Matt Agorist | The Free Thought Project 2017/02/25 Orange County, FL — If your vehicle was being towed for being illegally parked and you pulled a gun on the tow truck driver and demanded he put it down, you would be arrested for assault with a deadly weapon. However, if you do this as a … Read more
Matthew Renda | Courthouse News Service SAN DIEGO (CN) – The ACLU says the San Diego Police Department’s policy of collecting the DNA of minors violates the Constitution, citing a recent case that simultaneously raises concerns about racial discrimination. In its federal lawsuit filed Wednesday, the American Civil Liberties Union says the police department’s collection … Read more
Matt Agorist | The Free Thought Project San Bernardino, CA — The next time someone asks you why people don’t trust police, show them this video of a San Bernardino Sheriff’s deputy threatening to make up charges against an innocent man — for no reason. Duncan Hicks went to the San Bernardino Sheriff’s station last … Read more
Jack Burns | The Free Thought Project To some, the most beautiful thing about having a cell phone is being able to film the police. Some do it for reasons of activism. Others do it to provoke the police into a confrontation. Still, others film because they’re watching something they want everyone else to see. … Read more
2016/10/26 The NYPD has begun using full-body restraining devices – nicknamed “burritos” – that are essentially body bags for “emotionally disturbed people”. Whitney Webb | True Activist The militarization of the police in the U.S. has been several decades in the making, but now is reaching a level of dangerous absurdity that no one can … Read more
Jocelyn Rardin | Courthouse News Service 2016/10/26 (CN) — A Virginia woman claims in court that Newport News police illegally entered her home and then wrongfully imprisoned her in a psychiatric ward against her will for six days. In a complaint filed in the Hampton City Circuit Court on Oct. 4, Hieda Keeler claims that … Read more
Claire Bernish | The Free Thought Project Without laws to guide them, police around the country have begun collecting people’s DNA — even when no crime has been committed — using private labs which then store the genetic material for unknown periods to make identification simple in the event a crime is committed in the … Read more
2016/08/15 via The Free Thought Project Columbia, MO — On March 7, 2015 Cezan “CJ” Stock and a group of friends were hanging out in their neighborhood in Columbia, when they noticed a Columbia Police Department patrol cruiser approach. Sergeant Roger Schlude and Street Crimes Officers Chris Papineau were in the area on a “Check … Read more
Matt Agorist | The Free Thought Project Carrollton, TX — In modern day police state, USA, exchanging goods and services is a crime unless the state gets their cut. So, even though a Carrollton mother was “stunned” to find a warrant issued for her arrest for selling tamales to her neighbors — it was to be … Read more
Matt Agorist | The Free Thought Project Wetumpka, AL — Keith Golden of Bama Camera was practicing his first amendment right to film in public spaces last week, when he was approached by multiple cops who intimidated and assaulted him. As the video begins, Golden is doing nothing more than standing in a public place and … Read more
Erik De La Garza | Courthouse News Service BENTON, Ark. (CN) — A 70-year-old Arkansas man claims detectives tried to kill him after he fired a warning shot to get them off his property, while police say they were simply trying to locate a stolen barbecue trailer. Donald Tillery, a retired fire department captain, says … Read more
Matt Agorist | The Free Thought Project Suicide, birth defects, heart problems, hostility, violence, aggression, hallucinations, self-harm, delusional thinking, homicidal ideation, and death are just a few of the side effects caused by psychiatric medication. There have been 150 studies in seventeen countries on antidepressant-induced side effects. There have been 134 drug regulatory agency warnings … Read more