As sociologist David Bayley pointed out, "The police are to the government as the edge is to the knife." The police are an implement of coercion wielded by the political class, whether they are operationally under the control of Washington, D.C. or C
A YouTube video shot during the November 9 student rally in London allegedly shows plainclothes police acting as agents provocateurs among the protesting crowds.
What will we say when the government announces that “for security reasons” it will begin conducting random checks of our homes? That we will be required by law to open our doors and stand aside while government agents "keep us safe”?
The Alternative Futures Symposium in Chantilly, Va. was all part of the U.S. Army’s Unified Quest 2012 exercise, the latest in a series of annual war games that in recent years has focused on America’s response to a global financial meltdown in which
“Do you see this soldier in this checkpoint?” Iraqi Wael al-Khafaji asked a Reuters reporter, pointing to a spot just a few feet from his Baghdad barbershop. “He can do whatever he wants to me right now and I can't say a word. Is this democracy?”
What will we say when the government announces that “for security reasons” it will begin conducting random checks of our homes? That we will be required by law to open our doors and stand aside while government agents do a walk-through, just to “be s
The Transportation Security Administration has taken a giant step towards mutating itself into America's first truly statist/socialist/fascist federal goon squad: VIPR.
UPDATE: It’s not actually a “tank,” of course, though it certainly looks like one. It’s a “12-ton armored personnel carrier.” It is supposedly for “rescue” operations, though why it needs to be armored to do that is not clear.
The DOJ is attempting to push through a dozen other changes to its FOIA regulations, some of which are just as alarming as that which was taken off the table.
For the best overview of all of these unnecessary regulations, see the letter submitted
If Occupy Wall Street protesters want to take things to "the next level", they should not underestimate the resolve of the police state. Homeland Security has been slowly but surely turning this country into a "Big Brother" police state.
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Jesse Ventura made a good point recently in response to the decision by a government lawyer dressed in a black version of a KKK robe (er, I mean, "distinguished federal judge") that his lawsuit against the unconstitutionality of the American police s
Urban areas are the centers of finance, politics, transportation, communication, industry, society, and culture. Therefore, they have often been the scenes of important military operations, both combat and noncombat [U.S. Army, 2000].
A man who was shot and killed by an off-duty Santa Ana police officer Monday was unarmed, a Sheriff's Department official said Thursday. A family friend says Bitz was helping to change a tire, not trying to steal a vehicle. Bitz had been given $12
She sued Pima County and five members of the Pima Regional SWAT Team, the towns of Marana, Oro Valley and Sahuraita, and Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik.
Guerena seeks unspecified damages for negligence.
A TOP secret new SAS base is under construction — at the Olympics.
It means the elite troops can combat any terrorists at next year's London Games in an instant, The Sun can reveal.
A source said last night: "It reflects the gravity of the thre
Ms. Zucker, on a visit to New York City with a group of Carnegie Mellon University seniors looking for jobs in design industries, had left her wallet in a hotel two blocks away.
At a “micro-aviary” at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, researchers are testing models based on critters as small as hummingbirds and dragonflies. Using motion capture sensors, they’re are able to track vehicles’ movements within a tenth of
The complaint names, David Michael Gilbert, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, and Taser International as defendants. It alleges, among other things, excessive use of force, obstruction of justice, and perjury.
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated. ... -- Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution -- Just in case you forgot.
My hometown of Scottsdale, Ariz. recently bought an armored SWAT vehicle that looks like something out of Hitler’s Wehrmacht. Its cost of nearly $400,000 was picked up by our munificent federal government.
Tennessee agreed Monday to stop enforcing a new curfew used to dislodge Occupy Nashville protesters from the grounds around the state Capitol.
The protesters went to federal court seeking a temporary restraining order against Gov. Bill Haslam, say
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