California police arrest 85 anti-Wall Street protesters
An protester sets up a walkway in a tent city in front of Oakland city hall on October 13 © AFP/Getty Images/File Justin Sullivan AFP…
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Two Officers Charged in Brutal Slaying of Kelly Thomas (Video)
Activist Post Orange County District Attorney, Tony Rackaukas, has charged two of six officers present in the brutal slaying of Kelly Thomas. Judge Andrew Napolitano…
Identified: NYPD Officer Who Maced Peaceful Protesters
source: Common Dreams Common Dreams A photographer has identified the cruel and cowardly NYPD supervisor who point blank maced a penned in group of young…
Newly Released Documents Reveal Defense Department Intelligence Violations
Jennifer Lynch EFF EFF just received documents that reveal additional post-9/11 Defense Department misconduct, including attempts by the Army to investigate participants at a conference…
Blackberry would close UK service in unrest if ordered
Wiki Image Reuters (London) – BlackBerry said on Thursday it would close down its hugely popular messenger service in Britain if ordered to at times…
Freedom Not Fear: Ending A Decade Long Legacy of International Privacy Erosion
Katitza Rodriguez EFF This Saturday, September 17th, concerned European citizens with the Freedom not Fear movement have decided to take their protest to the capital…
Mom Says Prickly School Cop Killed Her Son
Wiki Commons Image Iulia Filip Courthouse News Service SAN ANTONIO – A 14-year-old boy got into a fight at a school bus stop and the…
CIA opens probe into work with New York police
The CIA has opened an internal investigation into whether the agency broke a ban against domestic spying © AFP Saul Loeb AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) –…
New emotion detector can see when we’re lying
Hamish Pritchard BBC A sophisticated new camera system can detect lies just by watching our faces as we talk, experts say. The computerised system uses…
FOIA Victory Will Shed More Light on Warrantless Tracking of Cell Phones
image source Electronic Frontier Foundation The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Tuesday (pdf) that the government must turn over information from criminal prosecutions…
Lindy: “No Knock Raid” (Music Video)
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A Decade After 9/11, Police Departments Are Increasingly Militarized
Dees Illustration Radley Balko Huffington Post New York magazine reported some telling figures last month on how delayed-notice search warrants — also known as “sneak-and-peek”…
“Credible” Terror Alert Turns Into Fearmongering Farce
Ludicrous overreaction to airplane bathrooms visits underscores the fact that the terrorists have won Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet The consequences of a “credible and…
‘Contempt’ for not Standing on a Broken Leg
Wiki Commons Image Kevin Keoninger Courthouse News Service RALEIGH, N.C. (CN) – A man who was eating a taco at a Raleigh bus stop says…