Innocent Mom, Baby Homeless After Cops Destroy Home in Raid for Man Who Was Already in Jail
By Matt Agorist Denver, CO — When your only tool is a hammer, everything — even innocent mothers and their babies — begins to look…
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Three Interactive Tools for Understanding Police Surveillance
By Jessica Romo As law enforcement and government surveillance technology continues to become more and more advanced, it has also become harder for everyday people…
Things to Know Before Your Neighborhood Installs an Automated License Plate Reader
By Jason Kelley and Matthew Guariglia Every week EFF receives emails from members of homeowner’s associations wondering if their Homeowner’s Association (HOA) or Neighborhood Association…
OCTOPUS PROMIS: The Rise Of Thought Crime Technology — We’re Living In Orwell’s 1984
By Aaron Kesel I don’t know if you have been paying attention or not, but a lot of police organizations across the U.S. have been…
Police Union Caught Issuing “Get Out of Jail Free” Cards to Family, Friends That Get Them Out of Tickets
By Matt Agorist Known as blue privilege, there is an unwritten law among police officers: when they catch their fellow cop, or even their fellow cop’s…
Police Chief Forced Out for Having Cops Solve Actual Crimes Instead of Enforcing Ticket Quota
By Matt Agorist Morrison, CO — Most people reading this article know what it is like to have the blue and red lights pop up…
Technology Can’t Predict Crime, It Can Only Weaponize Proximity to Policing
By Matthew Guariglia In June 2020, Santa Cruz, California became the first city in the United States to ban municipal use of predictive policing, a…
COVID Robocops Arrive in Michigan — New World Next Week
By The Corbett Report Welcome back to New World Next Week — the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of…
Police Use Facial Recognition Smart Helmets To Conduct Indiscriminate Surveillance At Airports
By MassPrivateI When news broke about the Flint Bishop airport police becoming the first police department in the country to start using facial recognition police…
Robocop Is Here — New Police Helmet Scans For Signs of COVID-19 and Uses Facial Recognition
By Jack Burns It took 33 years but Robocop is now here. Well, not exactly, but the rise of the police state fueled by advancements…
State Law Lets Cops Steal Cars of Innocent People, and They’ve Done it 14,000 Times in 3 Years
By Jack Burns Police departments used to be forced to sell broken down and abandoned vehicles at auction to supplement their budgets. Not any more….
Cops Admit Putting on Disguises, Destroying Elderly Man’s Cars for Filing a Complaint Against Them
By Matt Agorist Asbury Park, NJ — On a regular basis, individuals contact the Free Thought Project and ask us how they can go about…
Teachers “Bruised, Bloodied, Traumatized” After Being Shot by Cops with Pellet Guns in Shooting Drill
By Matt Agorist Last year, some 30 teachers at the Meadowlawn Elementary School in Monticello underwent ALICE training which encourages teachers and students to be proactive when facing…
Cops Strip Search 6 Kids, Including a Toddler, After Mom Took Too Long to Buy Muffins
By Matt Agorist Elizabethtown, KY — In the land of the free, taking ten minutes in a store to buy muffins is akin to robbing…