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ARS Technica

Police cannot surreptitiously stick a GPS unit on your car and track your movements without a warrant, the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has ruled. Police use of GPS evidence to convict two individuals was a violation of the Fourth

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Pete Eyre via CopBlock.org

On July 1st, Adam and I were arrested in Greenfield, MA. The next day we learned that between us we were charged with three felonies and five misdemeanors. We had not hurt anyone. There was no victim. For a thorough overview of what went down, check

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Injustice Everywhere

A now-former Choctaw County Oklahoma deputy has been sentenced to a year and a half in prison after convicted of violating the civil rights of three men in two different incidents and then falsifying reports to justify it. The first incident involved

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Jacques Villeaud & Amanda Lee Myers via AP

The showdown over Arizona's immigration law played out in court and on Phoenix's sun-splashed streets on Thursday, as the state sought to reinstate key parts of the measure and angry protesters chanted that they refused to "live in fear." Dozens were

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P.J. Huffstutter via Los Angeles Times

Some people balk at restrictions on selling unprocessed milk and other foods. 'How can we not have the freedom to choose what we eat?' one says. Regulators say the rules exist for safety and fairness.

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Given these clear-cut examples of police harassment merely for exercising one's rights while being detained absent reasonable suspicion, I note that two of the three encounters took place at suspicionless sobriety checkpoints where the officers had n

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Tamara Audi via The Wall Street Journal

Northern California's so-called Emerald Triangle, famous for marijuana farms that supply much of the U.S. with high-quality pot, is facing competition from hundreds of miles away—in Los Angeles County

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AP

Detroit Police Chief Warren Evans' surprise resignation from his post after just more than a year on the job. Mayor Dave Bing's office did not offer a reason for Evans' resignation though it came hours before a Detroit television station was to repor

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Fox 5 Atlanta

"I left the garage, walked to the front door. One of the police officers came up behind me, grabbed my arm, and said, 'You need to sit down.' I jerked my arm away from him and said, 'Don't touch me.' That's all I said to the man, and he tackled me,"

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