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Tuesday August 31st, 2010
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Police Sergeant Had Secret Life as Serial Rapist
posted 08/31/2010, 4:02 AM (ABC News) [Category: Tyranny/Police State] ...Mounting evidence revealed how Pelo may have used his police training and access to commit the crimes and cover his tracks.
Detectives found that Pelo's police computer had been used to run license plate searches on three of the victims. Pelo claimed that someone else must have been using his computer terminal.
"Victims described how [the rapist] would pull some of the items around from his belt. You know, the gloves that they described were consistent with what ... (more) |
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Saturday August 28th, 2010
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Tuesday August 24th, 2010
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Fire-breathing bartenders arrested, face 45 years
posted 08/23/2010, 10:50 PM (Washington Examiner) [Category: Tyranny/Police State]
Two fire-breathing bartenders face up to 45 years in prison each for performing flaming bar tricks.
Jimmy's Old Town Tavern owner Jimmy Cirrito said his bartenders have been entertaining his customers -- by juggling bottles of alcohol and spitting out streams of flames using matchbooks and lighters -- for more than a decade and no one's complained. But shortly after midnight on July 24, two of his longtime employees were hauled out of the Herndon bar in handcuffs and charged with ... (more) |
Philadelphia Demands $300 From Bloggers for "License"
posted 08/22/2010, 12:12 AM (CityPaper.net) [Category: Tyranny/Police State] For the past three years, Marilyn Bess has operated MS Philly Organic, a small, low-traffic blog that features occasional posts about green living, out of her Manayunk home. Between her blog and infrequent contributions to ehow.com, over the last few years she says she's made about $50. To Bess, her website is a hobby. To the city of Philadelphia, it's a potential moneymaker, and the city wants its cut.
In May, the city sent Bess a letter demanding that she pay $300, the price of ... (more) |
Officer indicted for assault the focus of other investigations
posted 08/22/2010, 12:09 AM (TBD.com) [Category: Tyranny/Police State] A Montgomery County police officer is facing big legal problems after he's accused of assaulting a teenager. But this accusation isn't his first brush with the law.
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He held down a woman who was seven months pregnant in 2004 after he says she was talking loudly and swearing on a cell phone. The woman faced charges but they were later dropped. The incident led to Metro police officers receiving sensitivity training. |
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Thursday August 19th, 2010
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Video: NYPD Undercover Cop Threatens Cameraman with Rape
posted 08/19/2010, 12:37 AM (Gothamist) [Category: Tyranny/Police State] Late Friday night/early Saturday morning, the NYPD raided Surreal Estate, an underground party club in Bushwick. Witnesses say that when police arrived, the hosts refused to let them in, demanding to see a warrant. The police then forcibly entered by kicking down doors and breaking through windows. Once inside, some attendees say police unleashed pepper spray. We're told ten arrests were made and nine were charged with Obstruction of Governmental Administration (among other charges), but the... (more) |
New case & new video: Man walking dogs alleges police used excessive force
posted 08/19/2010, 12:36 AM (KDVR Fox 31) [Category: Tyranny/Police State] DENVER - What started as a walk to the park with his dogs ended with a trip to the hospital for a Denver 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 his head into the concrete." Ashford's attorney, Will Hart, said the beating that was caught on camera is a clear case of Excessive Force. "This happened when he was walking his dogs, he has a conversation with ano... (more) |
Charges filed in Anne Arundel dog park shooting
posted 08/19/2010, 12:31 AM (Baltimore Sun) [Category: Tyranny/Police State] The owner of a Siberian husky that was shot in a Severn dog park two weeks ago said she is pleased that charges have been filed — even if weeks later — against the man who shot Bear-Bear, adding that she hopes that laws might be changed in the wake of her pet's death.Anyone else shocked to see all the sudden we're getting some justice? |
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Wednesday August 18th, 2010
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Father says fighting words led to son's shooting death
posted 08/16/2010, 6:25 PM (12 News Now) [Category: Tyranny/Police State]
A grieving father said an unfortunate choice of words used by his son may have caused his death.
28-year-old James Whitehead was pronounced dead at a hospital last night from a single gunshot wound to the chest, fired by off-duty Orange Police Capt. Robert Arnold outside the O'Reilly's Auto Parts store.
