his own home was a police officer. He was shot when officers were trying to serve a warrant in a tragic wrong-house raid Sunday night. Officers did ...
Read More »Police Can Now Say These 2 Words To Enter Your Home Without A Warrant, Judge Rules
A federal judge has ruled that police have the right to enter homes without a warrant as long as they claim to be conducting a “welfare check.” Lieutenant Joseph Buccilli did not violate the Fourth Amendment when he forced ...
Read More »Surprise! Police Support Gun Rights Even MORE Than Americans Do, Poll Finds
WASHINGTON — Cops are more supportive of Second Amendment rights and more opposed to gun control than average Americans are, according to a new poll by the Pew Research Center. Pew’s “Behind the Badge” survey on police and public views ...
Read More »Is Amazon Echo Now A Police Surveillance Device?
BENTONVILLE, Ark. – Amazon’s Echo and Echo Dot were popular Christmas gifts in 2016, but some privacy advocates are warning they could be used by law enforcement to gather data about you and your family. Prosecutors in Benton County, Arkansas, ...
Read More »A Town’s Entire Police Department Just Quit – ‘The Community Will Suffer’
INDIANAPOLIS — There no longer are any cops on the streets of Bunker Hill, Ind., because the town’s entire police force quit. Town Marshal Michael Thomison and all four of his unpaid reserve deputies submitted their letters of resignation, leaving ...
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