2015/10/21 For David Owens being at the wrong place at the wrong time landed him behind bars. A New York police officer mistook him for an African American suspect and he was sent to jail for six weeks – an error in judgment that cost the man his job, emotional health and financial stability. Now … Read more
2015/10/20 MARYLAND — Disturbing reports have surfaced online according to which a police officer in Anne Arundel put his mouth on a citizen’s groin area and bit so hard that the citizen began bleeding. Officer Michael Faig bit down on the man’s testicles, a form of abuse that certainly cannot be justified by police procedures … Read more
2015/10/20 Dover is a small town in Arkansas, the kind where everyone knows each other. With a population of 1500, the friendly residents have a habit of greeting the people they meet. However, on the evening of September 13, 2011 a local family was punished for its cordial ways. Ron Robinson has been a volunteer … Read more
Larry Lomax started stepping back as soon as he realized the matter was getting out of hand. He must have known he had to protect himself – after all he was a homeless man with a brain injury. The 24-year-old was at a protest in Baltimore for police brutality victim Freddie Gray. The incident took … Read more
by Max Chantha WASHINGTON – The case of Officer Sandra Delafuente has been widely reported, and for good reason, even by some MSM sources: during a Martin Luther King, Jr. march early this year, Delafuente unnecessarily and indiscriminately deployed her pepperspray on high school teacher and education activist Jesse Hagopian, as well as another female … Read more
2015/10/14 The city of Prairie View rallied feverishly to have the street leading to the A&M University named after Sandra Bland, the 28-year-old who died in her jail cell days after her arrest on the same road. Bland was a graduate of the university and was going to start working at her alma mater soon. … Read more
2015/10/12 How would you feel if within 24 hours you go from being a successful corporate executive to being forced to become a patient at a mental ward where no one believes you? It feels straight out of a psycho thriller, but this is the reality that Long Island resident Kamilah Brock faced on September … Read more
John Vibes | The Free Thought Project 2015/10/07 Madison, WI — Thomas Smith, 27, was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct for leaving negative remarks on a local police department’s Facebook page back in 2012. After fighting the charges with his own lawsuit, Smith was recently awarded a $35,000 settlement because his rights were violated … Read more
2015/10/04 MISSOURI — For Southeastern Missouri resident Tina Warren, bills have been causing more problems than usual. She says Piedmont Mayor William “Bill” Kirkpatrick has been harassing her for some time now. The dispute started in April 2014 when water at her property went out for six days. She says when she stopped to ask city … Read more
Orono, MN – For more than a year, we have been following the story of a Minnesota man, Jay Nygard, who is routinely risking jail time because he refuses to remove a wind turbine from his property. Nygard has been in and out of court over the years, and despite a short-lived victory in October, … Read more
No matter how good a pre-natal class, everyone knows it cannot prepare new parents for everything. In the case of Dana and James Reiner, it did nothing to help them to deal with two police officers who stopped them while they were on their way to the hospital. Dana was in late labour, time was … Read more
2015/10/02 They say everyone has an inner voice, some people hear it louder than others. Then there are those who claim that God speaks to them, answers their prayers if you like. This certainly seems to be the case with Dadeville City Councilman Frank Goodman. He says he prayed about people wearing saggy pants and … Read more