Monica Pais | Courthouse News Service A South Florida model claims in court that she was beaten on two separate occasions and falsely arrested by an undercover Miami Beach police officer. In a complaint filed January 4 in the federal court in Miami, plaintiff Megan Adamescu In a complaint filed in the federal court in … Read more
Matt Agorist | The Free Thought Project Allegheny County, PA — A disturbing video was released this week showing an altercation between a police officer and a 21-year-old man arrested on suspicion of heroin possession. The video shows an attack by the officer and subsequent defense by the 21-year-old. While the incident happened in 2015, Todd … Read more
David Lee | Courthouse News Service SHERMAN, Texas (CN) – An unarmed, black teenage girl who cried in a viral video as she was pinned to the ground by a white police officer at a Texas pool party claims the former officer’s use of force was excessive. Dajerria Becton and her mother, Shashona Becton, sued … Read more
Josie Wales | Zero Hedge Police departments across the country have been ramping up raids on the homeless, stealing coats, blankets, and other personal items and leaving those on the street with no protection from the cold and rain. The Homelessness San Diego Facebook page recently posted a video of city workers conducting an “encampment … Read more
Matt Agorist | The Free Thought Project 2016/12/24 Battle Creek, MI — A video uploaded to Facebook over the weekend has caused quite the debate online showing Battle Creek police officers apparently abusing a disabled African American man. The incident happened on Thursday, Dec. 15 as police pulled over a driver for a suspended license. … Read more
Matt Agorist | The Free Thought Project “…the State is a soulless machine, it can never be weaned from violence to which it owes its very existence.” — Mahatma Gandhi Minneapolis, KS — A hard to watch video of police tasering a 91-year-old man has just been released showing the nature of Gandhi’s quote above. For … Read more
Matt Agorist | The Free Thought Project Baton Rouge, LA – Baton Rouge police announced last week that one of their officers will not face any consequences for repeatedly punching a 16-year-old boy in the head while his fellow officers held him down. According to the Advocate, the internal affairs complaint against the policeman, Sgt. Todd … Read more
Matt Agorist | The Free Thought Project Rio Rancho, NM — Ben Anthony C de Baca has a history of mental illness. But, he was able to maintain a relatively normal lifestyle until September of last year when doctors changed his medication. According to C de Baca’s wife, he’d been “acting very paranoid all week,” … Read more
Matt Agorist | The Free Thought Project Social Circle, GA — A cop has been fired and is already appealing after his dashcam showed him challenging a 17-year-old boy to a fight while threatening and cursing at him. The Free Thought Project has also learned that this same cop threatened school officials, saying he would … Read more
Matt Agorist | The Free Thought Project Commerce City, CO — Carl Leadholm was in medical distress and needed help when he was targeted by five Commerce City Police officers. However, his innocence and the fact that he needed help was of no consequence to the officers who mistook low blood sugar for a criminal act. This … Read more
Monica Pais | Courthouse News Service (CN) – A Miami-Dade County man claims in a federal lawsuit that he was beaten up by several police officers during a traffic stop and then taken on a joyride by the officers who forced him to purchase drugs to make cases for them. In a complaint filed in … Read more
Andrew Emmett | The Free Thought Project 2016/11/23 Harris County, TX – Caught on video deploying a Taser against a mother in a wheelchair simply recording her daughter’s arrest, several deputies from the Harris County Sheriff’s Office are under an internal affairs investigation for needlessly attacking the disabled woman. Instead of treating her like a … Read more