Vernon Whitehead said the last 24 hours have been hard, as news of his son's death came from a phone call.
"Have y'all heard - and we had no idea what... (more) |
Guy Offers Free Rides to Keep Drunk Drivers Off the Streets, Is Arrested
posted 08/15/2010, 12:27 AM (Reason Magazine) [Category: Tyranny/Police State]
Some guy's friend gets killed by a drunk driver and he decides to do something about it. He starts a service to keep drunks off the road by offering free rides home. It turns out that Quincy, Illinois, is well stocked with semi-responsible drunks, so "business" booms. He adds another car to the service, and eventually a bus. Local taxi companies are not amused.
The cab company complained loud enough that the Quincy City Council changed its taxi and limousine ordinance to ... (more) |
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Thursday August 12th, 2010
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Wednesday August 11th, 2010
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Guantanamo gears up for 1st (show) trial under Obama
posted 08/09/2010, 5:19 PM (Associated Press) [Category: Tyranny/Police State] GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba – U.S. military officers were flying in Sunday to serve as jurors in war-crimes proceedings as the Guantanamo tribunal system geared up for one of its busiest weeks under President Barack Obama.
The Pentagon is holding military commission sessions this week for two detainees: a young Canadian going on trial for the slaying of a U.S. soldier in Afghanistan and an aide to Osama bin Laden who is to be sentenced after pleading guilty in a deal with pros... (more) |
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Saturday August 7th, 2010
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Police kill family pet during search warrant, find nothing
posted 08/07/2010, 8:22 PM (The Willits News) [Category: Tyranny/Police State]
Mendocino Major Crimes Task Force agents, aided by a uniformed Willits police officer, serving a search warrant at 64 Franklin Avenue on July 27, shot and killed a family pet, an 8-year-old half-pit bull mix named Tonka.
When agents searched the home, they found nothing directly linking the residents to the arrest of Craig Anthony Gelber, the target of the search, according to MMCTF Commander Bob Nishiyama.
Nishiyama alleges Gelber sold chemicals used for the manufa... (more) |
Man who 'shushed' trooper sues over being Tasered
posted 08/07/2010, 8:22 PM (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) [Category: Tyranny/Police State] A Washington County man who was asleep in the back of a cab claims he was shocked with a Taser because he "shushed" a state trooper when the man tried to wake him.
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"When the trooper attempted to wake Mr. Chappel, he 'shushed' the trooper and fell back asleep," the lawsuit said.
The trooper again tried to wake him, and Mr. Chappel "shushed" him again.
At that point, the lawsuit said, Trooper Osrodowski fired his Taser at the sleeping man.
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Former federal judge Kent calls prison unfair, 'cruel'
posted 08/07/2010, 8:18 PM (Houston Chronicle) [Category: Tyranny/Police State]
As a prisoner, former U.S. District Judge Samuel B. Kent has been shunted into solitary confinement, forced to hear the screams of another inmate being raped and ordered by a "cruel" sergeant in the Florida prison system to do calisthenics in the nude, according to allegations in a federal court memorandum filed Tuesday.
Kent has requested that his 33-month sentence be vacated and adjusted based on his allegations of inhumane and unfair treatment.
The former Galvest... (more) |
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Thursday August 5th, 2010
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Wednesday August 4th, 2010
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The Ultimate Betrayal: Police and Military Working Together to Oppress Americans
posted 08/04/2010, 7:19 PM (Activist Post) [Category: Tyranny/Police State]
The concepts of military service and public police service are worlds apart, for good reason. Today in America, we are currently witnessing the culmination of a decades-long trend that has introduced the language, weapons, and tactics of the overseas battlefield onto the streets of America.
The planned coordination between military forces abroad and public forces at home further threatens to subvert the very social fabric upon which America was built, resulting in a betrayal of T... (more) |
Cop kills Bear-Bear at Arundel dog park: Justified?
posted 08/04/2010, 7:17 PM (Baltimore Sun) [Category: Tyranny/Police State]
Stunned dog owners and residents of a Severn neighborhood are shocked that authorities won’t be charging a federal police officer who shot and killed a Siberian Husky Monday night at a community dog park.
