Nearly 4 Times as Many Cops Killed Themselves Than Were Shot and Killed in 2020
By Matt Agorist In 2020, according to the Officer Down Memorial Page, 45 police officers were shot and killed in the line of duty —…
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After Dept Retrained on How NOT to Kill — Not a Single Newark Cop Fired a Gun in 2020
By Matt Agorist Newark, NJ — Police in America have a shooting problem. If you doubt this claim, simply compare the 1,116 people killed by…
State Supreme Court Bars Victims of Police Crimes from Seeking Punitive Damages in Lawsuits
By Matt Agorist Over the years, the Free Thought Project has run many headlines with the phrase “taxpayers held liable” included in it after cops…
Banning Government Use of Face Recognition Technology: 2020 Year in Review
By Nathan Sheard If there was any question about the gravity of problems with police use of face surveillance technology, 2020 wasted no time in…
Cops Who Kill Americans Have Less Than a 1 in a 1000 Chance of Being Convicted of Murder
By Matt Agorist After the death of George Floyd in May of this year, 2020 marked a historical movement in the fight for police accountability…
Police Keep Secret List of Kids with Bad Grades Labeling Them “Potential Criminals”
By Matt Agorist Pasco County, FL — In the ostensible land of the free, we are told that all people are presumed innocent until proven…
Neurologists Say There is No Medical Justification for Police Use of Neck Restraints
Some police departments in the United States continue to teach officers that neck restraints are a safe method for controlling agitated or aggressive people, but…
Cops Get a Year in Prison for Forcing Man to Run from Them, Taser Him from the Car Window
By Matt Agorist Houston, TX — We cringe when we see videos of cops shooting people through their windshields and windows. But we especially shiver…
US Police Have Killed Over 1,600% More Citizens Than Mass Shooters Since 2015
By Matt Agorist Tragically, in America, mass shootings — in which murdering psychopaths go on rampages in public spaces — have claimed the lives of…
High Tech Police Surveillance of Protests and Activism: Year in Review 2020
By Matthew Guariglia This summer’s Black-led protest movement against police violence was one of the largest political movements in the history of the United States–and…
Family Pulled Over, Beaten, 9-Month-old Baby Kidnapped Over Legal CBD Tea
By Matt Agorist Raymond Cheley Sykes, 34, and Kaila Boulware, 27, were passing through North Carolina on their way to visit friends in Florida earlier…
Grandmother Wrongfully Arrested Naked in Home, Tased in Jail, Wins $2.4 Million Payout
By Elias Marat A grandmother in Colorado who was subject to brutal treatment by the police while naked and in her own home has received…
34 Police Departments Kill Citizens At Higher Rates Than the US Murder Rate
By Matt Agorist According to the most recent count of police killings, police in America have killed 1,039 people this year. Exactly 21 of these…
Congressman Introduces Bill to End Civil Asset Forfeiture Nationwide, Allow Victims to Be Reimbursed
By Matt Agorist For decades now, federal government and their cohorts in law enforcement have been carrying out theft of the citizenry on a massive…