Posted on July 23, 2017 by sartre
The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a democracy. – Charles de Montesquieu Rational thinking and moral conduct are rare in a society that has no respect for other individuals or succumb to the dictates of an all powerful government. ...
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Posted on July 17, 2017 by guest-post
(Counter Current News) In a massive failure of the justice system, police can now use evidence obtained illegally, after police illegally stop people. There is still no punishment for the police officers for their ILLEGAL stop. Say goodbye to your 4th amendment protections. The Supreme Court ruled that evidence found by police officers after illegal stops may be ...
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Posted on July 16, 2017 by brandon-smith
Tyranny is not a wholly definable condition. There are many forms of tyranny and many levels of control that exist in any one society at any given time. In fact, the most despicable forms of tyranny are often the most subtle; the kinds of tyranny in which the oppressed are deluded into thinking that because ...
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Posted on July 13, 2017 by daisy-luther
With all of the ridiculous new regulations, coddling, and societal mores that seem to be the norm these days, it’s a miracle those of us over 30 survived our childhoods. Here’s the problem with all of this babying: it creates a society of weenies. There won’t be more rebels because this generation has been frightened ...
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Posted on July 10, 2017 by stephen-lendman
Assembling and protesting against deplorable policies are universal rights. Not in Hamburg, Germany at the G20. On Thursday, as leaders were arriving for July 7 and 8 talks, tens of thousands of largely peaceful demonstrators took to the streets. Things weren’t calm for long. Police blocked them from marching through the city as planned. Violence ...
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Posted on July 9, 2017 by brandon-smith
Is it true that freedom is an overly idealized concept? Perhaps, but it is one of the few concepts worthy of idealization. It is so worthy, that it is worth dying for. Since the dawn of recorded history human beings have fought and sacrificed to attain freedom. It is an inherent psychological construct. It is ...
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Posted on June 26, 2017 by guest-post
By: John W. Whitehead, The Rutherford Institute | “It is often the case that police shootings, incidents where law enforcement officers pull the trigger on civilians, are left out of the conversation on gun violence. But a police officer shooting a civilian counts as gun violence. Every time an officer uses a gun against an innocent ...
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Posted on June 16, 2017 by guest-post
(THE VERGE) Late last month, The New York Times published a piece, headlined “Hollywood-Style Heroism Is Latest Trend in Police Videos,” about police body camera footage that depicts police officers as paragons of bravery. One video, from the Hamden Police Department in Connecticut, showed an officer pulling a troubled man away from the edge of ...
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Posted on June 11, 2017 by guest-post
By: Cory Doctorow, BOING BOING | Muckrock filed Freedom of Information Requests with multiple US police forces to find out how they were using “mobile phone forensic extraction devices” — commercial devices that suck all the data out of peoples’ phones and make it available for offline browsing. They discovered that the practice of sucking up the entirety ...
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Posted on June 6, 2017 by guest-post
(The Daily Caller) Nearly 500 North Carolina prison employees have been either fired for misconduct or charged with criminal offenses like smuggling drugs, weapons, and cellphones inside prisons since 2012, the Charlotte Observer reported Wednesday. The Observer’s research is extensive and damning, covering everything from the state’s hiring of corrections officers with violent criminal histories ...
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Posted on May 29, 2017 by bbcc
In this week’s episode of End Times Radio, Bart Sibrel and Bob Wilson interview Michael Marcades about the mysterious death of his mother, Melba Marcades, who tried to prevent JFK’s assassination just days before it happened, and who was murdered for attempting to do so. They will also discuss the spiritual consequences for our nation, and ...
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Posted on May 22, 2017 by guest-post
By: Jack Burns, The Free Thought Project | Balch Springs, TX — Coming just weeks after Balch Springs Police Officer Roy Oliver killed 15-year-old Jordan Edwards, was fired, and later arrested and charged with murder, another scandal has rocked the department. This time, it is torture with a taser. Body camera footage was mailed to ...
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Posted on May 17, 2017 by the-sleuth-journal
(Chicago Sun Times) As Chicago endured a devastating surge in gun violence last summer, scores of people with long rap sheets stood atop the Chicago Police Department’s secret watch list, newly obtained records show. One of the men had been arrested 12 times for violent crimes, all before turning 20. He’d also been charged with ...
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Posted on April 29, 2017 by guest-post
The small town of Hanover, Massachusetts, population ~13,000, has become the first in the state to obtain a license from the FAA to fly a surveillance drone. According to media reports, the police and fire department plan to use it. I’m curious to learn why the Hanover police department wants a drone, and how it plans ...
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Posted on April 28, 2017 by rory-hall
The ultimate form of political and economic power is the power to commit crimes with impunity. – John Titus The Shadow of Truth is pleased to present a preview of, “All The Plenary’s Men,” the new film by John Titus (Best Evidence videos / Bailout Films). The term “plenary” in this context is defined as, “complete in ...
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