Bear-Bear, a brown and white Husky that’s about three years old, was playing in the Quail Run dog park at about 6:30 p.m., running off leash inside the fenced-in area, when the officer and his wife arrived with a German Shepherd, who was kept on a leash. When the dogs began to pl... (more) |
Police face criminal charges over death
posted 08/02/2010, 1:58 PM (The Age) [Category: Tyranny/Police State] SEVERAL Victorian police are likely to face criminal charges over the treatment and subsequent death of a man after he was released from Dandenong police station this year.
The 53-year-old Chinese man died at Dandenong Hospital about 11.40am on May 13, some 15 hours after being discharged from the police station.
The Age understands homicide squad investigators have seized video footage from outside the station that shows about five police dumping the visibly ill ma... (more) |
Wikileaks volunteer detained
posted 08/01/2010, 12:14 PM (Boing Boing) [Category: Tyranny/Police State]
A volunteer for Wikileaks was detained by officials Thursday while entering the country at Newark International Airport.
Jacob Appelbaum, noted for his work with the Tor online security project, was searched and "interrogated" for three hours before being released, according to a source who asked to remain anonymous.
Wikileaks, a clearing house for information submitted by whistleblowers, released a trove of "War Logs" last Sunday relating to the conflict in Afg... (more) |
Cop steals marijuana off dead victim of car accident, gets caught
posted 07/31/2010, 3:34 PM (WRCBtv) [Category: Tyranny/Police State]
A Cleveland Officer has been dismissed for mishandling evidence.
Roger Smith admitted he lied to police after keeping marijuana that was found in the pocket of Dustin Ledford, the victim of the fatal crash on APD-40 last weekend.
Smith was given the evidence at the hospital. According to proper protocol, he was required to turn in the evidence at the end of his shift. The next day Smith was asked for the evidence by his superiors and claimed he had thrown it out of ... (more) |
‘Worst Bush-era policies’ becoming the ‘new normal’: ACLU
posted 07/30/2010, 12:07 AM (Raw Story) [Category: Tyranny/Police State] From the point of view of civil libertarians, the Obama administration has been an exercise in frustration, with every hopeful sign followed by failures to live up to its own promises.
The ACLU has just issued a report (pdf), titled "Establishing a New Normal: National Security, Civil Liberties, and Human Rights Under the Obama Administration," which focuses on this pattern of inconsistency.
"The administration has displayed a decidedly mixed record," explains A... (more) |
Has the Most Common Marijuana Test Resulted in Tens of Thousands of Wrongful Convictions?
posted 07/30/2010, 12:05 AM (AlterNet) [Category: Tyranny/Police State] Raised in Montana and a resident of Alaska for 18 years, Robin Rae Brown, 48, always made time to explore in the wilderness. On March 20, 2009, she parked her pickup truck outside Weston, Florida, and hiked off the beaten path along a remote canal and into the woods to bird watch and commune with nature. "I saw a bobcat and an osprey," she recalls.
"I stopped once in a nice spot beneath a tree, sat down and gave prayers of thanksgiving to God." For that purpose, Robin had packed a... (more) |
Unprecedented police shake-up will see civilians patrol with police
posted 07/30/2010, 12:04 AM (The Daily Mail) [Category: Tyranny/Police State] In the biggest shake-up of policing for 50 years, ministers want the public to patrol alongside beat bobbies.
They also intend to recruit up to 50,000 extra special constables to flood crime-plagued neighbourhoods with an army of volunteers.
And villages will be protected by a new breed of 'police reservists', modelled on part-time firemen and the Territorial Army.
... (more) Ridiculous article, obviously this is about creating a Citizen Stasi. |
Cop breaks out the taser to subdue austistic 12-year-old
posted 07/27/2010, 10:18 PM (The Daily Breeze) [Category: Tyranny/Police State] ...At the time, the boy, whose identity is being withheld because of his age, was a 12-year-old student at the school.
His family has described him as high-achieving and generally able to function well among his peers. But his autism also causes some unique behaviors, like adverse reactions to crowds or change.
Campus security was called after the boy ran away from a group, kicking and spitting.
Police Officer Vincent Arias was also summoned, and use... (more) |
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